segundo turno; votação de desempate
1. A second round of voting held when no candidate receives a majority of votes in the first round, typically between the two candidates with the most votes
The presidential election went to ballotage because neither candidate secured 50% of the vote.
A eleição presidencial foi para o segundo turno porque nenhum candidato obteve 50% dos votos.
2. In some electoral systems, the process of elimination voting where candidates are progressively removed until one achieves a required majority
The committee used ballotage to select the new board member after three rounds of voting.
O comitê usou votação de desempate para selecionar o novo membro da diretoria após três rodadas de votação.
Ballotage is particularly relevant in Brazilian presidential elections, where if no candidate achieves more than 50% of votes in the first round, a second round (segundo turno) between the top two candidates is held. This term has become deeply embedded in Brazilian electoral culture and political discourse, especially since the 1989 presidential election marked the first ballotage of the democratic period.
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