Single non-transferable vote facts for kids
The single non-transferable vote (often Abbreviated to S.N.T.V.) is an electoral system for multiple member electoral districts. It is an electoral system which can produce an proportional result but it will depend on the district's magnitude (the number of representatives in the electoral district) if there is more members in each electoral district the more proportional the result will be. In many cases the single non-transferable vote has been replaced by other voting systems.
In certain cases S.N.T.V. is thought to be similar to Plurality-at-large voting, commonly refereed as Bloc Voting, but is different because in S.N.T.V electors are only allowed to vote for one candidate but in Plurality-at-large voting the voter have as many votes as there are seats to win.
Example
This example has three winners in the electoral district
- The voters select one candidate on the ballot
- All votes are counted
- The three candidates with the highest number of votes win
| Candidates | Votes | % | Elected? |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 11,321 | 28% | YES |
| C | 9,591 | 24% | YES |
| B | 8,953 | 22% | YES |
| D | 5,643 | 14% | NO |
| E | 2,761 | 7% | NO |
| F | 1,753 | 4% | NO |
| G | 221 | 0.5% | NO |
| TOTAL: | 40,243 | 100% | 3 |
Current Usage
Today there are very few places which use the Single Non Transferable Vote:
- Kuwait's National assembly.
- Indonesia's Regional Representative Council.
- Puerto Rico's Legislative Assembly (only for 11 seats in the Senate and 11 seats in The House of Representatives).
- Japan's House of Councillors (only for 146 seats).
- Taiwan's Legislative Yuan (only for the six aboriginal seats).
- Vanuatu's Parliament.
