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direct election

election in which people vote directly for the person that they want elected to a political position
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direct election

Summary

direct election is an electoral system[1]. It draws 710 Wikipedia views per month (electoral_system category, ranking #4 of 32).[2]

Key Facts

  • direct election's instance of is recorded as electoral system[3].
  • direct election is a type of public election[4].
  • direct election is the opposite of indirect election[5].
  • direct election's different from is recorded as direct election (Lower Saxony)[6].
  • direct election's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiForHumanRights 2019[7].

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Definition and Type

direct election's instance of is recorded as electoral system[3]. It is a type of public election[4]. It is the opposite of indirect election[5].

Why It Matters

direct election draws 710 Wikipedia views per month (electoral_system category, ranking #4 of 32).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Opposite of → indirect election
    Instance of → electoral system
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007566548705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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