650. Form of electoral system.

Article 3 of Protocol 1¹ does not prescribe any particular constitutional structure, electoral system or method of voting²: there are numerous ways of organising and running electoral systems and it is for each contracting state to decide for itself which to adopt³. The content of the obligation on states to hold free elections varies in accordance with the historical and political factors specific to each state, and any electoral legislation must therefore be assessed in the light of the political evolution of the country concerned⁴. Features which would be unacceptable in the context of one system may be justified