Alternative Vote System
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- Created on: 08-04-14 15:29
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- Alternative Vote System
- Features
- representatives elected in single member constituencies
- Winning candidate: achieve an overall majority of votes cast
- Voters indicate preferences by writing '1' beside first choice etc
- If no candidate secures an absolute majority of first preferences, lowest -placed eliminated and second preferences of his or her voters are transferred to remaining candidates.
- process continues until one candidate reaches 50% + 1 vote threshold.
- Used in Labour and Lib Dem leadership elections
- Advantages
- Elected by majorities in their constiurencies
- winning candidate must achieve broad support
- Link between representatives and their constituents is retained
- Disadvantages
- Not proportional system - can produce less promotional outocomes than FPTP
- e.g. if used in 1997 general election,- Labour even bigger majority and Lib Dems more seats than Conservatives
- Candidate who secures most votes may not be elected when second preferences have been distributed -least unpopular candidate may be elected
- Second preferences of electors who voted for extremist parties are take into account
- Not proportional system - can produce less promotional outocomes than FPTP
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