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Parliamentary procedure with no majority
A split vote is normally used synonymously with "deadlocked", "hung", or "evenly split" vote. It indicates a vote in which no decision can be made, as
Split_vote
Voting for candidates of different parties
Split-ticket voting or ticket splitting is when a voter in an election votes for candidates from different political parties when multiple offices are
Split-ticket_voting
Election result affecting losing candidate
presence of many ideologically-similar candidates causes their vote total to be split between them, placing these candidates at a disadvantage. This is
Spoiler_effect
Multiple-winner electoral system
candidate or can split their votes across multiple candidates. The candidates elected are those receiving the largest number of votes cast in the election
Cumulative_voting
Method to make collective decisions
the vote may be transferred to a different candidate marked as a back-up preference. The vote is used for just one candidate at any one time (or split fractionally
Voting
electoral votes based on the statewide vote, and one vote for each of the two congressional districts. However, it is rare that this results in a split vote. It
United States presidential elections in Maine
United_States_presidential_elections_in_Maine
Consensus algorithm
election timeout to ensure that split vote problems are resolved quickly. This should reduce the chance of a split vote because servers won't become candidates
Raft_(algorithm)
Season of television series
eliminated contestants an opportunity to remain in the game. Upon being voted out, players were given the option to be eliminated or go to the Edge of
Survivor:_Edge_of_Extinction
Multi-winner electoral system
The single transferable vote (STV) or proportional-ranked choice voting (P-RCV), also known as PR-STV and "proportional representation by means of the
Single_transferable_vote
New Zealand new wave band (1972–1984)
Split Enz are a New Zealand band formed in 1972 in Auckland. Regarded as the first New Zealand band to gain significant recognition outside of Australasia
Split_Enz
Choosing a candidate other than preferred to undercut a less desired one
Smith, Phil (28 August 2017). "Give your vote more oomph- Strategic voting". RNZ. "Increase in split votes, election figures show". The New Zealand Herald
Strategic_voting
Selection of the Democratic Party nominee
Illinois). May 8, 1988. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com. "Dukakis, Jackson Split Vote; 8th District Gives Each 3 Delegates". The Duluth News-Tribune (Duluth
1988 Democratic Party presidential primaries
1988_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries
Multi-winner, semi-proportional electoral system
non-transferable vote (SNTV) is a multi-winner electoral system in which each voter casts a single vote. Like first-past-the-post voting, SNTV uses basic
Single_non-transferable_vote
Australian reality show
planned Brawn Tribal Council. As part of the tribe split twist, Immunity Winner Kate was immune to being voted on the Barren Tribe and could choose a tribemate
Australian Survivor: Brains V Brawn II
Australian_Survivor:_Brains_V_Brawn_II
Type of motion and vote in a legislative body
office. A vote on such a motion is a vote of no confidence; the corresponding inverses are a motion and vote of confidence. The no-confidence vote is a defining
Motion_of_no_confidence
Season of television series
18, 2011, defeating Benjamin "Coach" Wade and Albert Destrade in a 6–3–0 vote. Ozzy Lusth won $100,000 as the "Sprint Player of the Season", winning this
Survivor:_South_Pacific
Single-winner ranked-choice electoral system
Instant-runoff voting (IRV; US: ranked-choice voting (RCV), AU: preferential voting, UK/NZ: alternative vote) is a single-winner ranked voting election system
Instant-runoff_voting
2022 single by Citi Zēni
entries were selected by a professional jury and a televote in a 50/50 split vote. "Eat Your Salad" qualified, and moved onto the final. The final took
Eat_Your_Salad
Australian reality show
both Mokuta and Vakama attended Tribal Council to vote out a castaway. The 7th and 8th castaways voted out would compete against each other in a fire-making
Australian Survivor: All Stars
Australian_Survivor:_All_Stars
Type of proxy voting on behalf of children
too young to vote. Under a Demeny voting system, parents would cast a proxy vote for their child, possibly allowing for a split weighted vote if the parents'
Demeny_voting
US federal legislation that prohibits racial discrimination in voting
Court split as to whether plaintiffs must prove that the majority racial group votes as a bloc specifically because its members are motivated to vote based
Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
Practice of requiring all eligible citizens to register and vote in elections
Compulsory voting, also called universal civic duty voting or mandatory voting, is the requirement that registered voters participate in an election.
Compulsory_voting
Season of television series
Chelsea Meissner by a 7–2–0 vote. In addition, Spradlin won $100,000 as the "Sprint Player of the Season," earning the fans' vote over runners-up, Meissner
Survivor:_One_World
Plurality voting system
receive a majority of votes). Suppose Tennessee is holding an election on the location of its capital. The population is split between four cities, and
First-past-the-post_voting
regard, as all but eight of his electoral votes were from slave states, while Clay's electoral votes were split relatively evenly (20 from the free states
1824 United States presidential election
1824_United_States_presidential_election
Released". wiwibloggs. 6 August 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2022. "EBU reveals split voting outcome, surprising results". eurovision.tv. 28 June 2010. Archived from
List of Eurovision Song Contest winners
List_of_Eurovision_Song_Contest_winners
U.S. agreement on presidential elections
about equally likely to favor either major party. A popular vote-Electoral College split favoring the Democrat John Kerry nearly occurred in 2004. There
National Popular Vote Interstate Compact
National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact
Electors of the U.S. president and vice president
First Since 1828, Maine Electors Split Their Vote". Governing. Tysver, Robynn (November 7, 2008). "Obama wins electoral vote in Nebraska". Omaha World Herald
United States Electoral College
United_States_Electoral_College
Vote cast in an election as a form of political protest
A protest vote (also called a blank, null, spoiled, or "none of the above" vote) is a vote cast in an election to demonstrate dissatisfaction with the
Protest_vote
American reality television personality and television writer (born 1987)
voting with the former Upolu members, promising him that he would outlast all of his former tribemates. When the vote that night came down to a split
John Cochran (Survivor contestant)
John_Cochran_(Survivor_contestant)
Voting, election, ballot papers, distributed to electors or returned by post, mail
Postal voting is voting in an election where ballot papers are distributed to electors (and typically returned) by post, in contrast to electors voting in
Postal_voting
Invalid ballot that is not counted
In voting, a ballot is not included in the vote count if a law declares or an election authority determines that it is spoilt (chiefly British), spoiled
Spoilt_vote
Type of vote in the electoral system of Germany
(CSU) 92.3%. Split-ticket voting is more common among smaller parties because they are generally not expected to achieve the first vote majority relevant
Second_vote
Vote potentially going to more than one candidate
A swing vote is a vote that is seen as potentially going to any one of a number of candidates in an election, or, in a two-party system, may go to either
Swing_vote
28th season of the reality television series
instead of three, facing the jury vote for the winner. The cast was composed of 18 new players, initially split into three tribes containing six members
Survivor:_Cagayan
Season of television series
winner of the season, defeating Cassidy Clark and Owen Knight in a 7–1–0 vote. Gabler, aged 51, was the second oldest winner, after Bob Crowley, who was
Survivor_43
Season of television series
those same pairings would be voted out together, although votes would be cast on an individual basis. On Day 21, a split Tribal Council was held. The
Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans
Survivor_50:_In_the_Hands_of_the_Fans
American oilman and television personality
Hantz and Rob Mariano. Early on, Mariano organized his alliance to split the vote 3–3 between Hantz and Parvati Shallow. The former then told Tyson Apostol
Russell_Hantz
93rd Miss France competition, national beauty pageant edition
In the case of a tie, the jury vote prevailed. In the top five, a 50/50 split vote between the official jury and voting public determined which contestant
Miss_France_2023
Season of television series
2021, when Erika Casupanan was voted the Sole Survivor, defeating Deshawn Radden and Xander Hastings in a 7–1–0 vote. Casupanan also became the first
Survivor_41
Type of voting by election mechanism
Electronic voting is voting that uses electronic means to either aid or handle casting and counting ballots including voting time. Depending on the particular
Electronic_voting
Indian election
Commission of India The split in the AIADMK and the Congress contesting alone split the opposition votes, while the DMK retained its vote bank and won a comfortable
1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
1989_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election
Illegal campaign method
Vote buying, also referred to as electoral clientelism and patronage politics, occurs when a political party or candidate distributes money or resources
Vote_buying
than half the votes cast in the election. Despite losing a significant share of the popular vote, the PC's benefited from a split vote between the two
1989_Alberta_general_election
Season of television series
player lost their vote as another player used a block a vote advantage. This player was not eligible to vote in the second round of voting. This player was
Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers
Survivor:_Heroes_vs._Healers_vs._Hustlers
an electoral vote from a New England state since George W. Bush won New Hampshire in 2000. In addition to the historic electoral vote split in Maine, this
2016 United States presidential election in Maine
2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maine
Season of television series
frustrating intransigence through the later votes, but it was still punctuated by exciting new twists like the split Tribal at Final Ten. And it gave us one
Survivor:_Ghost_Island
Political party in India
the rightist faction of Indian National Congress formed when the party split following the expulsion of Indira Gandhi. It was registered as a political
Syndicate_Congress
Mixed electoral system with compensation
people, are more likely. Would lessen the problems of "split voting" and the necessity of tactical voting.[citation needed] Decreases the chances of "safe seats"
Alternative_vote_plus
of electors' second votes and became vice-president. Jefferson became vice-president, as both Adams's and Jefferson's electors split over their choices
List of United States presidential elections by popular vote margin
List_of_United_States_presidential_elections_by_popular_vote_margin
2023 South Korean television series
The Killing Vote (Korean: 국민사형투표; lit. 'National Death Penalty Vote') is a 2023 South Korean television series starring Park Hae-jin, Park Sung-woong
The_Killing_Vote
International song competition
Norway, Spain, and the United Kingdom) were split into six pots, based upon how those countries had been voting. From these pots, half (or as close to half
Eurovision_Song_Contest_2010
Season of television series
Brian's paranoia led to him deviating from their alliance's split-vote plan in order to vote out Fenella. Shonee sought revenge by eliminating Brian's own
Australian_Survivor_season_5
Post-legislative referendum
Library. p. 10. Parkhouse, Geoffrey; Trotter, Stuart (3 March 1997). "Split vote teaches Callaghan a lesson". The Glasgow Herald. Retrieved 2 August 2021
1979 Scottish devolution referendum
1979_Scottish_devolution_referendum
First Nations band in British Columbia, Canada
community vote was held in 2001 on an agreement in principle. This was a split vote – 51% voted no while 49% voted yes. 2003: Again the community voted in 2003
Tlaʼamin_Nation
Electoral district considered to be secure
the Liberal Democrats) not to field candidates. Without such pacts, a split vote is more likely under a first past the post electoral system, as in the
Safe_seat
Season of television series
May 21, 2025, when Kyle Fraser was voted the Sole Survivor, defeating Eva Erickson and Joe Hunter in a 5–2–1 vote. Fraser became the sixth black castaway
Survivor_48
Season of television series
until December 18, 2019, when Tommy Sheehan was named the winner by an 8–2–0 vote over Dean Kowalski and Noura Salman. This season introduced the eponymous
Survivor:_Island_of_the_Idols
Type of mixed electoral system
party vote. In the 2017 New Zealand election, 27.33% of voters split their vote (voted for a local candidate of a different party than their party vote) compared
Mixed-member proportional representation
Mixed-member_proportional_representation
Voting systems that use ranked ballots
Ranked voting is any voting system that uses voters' rankings of candidates to choose a single winner or multiple winners. More formally, a ranked vote system
Ranked_voting
Refusal to vote during an election
when a participant in a vote either does not go to vote (on election day) or, in parliamentary procedure, is present during the vote but does not cast a ballot
Abstention
The split vote is allowed. Choosing a candidate, a list and expressing a preference for a list candidate. Choosing only a list; in this case the vote automatically
2023 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election
2023_Friuli-Venezia_Giulia_regional_election
to split the pro-Remain vote. On 22 May, Allen said that she and another Change UK MP, Sarah Wollaston, wanted to advise Remain supporters to vote Liberal
2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom
2019_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom
Form of electoral fraud
Family voting is a form of electoral fraud, where family members enter a voting booth together and collude, discuss, or direct voting intentions. Family
Family_voting
Process of counting votes in an election
Vote counting is the process of counting votes in an election. It can be done manually or by machines. In the United States, the compilation of election
Vote_counting
1907 division of the Indian National Congress
The Surat Split was the splitting of the (INC) Indian National Congress into two groups - the Early Nationalists aka Moderates and Radicals aka Extremists
Surat_Split
The winner of the Eurovision Song Contest is determined by a positional voting system. Under the latest version of this system, introduced in 2026, each
Voting at the Eurovision Song Contest
Voting_at_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest
In general elections, the district tends to vote close to the national result when looking at the split vote between the two blocs. 2022 Danish general
Nyborg_(nomination_district)
Type of electoral system
their votes. The spoiler effect is especially severe in plurality voting, where candidates with similar ideologies are forced to split the vote with each
Plurality_voting
Welsh local government elections
by-elections, all three seats were won by Independents, aided by a split Labour vote in Ward One. Independent candidates won five of the six seats, including
1913–1939 Llanelly Borough Council elections
1913–1939_Llanelly_Borough_Council_elections
Bilateral relations
declared independence from Serbia on 17 February 2008 and after an evenly split vote in the legislature, Bulgaria recognised it on 20 March 2008 despite objections
Bulgaria–Kosovo_relations
Method of vote rigging
Carousel voting (in Russian карусель (karusel, "carousel")) is a method of vote rigging in elections, used particularly in Russia and Serbia, whereby "busloads
Carousel_voting
American politician (born 1970)
sole Texas representative to split vote on Electoral College count". Dallas News. Retrieved September 13, 2021. "FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 145" (XML)
Beth_Van_Duyne
91st Miss France competition, national beauty pageant edition
In the case of a tie, the jury vote prevailed. In the top five, a 50/50 split vote between the official jury and voting public determined which contestant
Miss_France_2021
American regional political faction
secession, the Democratic vote in the North split between the War Democrats and the Peace Democrats or Copperheads. The War Democrats voted for Lincoln in the
Southern_Democrats
Canadian politician; mayor of Toronto
right-wing vote was split between two mayoral candidates, David Paul Smith and Tony O'Donohue. Sewell won the election with less than 50 percent of the vote: Sewell
John_Sewell
Process by which electors can vote prior to the scheduled election day
Early voting, also called advance polling or pre-poll voting, is a convenience voting process by which voters in a public election can vote before a scheduled
Early_voting
Public school in California, United States
"Central North," which led to a split board vote, but ultimately the name Justin Garza High School was selected in a 4-2 vote. District boundaries were also
Justin_Garza_High_School
nephew Joseph A. Tolbert, and the state's already minuscule Republican vote was split between them. However, ballots in Allendale County, Colleton County
1936 United States presidential election in South Carolina
1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_South_Carolina
Minimum age of eligible voters
legal voting age is the minimum age that a person is allowed to vote in a democratic process. Most nations use 18 years of age as their voting age, but
Voting_age
Paradox of the expected benefit of voting
The paradox of voting, also called Downs' paradox, is that for a rational and egoistic voter (Homo economicus), the costs of voting will normally exceed
Paradox_of_voting
Italian regional election
ballot. It is possible to vote for a slate and a candidate for the chair that are not connected to each other (split vote). The candidate who obtains
2025 Apulian regional election
2025_Apulian_regional_election
Form of political manipulation
can be split among several districts in each of which the majority of voters are suburban, on the presumption that the two groups would vote differently
Gerrymandering
Political term
primary, she launched her own write-in candidacy, which split the Democratic vote, taking enough votes from the Democratic nominee to give the election to
Write-in_candidate
Breckinridge's run on a Southern Democratic ticket in 1860, when the vote was split with Stephen A. Douglas, the main Democratic candidate), albeit with
1924 United States presidential election
1924_United_States_presidential_election
British barrister and politician
Gazette. 28 February 1950. p. 1036. "Labour Victories on Minority Vote Split Vote Decisions at Bristol". The Times. London. 25 February 1950. p. 4, col
John_Maude
British pressure group
Trade Unionists MPs left. Some, like Hugh Cecil, lost their seat due to a split vote with a Tariff Reformer and so both lost out to the Liberal candidate.
Unionist_Free_Food_League
2005 EP by Pelican / Mono
Somewhere Cold voted Pelican / Mono Vinyl Release of the Year on their 2005 Somewhere Cold Awards Hall of Fame list. "MONO / PELICAN SPLIT". Temporary Residence
Pelican_/_Mono
and electors from Connecticut split their vote between Ross and Marshall. In total, King received 34 electoral votes. Although the Federalists did not
United States presidential election
United_States_presidential_election
Votes that do not impact an election
In electoral systems, a wasted vote is any vote cast that is not "used" to elect a winner, and so is not represented in the outcome. However, the term
Wasted_vote
Discretionary votes, particularly in parliamentary systems
its members to vote differently from one another, in a split party vote. Thus individual parties can allow their members a conscience vote even when the
Conscience_vote
New Zealand by-election
National vote was practically unchanged compared to the 1938 general election. With Labour's substantial majority in 1938, even the split vote gained Howard
1943 Christchurch East by-election
1943_Christchurch_East_by-election
Political 2004 American concert tour
The Vote for Change tour was a political American popular music concert tour that took place in October 2004. The tour was presented by MoveOn.org to benefit
Vote_for_Change
British political party (1859–1988)
him in late 1916. However, Asquith remained as Liberal Party leader. The split between Lloyd George's breakaway faction and Asquith's official Liberal
Liberal_Party_(UK)
Croatian politician
elected the president of HDZ Split, beating the other candidate, Andrija Čaljkušić, by a vote of 972-700. In the 2022 Split local elections he was elected
Tomislav_Šuta
there was a failed push from some Republicans to replace the split Electoral College voting with a winner-takes-all system. The change was prompted by a
2024 United States presidential election in Nebraska
2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_Nebraska
Australian reality show
Survivor, defeating Shay Lajoie and Chrissy Zaremba, receiving a unanimous jury vote of 10-0-0. The cast includes two-time American Survivor winner Sandra Diaz-Twine
Australian Survivor: Blood V Water
Australian_Survivor:_Blood_V_Water
Kingdom on 12 December 2019, with 47,074,800 registered voters entitled to vote to elect 650 Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons. The governing
2019 United Kingdom general election
2019_United_Kingdom_general_election
92nd Miss France competition, national beauty pageant edition
In the case of a tie, the jury vote prevailed. In the top five, a 50/50 split vote between the official jury and voting public determined which contestant
Miss_France_2022
This is a list of successful votes of no confidence in British governments led by prime ministers of the former Kingdom of Great Britain and the current
List of successful votes of no confidence in British governments
List_of_successful_votes_of_no_confidence_in_British_governments
SPLIT VOTE
SPLIT VOTE
Boy/Male
Tamil
Inside viewer, Spilt second
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Momentary; Split Second
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Strong; Solid; Firm; Sharp
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : metonymic occupational name for a turnspit, i.e. a servant who turned the spit, from Old French haste ‘(roasting) spit’.A bearer of the name Haste from Paris is documented in Montreal in 1662.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
One who Lives Life Long; Gains Victory Within Splits
Boy/Male
Muslim
Split, Cleavage
Girl/Female
American, Christian, Hebrew, Indian
Narrow Split of Land
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu
Momentary; Lord Rama's Ancestor; Spilt-second; Lord Vishnu
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Split Cleavage
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Telugu
Motherly Love; Energetic Sprit
Boy/Male
Muslim
Strong, Solid, Firm, Sharp
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English clevere ‘one who cleaves’ (a derivative of Old English clēofan ‘to split’), hence an occupational name for someone who split wood into planks using a wedge rather than a saw, or possibly for a butcher.English : topographic name from Middle English cleve ‘bank’, ‘slope’ (from the dative of Old English clif) + the suffix -er, denoting an inhabitant.Americanized spelling of German Kliewer or Klüver (see Kluver).
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Split
Boy/Male
English
From the split meadow.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Inside viewer, Spilt second
Boy/Male
Tamil
Inside viewer, Spilt second
Boy/Male
Hindu
Inside viewer, Spilt second
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Lancashire, near Rishton, recorded in 1246 as Kunteclive, from Old English cunte ‘cunt’ + clif ‘slope’, i.e. ‘slope with a slit or crack in it’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the numerous places so called, which split more or less evenly into two groups with different etymologies. One set (with examples in Berkshire, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Somerset, and Wiltshire) is named from the Old English weak dative hēan (originally used after a preposition and article) of hēah ‘high’ + Old English tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. The other (with examples in Cambridgeshire, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Northamptonshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Suffolk, and Wiltshire) has Old English hīwan ‘household’, ‘monastery’. Compare Hine as the first element.
Boy/Male
American, British, English
From the Split Meadow
SPLIT VOTE
SPLIT VOTE
Girl/Female
French Teutonic American Latin
Warring.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Ascending, Progressing
Boy/Male
Latin
Fierce; brave.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Powerful; Delightful
Girl/Female
Hindu
Having peace, Cool
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Wisdom Holder
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon)
English (Devon) : nickname from Middle English toute ‘buttocks’, ‘rump’, or a topographic name from the same word used in a transferred sense to denote a smooth, rounded hillock.
Girl/Female
Indian
Dreaming Girl
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Name of Al-qarshiyah who Transmitted Hadith from Sayyidah Ayshah
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Handsome; Possessed with Beauty
SPLIT VOTE
SPLIT VOTE
SPLIT VOTE
SPLIT VOTE
SPLIT VOTE
v. t.
A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence.
n.
the substitution of more than one share of a corporation's stock for one share. The market price of the stock usually drops in proportion to the increase in outstanding shares of stock. The split may be in any ratio, as a two-for-one split; a three-for-two split.
n.
To thrust a spit through; to fix upon a spit; hence, to thrust through or impale; as, to spit a loin of veal.
v. t.
A piece split off; a splinter.
v. t.
One of the small plates of metal used in making splint armor. See Splint armor, below.
n.
A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment.
imp. & p. p.
of Spit
n.
A long cut; a narrow opening; as, a slit in the ear.
a.
Divided; split; partly divided or split.
imp. & p. p.
of Slit
v. t.
A splint bone.
n.
To cut lengthwise; to cut into long pieces or strips; as, to slit iron bars into nail rods; to slit leather into straps.
v. t.
To split into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to splinter; to shiver.
v. t.
To fasten or confine with splints, as a broken limb. See Splint, n., 2.
v. i.
To attend to a spit; to use a spit.
v. i.
To part asunder; to be rent; to burst; as, vessels split by the freezing of water in them.
imp. & p. p.
of Split
v. t.
Splint, or splent, coal. See Splent coal, under Splent.
v. t.
To divide or separate into components; -- often used with up; as, to split up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid.
v. t.
To divide lengthwise; to separate from end to end, esp. by force; to divide in the direction of the grain layers; to rive; to cleave; as, to split a piece of timber or a board; to split a gem; to split a sheepskin.