Definition of "party-list" [party-list]

• A list of the candidates for public positions proposed by a party to be voted for. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Proportional represenation and hybrid party-list/single member districts, now!"
• "In most European democracies, "party-list" systems mean, in effect, that the leader and his clique get to choose every candidate."
• "Belgium elects its parliament under a party-list syst em, in which voters choose parties, and seats within a district are divided up among parties in proportion to percentage of votes each gets."