Single Transferable Vote

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Single Transferable Vote is a proportional representation electoral system in which voters rank candidates by preference and seats are allocated by transferring votes according to these rankings.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Hare–Clark proportional representation 1
Meek STV 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf electoral system
preferential voting system
proportional representation system
ranked voting system
aimsTo achieve proportional representation
minimize wasted votes
reflect voter preferences across multiple candidates
allocates multiple seats per district
alternativeQuotaFormula largest remainder method
surface form: Hare quota
ballotStructure ordinal
canBeUsedFor local government elections
organizational and internal party elections
parliamentary elections
commonQuotaFormula Droop quota
contrastsWith Borda count
block voting
first-past-the-post
party-list proportional representation
single non-transferable vote
hasAcronym STV
hasProperty candidate-centered
non-party-list
hasVariant Single Transferable Vote self-linksurface differs
surface form: Meek STV

Scottish STV rules
Weighted Inclusive Gregory method
isUsedIn Australian Senate elections
Ireland
Malta
Northern Ireland
Scottish local government elections
some elections in India
some elections in New Zealand
some local elections in the United States
requires counting in rounds
transfer of surplus votes
transfer of votes from eliminated candidates
supports independent candidates
minor parties
multi-member constituencies
tendsTo encourage inter-party cooperation
encourage intra-party competition
increase proportionality of outcomes
reduce single-party dominance
usesBallotType ranked ballot
usesConcept electoral quota
usesMechanism elimination of lowest-ranked candidates
quota-based election
surplus vote transfer
vote transfer
usesPreferenceOrdering voter-ranked candidates

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Single Transferable Vote hasVariant Single Transferable Vote self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Meek STV
this entity surface form: Hare–Clark proportional representation
Northern Ireland Assembly votingSystem Single Transferable Vote