Single Non-Transferable Vote:How It Works

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“Voting is the most precious right of every citizen, and we have a moral obligation to ensure the integrity of our voting process.”

-Hillary Clinton

In this presentation...

●You will find out about the voter perspective of Single Non-Transferable Vote (SNTV)

●You will find information about the counting

The Voter

● Voters will often see multiple candidates from the same party.

● The voter has one vote and it is only counted once.

● You vote for your preferred candidate, not your preferred party – even if there are multiple candidates from a party that you want to see running the country.

Candidate Party Choice

Tony Blair Labour

Gordon Brown Labour

David Cameron Conservative

Nick Clegg Liberal Democrat X

William Hague Conservative

The Counting Process

Candidate Party Votes

Tony Blair Labour 30,012

Gordon Brown Labour 26,455

David Cameron Conservative 15,273

Nick Clegg Liberal Democrat 9,776

William Hague Conservative 3,915

● In this example, there are three seats available in the region/constituency.

● The three with the most votes wins.

● The collective share of the vote held by a party does not matter.

● Blair, Brown and Cameron win, which means there are a majority of Labour members representing the region/constituency.

Summary

● You don't need over 50% of the total votes to get elected. The candidates with the most votes win.

● If there are e.g. 3 seats, the three candidates with the highest number of votes get elected.

● It is entirely possible for e.g. a party to get a collective vote share of 20% and none of their candidates get elected. This is because in SNTV, the candidate's individual vote total comes first.

● Under SNTV, a smaller party would increase it's chances of getting one of the seats by putting fewer candidates up for election.

● It is a simple system for both the voter and the counter.

● Like most voting systems, there is the possibility of tactical voting taking place.

Summary

● You don't need over 50% of the total votes to get elected. The candidates with the most votes win.

● If there are e.g. 3 seats, the three candidates with the highest number of votes get elected.

● It is entirely possible for e.g. a party to get a collective vote share of 20% and none of their candidates get elected. This is because in SNTV, the candidate's individual vote total comes first.

● Under SNTV, a smaller party would increase it's chances of getting one of the seats by putting fewer candidates up for election.

● It is a simple system for both the voter and the counter.

● Like most voting systems, there is the possibility of tactical voting taking place.