The Single Transferable Vote System of Proportional Representation

1997 ◽  
pp. 110-141
Author(s):  
David M. Farrell
Keyword(s):  
Proportional Representation ◽  
Vote System ◽  
Single Transferable Vote

scholarly journals President election in Indian constitutional arrangement-a perusal

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
O.P. B. Shukla
Keyword(s):  
Proportional Representation ◽  
The State ◽  
Vote System ◽  
Indian Constitution ◽  
Single Transferable Vote

Article 54 of the Indian constitution is related to the election of the President of India. The President is elected indirectly by the members of an electorol college consisting of the elected members of both houses of Parliament and the elected members of the State Assemblies. The method of his election is based on proportional representation by means of single transferable vote system.

Designing Electoral Institutions: STV Systems and Their Consequences

1996 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Farrell ◽  
Malcolm Mackerras ◽  
Ian McAllister
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Party System ◽  
Proportional Representation ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
Electoral Institutions ◽  
Generic Type ◽  
Single Transferable Vote ◽  
Party Strategies

Although championed by advocates of proportional representation, the single transferable vote form of PR has been used consistently in only a small number of countries – principally Australia, Ireland and Malta. This paper examines the origins and development of STV and its implications for the political systems that use it. The results show that STV varies so widely in its form and application, differing on no less than five major characteristics, that it is impossible to identify any single generic type. These differences are also reflected in the party strategies that are used to maximize the vote under STV. A regression analysis of the various types of STV shows that Malta is the most proportional system, followed by Ireland and Tasmania. Ireland has the largest party system among the countries that use STV, net of other factors.

scholarly journals Proportional Representation in Ireland

1920 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 323-324
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Proportional Representation ◽  
Municipal Elections ◽  
Single Transferable Vote ◽  
Successful Trial ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Made In

In January, 1919, a successful trial of proportional representation was made in the municipal elections of Sligo, and in the following July a local government (Ireland) act extended the system to all Irish municipal elections. The form employed is the Hare plan, the “single transferable vote,” as it is usually called in the United Kingdom. On January 15, 1920, the first general trial of the new scheme was made, when elections were carried out in 127 Irish municipalities.

scholarly journals JM Kelly's The Irish Constitution

1996 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 615
Author(s):  
Andrew S Butler
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Constitutional Law ◽  
Public Law ◽  
Vote System ◽  
Single Transferable Vote ◽  
Voting System

This article is a book review of G Hogan and G Whyte JM Kelly's The Irish Constitution (3rd ed, Buttersworths, Dublin, 1994) 1222 + cxxii pages (including index). A noticeable feature of the commentary and jurisprudence on modern New Zealand public law has been the willingness to draw on comparative material. Butler notes that Ireland is one such jurisdiction from which New Zealand draws inspiration, including Ireland's single transferable vote system (New Zealand's voting system at the time), as well as Ireland's status as a republic (given New Zealand's continued debate over republicanism). Butler concludes that the book is a worthwhile purchase for anyone for whom it is necessary to have ready, comprehensible and comprehensive access to Irish constitutional law.

scholarly journals The Single Transferable Vote

1995 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolaus Tideman
Keyword(s):  
Proportional Representation ◽  
Paired Comparisons ◽  
Single Transferable Vote ◽  
History Of ◽  
Voting Procedures ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Vote Counting

The single transferable vote (STV) is a family of vote-counting procedures that use voters’ rankings of candidates as input and achieve proportional representation. This paper compares STV with other types of voting procedures and discusses the history of STV, issues concerning the rules of STV, limitations of various versions of STV, and a new version of STV based on paired comparisons of sets of candidates. Each refinement of STV overcomes a limitation of previous versions but at some cost in either the difficulty of understanding the procedure, the cost of computing the outcome, or both.

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