English Dictionary

single transferable vote

名詞

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.

日本語の意味

各投票者が候補者を好みの順位で列挙し、一定の票数（定数）を超えた候補者の一部票や、最下位の候補者の票を他の候補者に移譲する仕組みを持った投票方式。 / 順位付けを行い、過剰な得票や最少票の場合に票の再分配（移譲）を可能とすることで、より多様な意思を反映させる選挙制度。

Citizens campaigned for the council to switch to the single transferable vote to better reflect voters' preferences in multi-member districts.

市民は複数選出区で有権者の選好をより反映させるため、得票の少ない候補者の票や当選者の余剰票を移譲する仕組みを持つ単記移譲式投票への切り替えを評議会に求めて運動した。

意味（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.

single transferable votes （ plural ）