Alternative vote top-up: Difference between revisions

The '''Alternative Vote Plus''' (AV ) or '''Alternative Vote Top-up''' is a [[voting system]] intended for use in elections to an assembly or legislature. Under AV most candidates are elected from single member constituencies under the [[Alternative Vote]] system while a small number of candidates are elected under the [[party-list_proportional_representation|regional list system]]. AV is not a [[parallel|parallel voting system]]. Rather, as occurs under the [[Additional Member System]] (AMS), under AV seats filled from regional lists are so allocated as to off-set the disproportionality created by the single seat constituencies and to achieve a measure of [[proportional representation]].