transferable vote
Britishnoun
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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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