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AES Notebook
Single Non-Transferable VoteUnder
the Single Non-Transferable Vote (SNTV), each elector has one vote, but
there are multiple seats in each district to be filled. Those candidates
with the highest vote totals fill these positions. This means that in, for
example, a four-member district, one would need just over twenty percent
of the vote to ensure election. Conversely, a large party with
seventy-five percent of the vote spread equally among three candidates is
likely to take three of the four seats. As of 1997, SNTV is used for
parliamentary elections in Jordan and Vanuatu, and for 125 out of 161
seats in the Taiwanese parliament. However, its most well known
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