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'''Benham's method''' is a variation of [[instant-runoff voting]] invented by Chris Benham.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lists.electorama.com/pipermail/election-methods-electorama.com/2006-October/116721.html|title=Condorcet + IRV completion? |last=Benham|first=Chris|date=2006-10-16|website=Election-methods mailing list|url-status=live|access-date=2022-03-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lists.electorama.com/pipermail/election-methods-electorama.com/2014-April/097948.html|title=
Between two candidates X and Y, X pairwise beats Y if more ballots rank X over Y than rank Y over X.
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Example:
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34: A>B>C
32: B>A
▲34: C>B>A
Regular IRV eliminates B and elects A here, whereas Benham elects B for being the Condorcet winner ([[Pairwise beat|pairwise beats]] A and C 66 to 34 each). This is an example of an averted [[Center squeeze effect|center squeeze]] instance. Note that had B had a few more 1st choices, they would've had over 1/3rd of all 1st choice votes, and thus been guaranteed to win in IRV as well.
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