Single Transferable Vote Flashcards
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Description?
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- Used for the Northern Ireland Assembly, local government in Northern Ireland and Scotland
- Constituencies are multi-member
- Candidates are ranked in order of preference
- Candidates are elected if they receive a certain quota of votes, which is calculated as the total number of votes cast, divided by (number of seats available+1), then add 1
- Counting takes place in several rounds, the bottom candidate dropping out each time and votes for that candidate being transferred to second/third preferences
- This is a quota system
