single transferable vote
noun [ C usually singular ] politics UK specialized uk/ˌsɪŋ.ɡəl trænsˌfɜː.rə.bəl ˈvəʊt/ us/ˌsɪŋ.ɡəl trænsˌfɝː.ə.bəl ˈvoʊt/ (abbreviation STV)
（所选的第一位候选人失败时，选票可转给所选的第二位候选人的）单记可让渡投票（制），可转移单票（制）
a single vote using a system where, if your preferred candidate (=a person competing to be elected) does not get enough votes to stay in the election, your vote can be given to your second choice of candidate; the voting system itself
Parliament should be elected by the single transferable vote in the first instance. 议会选举应该首先采用单记可让渡投票制。
All the parties had learnt much from the single transferable vote elections of 1973. 所有党派都从1973年的单记可让渡投票制选举中吸取了很多教训。
See also: transferable vote
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- In the single transferable vote, votes are cast in multi-member constituencies and an ordered preference for all the candidates can be expressed on the ballot paper.
- The top two candidates will be elected by a single transferable vote system.
- We propose the single transferable vote, by which electors cast their votes in multi-member constituencies based on natural communities.