Beat-the-plurality-winner method

The "beat-the-plurality-winner method" (or "BPW method") is a Condorcet completion method invented and studied by Eivind Stensholt as an attempt to reduce burial incentive. It is mainly described for the case of three candidates. In the absence of a Condorcet winner, one elects the candidate who defeats the first-past-the-post winner pairwise.