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Advocates of STV argue that the apparent disproportionality in STV is indicative of poor support for the party's candidates in second and third preferences. They argue that the STV result is actually a more accurate estimate of the party's support than a simple tally of first-preference votes.
Within each constituency, STV passes the [[Droop proportionality criterion]] when using [[Hagenbach-Bischoff quota|Hagenbach-Bischoff quotas]] (when doing so, it is suggested that a candidate win only if they exceed quota), because when all but k candidates of a solid coalition's supported candidates have been eliminated, one of the remaining candidates is now the 1st choice of over a quota of voters, and is thus elected, with their surplus votes flowing towards some of the other k candidates, and this repeating, until all k candidates are elected. This guarantees a majority will win at least half of the seats in each constituency.
== Potential for Tactical Voting ==
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