Editing Open list (section)

=== By country ===
Some of these states may use other systems in addition to an open list, for example [[First-past-the-post voting|first-past-the-post]] in individual constituencies. Some countries use open list may only be used in one of the chambers of the legislature.

==== Africa ====
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*{{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2375_B.htm | title=IPU PARLINE database: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (Assemblée nationale), Electoral system | access-date=2018-08-19 | archive-date=2021-02-24 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224070537/http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2375_B.htm | url-status=live }}</ref>
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==== Americas ====
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*{{flag|Brazil}}<ref name="mainw">{{cite journal | url=http://kellogg.nd.edu/publications/workingpapers/WPS/141.pdf | title=Politicians, Parties, and Electoral Systems: Brazil in Comparative Perspective | author=Mainwaring, Scott | journal=Comparative Politics | date=October 1991 | volume=24 | issue=1 | pages=21–43 | doi=10.2307/422200 | jstor=422200 | access-date=2012-08-01 | archive-date=2016-05-08 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508120102/http://kellogg.nd.edu/publications/workingpapers/WPS/141.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref>
*{{flag|Chile}}<ref name="mainw"/>
*{{flag|Colombia}}<ref group=CEPPS name=colombia/>
*{{flag|Ecuador}}<ref>Craig Arceneaux, ''Democratic Latin Americ''a, Routledge, 2015 {{ISBN|978-1-317-34882-5}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=86DhCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT339 p.339] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225011125/https://books.google.com/books?id=86DhCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT339 |date=2021-02-25 }}</ref>
*{{flag|El Salvador}}<ref>George Rodriguez, "[http://www.ticotimes.net/2015/02/28/voters-head-to-the-polls-in-el-salvador-to-elect-legislators-mayors Voters head to the polls in El Salvador to elect legislators, mayors] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507221652/http://www.ticotimes.net/2015/02/28/voters-head-to-the-polls-in-el-salvador-to-elect-legislators-mayors |date=2021-05-07 }}", ''Tico Times'', 28 February 2015</ref><ref>{{in lang|es}} "[http://es.calameo.com/read/001686636ac80aa84289b Papeletas para las elecciones 2015] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227055350/http://es.calameo.com/read/001686636ac80aa84289b |date=2021-02-27 }} (reproduction of ballot papers and explanation of the new voting system)", ''Tribunal Supremo Electoral''</ref><ref>[http://ps.ucdavis.edu/people/mshugart Matthew S. Shugart] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224123337/http://ps.ucdavis.edu/people/mshugart |date=2021-02-24 }}, "[https://fruitsandvotes.wordpress.com/2015/03/08/el-salvador-joins-the-panachage-ranks-presidents-party-holds-steady/ El Salvador joins the panachage ranks, president's party holds steady] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228150440/https://fruitsandvotes.wordpress.com/2015/03/08/el-salvador-joins-the-panachage-ranks-presidents-party-holds-steady/ |date=2021-02-28 }}", ''Fruits and Votes'', 8 March 2015</ref>
*{{flag|Honduras}}<ref>"[http://www.electionpassport.com/electoral-systems/honduras/ Honduras] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424021246/http://www.electionpassport.com/electoral-systems/honduras/ |date=2021-04-24 }}", ''Election Passport''</ref>
*{{flag|Panama}}<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2245_B.htm | title=IPU PARLINE database: PANAMA (Asamblea Nacional), Electoral system | access-date=2018-08-19 | archive-date=2022-04-07 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407064215/http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2245_B.htm | url-status=live }}</ref>
*{{flag|Peru}}<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.electionguide.org/countries/id/170/ | title=IFES Election Guide &#124; Country Profile: Peru | access-date=2018-08-19 | archive-date=2021-04-22 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422043153/http://www.electionguide.org/countries/id/170/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
*{{flag|Suriname}}<ref>"http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2299_B.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715064357/http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2299_B.htm |date=2018-07-15 }}"</ref>
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==== Asia-Pacific ====
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*{{flag|Fiji}}<ref>{{cite web|author=Fijan elections office|url=http://www.electionsfiji.gov.fj/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Electoral-Decree-2014.pdf|access-date=3 July 2014|title=Electoral decree 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714162747/http://www.electionsfiji.gov.fj/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Electoral-Decree-2014.pdf|archive-date=14 July 2014}}</ref>
*{{flag|Indonesia}}<ref group=CEPPS name=indo/>
*{{flag|Japan}} for [[House of Councillors]] elections<ref>[[:ja:非拘束名簿式]]</ref>
*{{flag|Jordan}}<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2163_B.htm | title=IPU PARLINE database: JORDAN (Majlis Al-Nuwaab), Electoral system | access-date=2018-08-19 | archive-date=2018-08-19 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819214231/http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2163_B.htm | url-status=live }}</ref>
*{{flag|Lebanon}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gulfnews.com/news/mena/lebanon/lebanon-to-hold-parliamentary-elections-in-may-2018-1.2043638|access-date=23 June 2017|title=Lebanon to hold parliamentary elections in May 2018|date=14 June 2017 |archive-date=18 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618075837/https://gulfnews.com/news/mena/lebanon/lebanon-to-hold-parliamentary-elections-in-may-2018-1.2043638|url-status=live}}</ref>
*{{flag|Sri Lanka}}<ref group=CEPPS name=srilanka/>
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==== Europe ====
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*{{flag|Albania}}<ref>{{Cite web |year=2020|title=Broshurë Informative mbi proceset zgjedhore Parlamentare dhe Lokale në Shqipëri, mbi partitë politike, legjislacionin, rekomandimet e OSBE/ODIHR (1991-2020) |trans-title=Information Booklet on Parliamentary and Local Electoral Processes in Albania, on Political Parties, Legislation, OSCE / ODIHR Recommendations (1991-2020) |url=http://isp.com.al/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ISP-%E2%80%93-Broshure-informative-mbi-zgjedhjet-ne-Shqiperi-1991-2020.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201235940/http://isp.com.al/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ISP-%E2%80%93-Broshure-informative-mbi-zgjedhjet-ne-Shqiperi-1991-2020.pdf|archive-date=1 February 2021|publisher=Instituti i Studimeve Politike (ISP)|language=sq}}</ref>
*{{flag|Armenia}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://evnreport.com/politics/armenias-new-electoral-code-open-vs-closed-party-lists-and-other-considerations/ | title=Armenia's New Electoral Code: Open vs. Closed Party Lists and Other Considerations | date=12 July 2018 | access-date=August 24, 2022 | archive-date=August 24, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824144607/https://evnreport.com/politics/armenias-new-electoral-code-open-vs-closed-party-lists-and-other-considerations/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
*{{flag|Austria}}<ref name="eupaper"/>
*{{flag|Belgium}}<ref name="eupaper"/>
*{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.izbori.ba/Documents/documents/ZAKONI/POIZpw110508.pdf | title=Izborni zakon BiH, članovi 9.5 i 9.8 | access-date=September 2, 2012 | archive-date=March 7, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307223904/http://www.izbori.ba/Documents/documents/ZAKONI/POIZpw110508.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref>
*{{flag|Bulgaria}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/?pdf=CDL-AD(2015)001-e |title=Report on Proportional Electoral Systems: the Allocation of Seats inside the Lists (open/closed lists) |publisher=Venice Commission |date=March 23, 2015 |access-date=January 24, 2023}}</ref>
*{{flag|Croatia}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.zakon.hr/z/355/Zakon-o-izborima-zastupnika-u-Hrvatski-sabor | title=Zakon o izborima zastupnika u Hrvatski sabor (Act on Election of Representatives to the Croatian Parliament) | language=hr | access-date=April 8, 2018 | archive-date=April 9, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409044144/https://www.zakon.hr/z/355/Zakon-o-izborima-zastupnika-u-Hrvatski-sabor | url-status=live }}</ref>
*{{flag|Cyprus}}<ref name="eupaper"/>
*{{flag|Czech Republic}}<ref group=CEPPS name=cze/>
*{{flag|Denmark}}<ref name="eupaper"/>
*{{flag|Estonia}}<ref group=CEPPS name=est/>
*{{flag|Finland}}<ref name="eupaper"/>
*{{flag|Germany}} in:{{cn|date=March 2024}}
** {{flag|Bavaria}}{{cn|date=March 2024}}
**{{flag|Bremen}}
** {{flag|Hamburg}}
** Municipal elections in various states
*{{flag|Greece}}<ref name="eupaper"/>
*{{flag|Iceland}}
* {{flag|Italy}} for [[European Parliament|European]], [[Regions of Italy|regional]] and [[Communes of Italy|municipal]] elections. (formerly used for [[Parliament of Italy|national parliamentary elections]])<ref>{{cite journal | url=http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5626/1/MPRA_paper_5626.pdf | title=Pork-Barrel Politics in Postwar Italy, 1953-94 |author=Miriam A. Golden |author2=Lucio Picci | journal=American Journal of Political Science | date=April 2008 | volume=52 | issue=2 | pages=268–289 | doi=10.1111/j.1540-5907.2007.00312.x | access-date=2012-08-01 | archive-date=2021-03-01 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301132951/https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5626/1/MPRA_paper_5626.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref>
*{{flag|Latvia}}<ref group=CEPPS name=lat/>
*{{flag|Liechtenstein}}<ref name="eupaper"/>
*{{flag|Lithuania}}<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.electionguide.org/countries/id/125/ | title=IFES Election Guide &#124; Country Profile: Lithuania | access-date=2018-08-19 | archive-date=2018-08-20 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820005703/http://www.electionguide.org/countries/id/125/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
*{{flag|Luxembourg}}<ref group=CEPPS name=luxembourg/>
*{{flag|Netherlands}}<ref group=CEPPS name=net/>
*{{flag|Norway}}<ref group=CEPPS name=norway/>
*{{flag|Poland}}
*{{flag|San Marino}}<ref name="eupaper">{{cite web | url=https://ecprd.secure.europarl.europa.eu/ecprd/getfile.do;jsessionid=3b490694614cde33796973863f72c657?id=5063 | title=Electoral Systems in Europe: An Overview | publisher=European Centre for Parliamentary Research and Documentation | location=European Parliament in Brussels | date=October 2000 | access-date=July 6, 2012  | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509064043/https://ecprd.secure.europarl.europa.eu/ecprd/getfile.do;jsessionid=3b490694614cde33796973863f72c657?id=5063 | archive-date=May 9, 2013 }}</ref>
*{{flag|Slovakia}}<ref group=CEPPS name=slovak/>
*{{flag|Slovenia}}<ref group=CEPPS name=slovenia/>
*{{flag|Sweden}}<ref group=CEPPS name=sweden/>
*{{flag|Switzerland}}<ref name="mainw"/>
*{{flag|Ukraine}}<ref>[https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/ukrinform-ukrainian-parliament-adopts-electoral-code.html UkrInform: Ukrainian parliament adopts Electoral Code] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308213535/https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/ukrinform-ukrainian-parliament-adopts-electoral-code.html |date=2021-03-08 }}, [[Kyiv Post]]</ref>
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==== Partially recognized states ====
*{{flag|Kosovo}}
*{{flag|Northern Cyprus}}