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单词 single transferable vote
释义
single transferable vote
noun[Cusually singular]
politicsUKspecialized
uk
/ˌsɪŋ.ɡəl trænsˌfɜː.rə.bəl ˈvəʊt/us
/ˌsɪŋ.ɡəl trænsˌfɝː.ə.bəl ˈvoʊt/
(abbreviationSTV)
asinglevoteusing asystemwhere, ifyourpreferredcandidate(=apersoncompetingto beelected) does not get enoughvotestostayin theelection,yourvotecan be given toyoursecondchoiceofcandidate; thevotingsystemitself:
（所选的第一位候选人失败时，选票可转给所选的第二位候选人的）单记可让渡投票（制），可转移单票（制）
Parliament should beelectedby thesingletransferablevotein the firstinstance.议会选举应该首先采用单记可让渡投票制。
All thepartieshadlearntmuch from thesingletransferablevoteelectionsof 1973.所有党派都从1973年的单记可让渡投票制选举中吸取了很多教训。
See also
transferable vote
More examples
  • In thesingletransferablevote,votesarecastin multi-memberconstituenciesand anorderedpreferencefor all thecandidatescan beexpressedon theballotpaper.
  • Thetoptwocandidateswill beelectedby asingletransferablevotesystem.
  • Weproposethesingletransferablevote, by whichelectorscasttheirvotesin multi-memberconstituenciesbasedonnaturalcommunities.
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(Definition ofsingle transferable votefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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single transferable vote
In a proportional representation,singletransferablevoteby-election there is no first-past-the-post election but an absolute majority election after transfers if necessary.
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Would it be held on thesingletransferablevoteprinciple or on the first-past-the-post principle?
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In each case, the election was bysingletransferablevote.
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That is one way of operating thesingletransferablevotesystem.
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That might be met by some agreement over thesingletransferablevote.
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One institution they clearly ruled in was thesingletransferablevote.
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Would the multiple choice referendum be conducted on a first-past-the-post basis, as they have suggested, or bysingletransferablevote?
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I am not one of those people who were born muttering, "singletransferablevote".
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We have ended up with a mixed system—some alternative vote and somesingletransferablevote.
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I believe that thesingletransferablevotesystem which has been imposed upon us is just about the worst form of proportional representation.
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I did not advocate that we should move to thesingletransferablevotesystem.
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We have to contend with thesingletransferablevoteand with so-called proportional representation.
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During the 1920s both parliamentary and local elections were held under a system of thesingletransferablevotewith multi-member constituencies.
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We have imposed asingletransferablevotesystem on large numbers of our ex-colonial people.
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I believe thesingletransferablevoteis the most perfect method of voting that we have to-day on paper.
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