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The single transferable vote (STV) or proportional-ranked choice voting (P-RCV),[a] is a multi-winner electoral system in which each voter casts a single vote in the form of a ranked ballot. Voters have the option to rank candidates, and their vote may be transferred according to alternative preferences if their preferred candidate is eliminated or elected with surplus votes, so that their vote is used to elect someone they prefer over others in the running. STV aims to approach proportional representation based on votes cast in the district where it is used, so that each vote is worth about the same as another. STV is a family of proportional multi-winner electoral systems. They can be thought of as a variation on the largest remainders method that uses solid coalitions rather than party lists.[clarification needed][1] Surplus votes belonging to winning candidates (those in excess of an electoral quota) may be thought of as remainder votes – they are transferred to a voter's subsequen

Single transferable vote - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Multi-winner electoral system For the single-winner version of STV, see Instant-runoff voting . Simplified example of an STV ballot A joint Politics and Economics series Social choice and electoral systems Social choice Mechanism design Comparative politics Comparison List   ( By country ) Single-winner methods Single vote – plurality methods First preference plurality (FPP) Two-round ( US : Jungle primary ) Partisan primary Instant-runoff UK : Alternative vote (AV) US : Ranked-choice (RCV) Party bl

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