General Election Quiz

What are voters deciding in a general election?

• Who should be the Prime Minister

• How many seats each party gets in Parliament

• What laws to debate in Parliament

• Who should represent them in Parliament

What is a constituency?

• A seat in the House of Commons

• A local area represented by an MP

• A political party's headquarters

• A type of voting system

What is the voting system called in the UK?

• Proportional representation

• Ranked-choice voting

• First-past-the-post

• Electoral college

What is a safe seat in an election?

• A seat with a close result

• A seat likely to be won by a certain party

• A seat won by a losing candidate

• A seat with a small majority

What happens to a voter's vote if they didn't back the winning candidate?

• Nothing happens with it at all

• It is added to the winning candidate's vote

• It is counted as a half vote

• It is given to the second-place candidate

What determines who gets to be the Prime Minister?

• A separate election for Prime Minister

• The Queen's decision

• The leader of the party with the most MPs in Parliament

• The candidate with the most votes in the election