Alternative Vote

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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The No campaign claimed the Alternative Vote would cost £250m, a figure its opponents said was a "lie."

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Just 32.1% wanted the Alternative Vote.

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The Alternative Vote "would have changed future election results and we wouldn't have had Brexit", he concludes.

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