Single Transferable Vote

noun

1. 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 STV See proportional representation

Example Sentences

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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Ballots were cast online using the Single Transferable Vote system.

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The ballot to find a replacement for Ms Sturgeon, which uses the single transferable vote system, opened on Monday with the winner to be announced on 27 March.

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