Single Transferable Vote

noun

1. STV. (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 See proportional representation

Example Sentences

The election uses a system of proportional representation known as the Single Transferable Vote.

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The Republic of Ireland elects its government using a system of proportional representation known as the single transferable vote.

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The winner was decided by members in a ballot using a single transferable vote system.

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Northern Ireland uses a type of proportional representation to choose councillors called the single transferable vote.

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The leadership election was decided by the Single Transferable Vote system, with about 50,490 of the SNP's 72,169 casting a ballot - the vast majority of them online.

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