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2. Determine quota.

1. Count voters' 1st preferences allocate them to each candidate.

3. Does any candidate have enough votes to be elected?

No Yes

No

Yes

Finished.

4. Exclude last place candidate.

Redistr ibute those votes to next preference

marked on ballots.

Go back to Step 3.

5. Have enough MPs/MLAs been elected?

6. Distribute surplus of all newly elected

MPs/ MLAs to remaining preferences.

Go back to Step 3.

ST EP 1:

All the ball ots are counted and sor ted

by or der of t he voters' preferences.

ST EP 2:

T he m inim um num ber of votes

requir ed to w in a seat i s determ ined.

T his number depends on how m any

valid votes are cast and how m any

seats there are to be fi ll ed.

ST EP 3:

D oes any candi date have enough

votes to w in a seat?

- If No, go to step 4,

- If Y es, go to step 5.

ST EP 4:

Exclude the candidate wi th the

fewest votes. Redistr ibute these

votes -- at f ull value -- to t he next

preference shown on each ballot.

Add up new vote totals and retur n to

step 3.

ST EP 5:

H ave enough M Ps/M LA s been

elected?

- If N o, go to step 6, add up new

vote tot als and retur n to step 3.

- If Y es, you are finished.

Go have a beer.

ST EP 6:

I f t he successfu l candidate has m ore

votes than requi red to win a seat ,

these surplus votes are redistr ibuted

to t he rem ain ing candidates - - at a

calculated transfer value -- based on

the next preference listed on each

ballot.

Counting Continues...

Repeat steps 3 to 5, unt i l all seats are

filled.

ST V (Single Transferable Vote) Vote Count ing Allocation D iagram

used in m ulti -m em ber distr icts

Results are Proportional

Adapted from: http://www.stv.govt.nz/stv/electing.htm

http://www.stv.govt.nz/stv/electing.htm