"alternative vote" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: alternative votes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} alternative vote (plural alternative votes)
  1. A voting system in which each voter lists the candidates in order of preference. At each stage the candidate with the fewest votes is excluded and their votes transferred according to the voters' preferences. Categories (topical): Voting systems

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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