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Noun: single-member system
  1. (legislature) based on the principle of having only one member (as of a legislature) selected from each electoral district
    "The United States House of Representatives uses a single-member system for elections";
    - uninominal system, uninominal voting system

Derived forms: single-member systems

Type of: electoral system, voting system