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SCRUTIN DE LISTE (Fr. scrutin, voting by ballot, and lisle, a list)
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SCRUTIN DE LISTE (Fr. scrutin, voting by ballot, and lisle, a list), a system of election of national representatives by which the electors of a department vote for all the deputies to be elected in that department (compare the " general ticket " in the United States). It is distinguished from the scrutin d'arrondissement, under which the electors in each arrondissement vote only for the deputy to be elected in it. See REPRESENTATION.