Alternative Vote

British  

noun

1.  AV.  (modifier) of or relating to a system of voting in which voters list the candidates in order of preference. If no candidate obtains more than 50% of first-preference votes, the votes for the bottom candidate are redistributed according to the voters' next preference See proportional representation

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Example Sentences

A referendum on the voting system at general elections: whether to keep what is known as First Past The Post, or switch to what is called the Alternative Vote.

From BBC

Under the Alternative Vote, voters rank candidates in order of preference.

From BBC

But what might have happened if the UK had backed the Alternative Vote at general elections?

From BBC

Despite an election commission ban on the opposition holding an alternative vote count, Tikhanouskaya urged her supporters to monitor polling stations.

From Reuters

They include the alternative vote - in which voters rank candidates by order of preference instead of just voting for one.

From BBC