single transferable vote

Noun

 * 1) 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.

Translations

 * Dutch: enkelvoudige overdraagbare stem
 * Finnish: siirtoäänivaalitapa
 * French: scrutin à vote unique transférable
 * German: übertragbare Einzelstimmgebung
 * Irish: aonghuth inaistrithe
 * Italian: voto singolo trasferibile
 * Japanese: 単記移譲式投票
 * Polish: pojedynczy głos przechodni
 * Romanian: vot unic transferabil
 * Russian: систе́ма єдиного перехідного голосу
 * Swedish: enkel överförbar röst