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Again, similarly to FPTP, the candidate who tops the poll will be declared elected by the local returning officer. In the case of two running on a closed list the primary candidate will be elected. Additionally, any other candidate (or list) that exceeds the Droop quota will also be declared elected. In a few cases, mostly inner-city Labour seats, a party may obtain two Droop quotas - more than 66.67% - in which case both candidates of that party are elected, and the seat closed. A little over half the MPs should be elected in this manner, and election night coverage by TV networks would initially not look too different to what it does under FPTP.
In the case where two party candidates are running separately, and their combined party vote either wins a plurality over all other party votes, or it exceeds the quota, a further STV-style count must be employed later, once the full complexion of the constituency is discerned, to distinguish the winning candidate(s). Such instances should be comparatively rare since, in viable seats,<sub>,</sub> most parties would usually adopt the closed "tandem" list variant of presenting candidates.
e.g.
* Party A ('''Smith''' ''[primary]'', '''Jones''' ''[secondary])''
as opposed to what could be termed the "unicycle" approach
* Party A ('''Jones''''')''
* Party A ('''Smith''''')''
===Subsequent members elected===
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