Single Transferable Vote
A proportional electoral system where voters rank candidates in order of preference in multi-member constituencies, used in Northern Ireland elections.
Real World
In the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election, STV allowed both unionist and nationalist parties to win seats across constituencies, enabling cross-community power-sharing in the Stormont Executive in a way that a winner-takes-all system could not have achieved.
Exam Focus
When evaluating STV, use the specific Northern Ireland context to illustrate advantages; generic PR arguments without named examples lose application marks.
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