Editing Running mate (section)

== List of adoption of a running mate system ==
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! Country !! Formal adoption !! First election used !! Before !! Notes
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| {{Flag|United States}} || [[Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution|1804]] || [[1804 United States presidential election|1804]] (''[[de jure]]''); [[1796 United States presidential election|1796]] (''[[de facto]]'') || Separate election || De facto – The United States formally uses a system of [[indirect election]] by an [[Electoral college (United States)|electoral college]]
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|rowspan=2| {{Flag|Brazil}} || 1966 || 1966 || Separate and [[indirect election|indirect]] election || [[Indirect election]] by an electoral college was introduced by the [[Brazilian military junta of 1969|1969 military junta]]; until then, the president of Brazil was elected directly.
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| 1988 || [[1989 Brazilian presidential election|1989]] || Indirect election under the running mate system || Direct presidential elections were restored, retaining the running mate system, by the 1988 Constitution.
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| {{Flag|Bangladesh}} || 1989 || Never || Appointed by president || Vice-presidency abolished upon reversion to [[parliamentary System]] in 1991
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| {{Flag|Russia}} || 1991 || 1991 || N/A (no vice-presidency) || [[Vice President of Russia|Vice-presidency]] abolished in 1993 due to adoption of a new [[Constitution of Russia|Constitution]]
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| {{Flag|Taiwan}} || 1992 || [[1996 Taiwanese presidential election|1996]] || Separate and [[indirect election|indirect]] election ||
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| {{Flag|Malawi}} || 1994 || [[1994 Malawian general election|1994]] || N/A (no vice-presidency) ||
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| {{Flag|Indonesia}} || 2002 || [[2004 Indonesian presidential election|2004]] || Separate and [[indirect election|indirect]] election ||
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| {{Flag|Palau}} || [[2004 Palauan constitutional referendum#Joint election of the president and vice president|2004]] || [[2008 Palauan general election|2008]] || Separate election || The running mate system was abolished in 2008, effective 2012, following which Palau reverted to separate election.
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| {{Flag|Zambia}} || 2015 || 2016 || Appointed by [[President of Zambia|president]] ||
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