Countries with complex regional electorates may elect a head of state by means of an electoral college rather than a direct popular election.

Each elects 6 MLAs to the 108 member NI Assembly by means of the Single Transferrable Vote system.

Under this, you may recall, the General Assembly decreed that each signatory nation was to elect one delegate to the Assembly by means of popular vote.

Legislators from outlying rural districts are chosen on a plurality basis, while districts located in more populous towns and cities elect multiple legislators by means of a proportion-based formula.

(While the legislative bodies of the 22 provinces nominated their senators (two each), the Federal District of Buenos Aires elected its two senators by means of a special electoral college; senators served a nine-year term, with one-third of the Senate seats renewable every three years.)

It elects one deputy to the lower house of Congress for each three-year legislative period, by means of the first past the post system.

Sharia law took precedence over the will of the ruler, and electing rulers by means of the Shura was an important doctrine.