The article is devoted to comparative analysis of electoral systems in leading Western European countries: Great Britain, France and Germany. The author examines different electoral systems existing in world-wide practice, points out that their existence in pure form is limited by only few countries; at the same time the states use mixed, “combined” models of electoral systems, introducing new particular and specified elements. Particular attention is paid to studying of modern normative legal documents of electoral systems. Key reforms and trends in national legislations of modern period are analyzed; strengths and weaknesses of each system are mentioned. The author came to the conclusion that it is possible to apply best practices of the European electoral technologies for Russian electoral system and social and political life of the Russian society.
the elections, the electoral system, the model of electoral systems, the European suffrage
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