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scrutin de liste

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scrutin de liste \Scru`tin" de liste"\ (skr[.u]`t[a^]N" d[~e]
   l[=e]st). [F., voting by list.]
   Voting for a group of candidates for the same kind of office
   on one ticket or ballot, containing a list of them; -- the
   method, used in France, as from June, 1885, to Feb., 1889, in
   elections for the Chamber of Deputies, each elector voting
   for the candidates for the whole department in which he
   lived, as disting. from

   {scrutin d'arrondissement} (d[.a]`r[^o]N`d[=e]s`m[aum]N"), or
      voting by each elector for the candidate or candidates for
      his own arrondissement only.

Source : WordNet®

scrutin de liste
     n : based on the principle of proportional representation;
         voters choose between party lists, the number elected
         from each list being determined by the percentage cast
         for each list out of the total vote [syn: {list system},
         {scrutin de liste system}]
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