<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (October 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (October 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> At - large is a designation for members of a governing body who are elected or appointed to represent the whole membership of the body (for example, a city, state or province, nation, club or association), rather than a subset of that membership . At - large voting is in contrast to voting by electoral districts . </P> <P> If an at - large election is called to choose a single candidate, a single - winner voting system must necessarily be used . If a group of seats must be covered, many electoral systems can be possible, from proportional representation methods (such as party - list proportional representation, or PR - STV) to block voting . </P>

Local elections in which all candidates run for multiple seats (positions) citywide are called