"single transferable vote" meaning in English

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          "name": "Voting systems",
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        "A voting system where each voter lists the candidates in order of preference and there is provision to transfer the votes of the less popular candidates and a proportion of the votes of candidates who are elected with more than a certain quota."
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          "quota",
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        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "voting system",
          "word": "enkelvoudige overdraagbare stem"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "voting system",
          "word": "siirtoäänivaalitapa"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "voting system",
          "word": "scrutin à vote unique transférable"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "voting system",
          "word": "übertragbare Einzelstimmgebung"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "voting system",
          "word": "aonghuth inaistrithe"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "voting system",
          "word": "voto singolo trasferibile"
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        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tankiijōshikitōhyō",
          "sense": "voting system",
          "word": "単記移譲式投票"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "voting system",
          "word": "pojedynczy głos przechodni"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "voting system",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "vot unic transferabil"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "sistéma jedinovo perexidnovo golosu",
          "sense": "voting system",
          "word": "систе́ма єдиного перехідного голосу"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "voting system",
          "word": "enkel överförbar röst"
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        "single transferable vote"
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      "word": "enkelvoudige overdraagbare stem"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "voting system",
      "word": "siirtoäänivaalitapa"
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      "sense": "voting system",
      "word": "scrutin à vote unique transférable"
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      "sense": "voting system",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "voting system",
      "word": "aonghuth inaistrithe"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "voting system",
      "word": "voto singolo trasferibile"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "tankiijōshikitōhyō",
      "sense": "voting system",
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    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "voting system",
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      "word": "vot unic transferabil"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sistéma jedinovo perexidnovo golosu",
      "sense": "voting system",
      "word": "систе́ма єдиного перехідного голосу"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "voting system",
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