Meanings
nounsingle transferable vote (plural single transferable votes)
plural single transferable votes
- A multi-winner electoral system in which each voter casts a single vote in the form of a ranked ballot.
Translations
Dutch enkelvoudige overdraagbare stem
- enkelvoudige overdraagbare stemvoting system
Finnish siirtoäänivaalitapa
- siirtoäänivaalitapavoting system
French scrutin à vote unique transférable
- scrutin à vote unique transférablevoting system
German übertragbare Einzelstimmgebung
- übertragbare Einzelstimmgebungvoting system
Irish aonghuth inaistrithe
- aonghuth inaistrithevoting system
Italian voto singolo trasferibile
- voto singolo trasferibilevoting system
Japanese 単記移譲式投票
- 単記移譲式投票 (tankiijōshikitōhyō)voting system
Polish pojedynczy głos przechodni
- pojedynczy głos przechodnivoting system
Romanian vot unic transferabil
- vot unic transferabilvoting system
Russian систе́ма единого передаваемого голоса
- систе́ма единого передаваемого голоса (sistéma jedinovo peredavajemovo golosa)voting system
Swedish enkel överförbar röst
- enkel överförbar röstvoting system
Cite this entry
APA
single transferable vote. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/single%20transferable%20vote
MLA
“single transferable vote.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/single%20transferable%20vote. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “single transferable vote,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/single%20transferable%20vote.
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