Instant-runoff voting
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Instant-runoff voting is a single-winner ranked voting election system where one or more eliminations are used to simulate multiple runoff elections. In each round, the candidate with the fewest first
Example of a full preferential ballot paper
The House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the upper house being the Senate. Its composition and powers are set out in Chapter I of the Constitution of A
Instant-runoff voting
…Instant-runoff voting has found some use in national elections in several countries, mostly in the former British Empire. It is used to elect members of the Australian House of Representatives and the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea, and to elect the head of state in India, Ireland, and Sri Lanka. The system was first discussed by the…
Australian House of Representatives Parliament of Australia
The Australian House of Representatives in 1901
Frontbench and despatch box
The House of Representatives chamber at Old Parliament House, Canberra, where the Parliament met between 1927 and 1988