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=== Outside the United Kingdom === Canada also uses FPTP for national and [[Provinces and territories of Canada|provincial]] elections. In May 2005 the Canadian province of [[British Columbia]] had a referendum on abolishing single-member district plurality in favour of multi-member districts with the [[Single transferable vote|Single Transferable Vote]] system after the [[Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform (British Columbia)|Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform]] made a recommendation for the reform. The referendum obtained 57% of the vote, but failed to meet the 60% requirement for passing. A second referendum was held in May 2009, this time the province's voters defeated the change with 39% voting in favour. An [[2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum|October 2007 referendum]] in the Canadian province of [[Ontario]] on adopting a [[mixed-member proportional representation|Mixed Member Proportional]] system, also requiring 60% approval, failed with only 36.9% voting in favour. British Columbia [[2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum|again called a referendum on the issue in 2018]] which was defeated by 62% voting to keep current system. Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, Australia and New Zealand are notable examples of countries within the UK, or with previous links to it, that use non-FPTP electoral systems (Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales use FPTP in United Kingdom general elections, however). Nations which have undergone democratic reforms since 1990 but have not adopted the FPTP system include South Africa, almost all of the former Eastern bloc nations, Russia, and Afghanistan.
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