WAEC Government 2017 Papers

Concept:An absolute majority system requires the winner to secure more than half of all votes cast.Explanation:In this system, the winning candidate must receive more votes than all other candidates combined.Let the winner's votes be $V_w$ and all other contestants' votes total $V_o$.The condition for victory is $V_w > V_o$.Since the total votes $V_t$ equal $V_w + V_o$, this condition means $V_w > \frac{V_t}{2}$.Thus, the winner must obtain over 50% of the total votes.This is stricter than a simple majority, which only requires the highest number of votes.Answer:D. absolute majority system.