Editing Single non-transferable vote (section)

{{Short description|Multi-winner, semi-proportional electoral system}}
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'''Single non-transferable vote''' or '''SNTV''' is a multi-winner electoral system in which each voter casts a single vote. Being a [[Semi-proportional representation|semi-proportional]] variant of [[first-past-the-post voting]], under SNTV small parties, as well as large parties, have a chance to be represented. Under SNTV, a single party seldom will take all seats in a city or district, as generally happens with [[Winner-take-all system|winner-take-all systems]]. Under certain conditions, such as perfect tactical voting, SNTV is equivalent to [[proportional representation]] by the [[D'Hondt method]]. SNTV is a combination of [[Electoral district|multi-member districts]] and each voter casting just one vote.   

SNTV can be considered a variant of [[dot voting]] where each voter has only one point to assign. It can also be seen as a variant of [[limited voting]] where each elector has one vote, or as a simple version of [[Single Transferable Voting]] where votes are not transferred. Unlike [[block voting]] or [[limited voting]], where voters can cast multiple votes, under SNTV each voter casts just one.

SNTV retains many of the problems of [[first-past-the-post voting]] (first-preference plurality voting), and as a result is sometimes viewed skeptically by [[social choice theorist]]s. However, its extreme simplicity and easy vote-counting makes the system particularly popular for small elections to offices such as [[city councils]], particularly when compared to the more-intricate [[single transferable vote]] (STV) system, and has resulted in the method becoming commonly used for ordering [[Open list|open party lists]].