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Line 1: {{Wikipedia}} The '''~~Single~~single ~~Transferable~~transferable ~~Vote~~vote'''~~, or~~ ('''STV''',) is a [[preferential ~~voting\|preferential]] [[~~voting system]] designed to ~~minimise~~minimize [[~~Wasted~~wasted ~~Votes~~votes]] in multi-candidate elections while ensuring that votes are explicitly for candidates rather than party lists. It works by assigning candidates votes based on the number of voters who ranked them 1st, electing candidates who reach a certain threshold of votes ("[[quota]]") and spending those votes to ensure as-of-yet unrepresented voters can get someone they like, and otherwise eliminating the candidate with the fewest 1st choices and then treating the uneliminated candidate their voters ranked next-highest as their "new" 1st choice. When promoted as a [[proportional representation]] method in multi-party multi-seat elections, it is generally known as '''Proportional Representation through the Single Transferable Vote''' or '''PR-STV'''. When a similar method is applied to single-seat elections it is sometimes called ''[[instant-runoff voting]]'' or the ''alternative vote'', and has different proportionality implications for a similar ballot.