Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The President is directly elected by secret ballot under the system of the instant-runoff voting (although the Constitution describes it as "the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote"). While both Irish and British citizens resident in the state may vote in Dáil elections, only Irish citizens, who must ...
The Proportional Representation Society of Ireland was founded on 20 April 1911 in Dublin. [1] Its establishment came about following a visit to Ireland by Leonard Courtney, 1st Baron Courtney of Penwith , who advocated proportional representation as an answer to the political problems faced in Ireland at the time.
Proportional representation (PR) refers to any electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. [1] The concept applies mainly to political divisions (political parties) among voters. The aim of such systems is that all votes cast contribute to the result so that each representative in ...
Proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote had been used in Irish elections since the 1920 local elections.Under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, it was prescribed for elections to both the Southern Ireland House of Commons and the Northern Ireland House of Commons (Northern Ireland was to revert to FPTP for the 1929 election).
"Proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote" (commonly called "proportional representation" rather than "single transferable vote") is used for all public elections in the Republic of Ireland, except that single-winner elections (presidential elections and single-vacancy by-elections) reduce to instant-runoff voting.
The constitution calls the system "proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote", although a single-seat election cannot be proportional. [4] To qualify, candidates must: [1] be a citizen of Ireland, be at least 35 years of age, and [5] be nominated by:
All public elections in the Republic of Ireland are described as using the single transferable vote, or "proportional representation by the means of the single transferable vote". [34] In the case of single-winner elections STV reduces to IRV, although neither "instant runoff voting" nor "alternative vote" is a commonly used name in Ireland.
Party-list proportional representation [89] Fiji: Parliament: Unicameral legislature 1998 2013 Party-list proportional representation: Ireland Seanad Upper house of legislature 1925 1925 Indirect elections, university elections Direct (19 elected in single country-wide contest) [90] Isle of Man: House of Keys: Lower house of legislature 1982 1995