Single Transferable Vote
noun
(modifier) of or relating to a system of voting in which voters list the candidates in order of preference. Any candidate achieving a predetermined proportion of the votes in a constituency is elected. Votes exceeding this amount and those cast for the bottom candidate are redistributed according to the stated preferences. Redistribution continues until all the seats are filled: Abbreviation: STV See proportional representation
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How to use Single Transferable Vote in a sentence
The Single Transferable Vote was proposed to attain this result.
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