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    The document describes the First Past the Post (FPTP) voting system and the Alternative Vote (AV) system used in UK parliamentary elections. Under FPTP, voters select one candidate and the candidate with the most votes wins. Under AV, voters rank candidates by preference and candidates are eliminated one by one until someone receives over 50% of the votes, resulting in a candidate with majority support. The document provides an example ballot paper for each system to illustrate how votes are cast.

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    The document describes the First Past the Post (FPTP) voting system and the Alternative Vote (AV) system used in UK parliamentary elections. Under FPTP, voters select one candidate and the candidate with the most votes wins. Under AV, voters rank candidates by preference and candidates are eliminated one by one until someone receives over 50% of the votes, resulting in a candidate with majority support. The document provides an example ballot paper for each system to illustrate how votes are cast.

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    The document describes the First Past the Post (FPTP) voting system and the Alternative Vote (AV) system used in UK parliamentary elections. Under FPTP, voters select one candidate and the candidate with the most votes wins. Under AV, voters rank candidates by preference and candidates are eliminated one by one until someone receives over 50% of the votes, resulting in a candidate with majority support. The document provides an example ballot paper for each system to illustrate how votes are cast.

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    First Past The Post 100906

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    The document describes the First Past the Post (FPTP) voting system and the Alternative Vote (AV) system used in UK parliamentary elections. Under FPTP, voters select one candidate and the candidate with the most votes wins. Under AV, voters rank candidates by preference and candidates are eliminated one by one until someone receives over 50% of the votes, resulting in a candidate with majority support. The document provides an example ballot paper for each system to illustrate how votes are cast.

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    FIRST PAST THE POST AND THE ALTERNATIVE VOTE In elections to the House of Commons, a single individual is elected

    from a Parliamentary constituency to serve as the Member of Parliament. This can be done either by the current voting system known as First Past The Post (FPTP), or by the Alternative Vote (AV) system. This note describes the operation of the two systems. First Past The Post In elections held under FPTP, each voter makes a mark next to one candidate on the ballot paper. First Past The Post is a plurality voting system: the candidate who wins the most votes in each constituency is elected. The Alternative Vote In elections held under the Alternative Vote, each voter may rank candidates on the ballot paper in order of preference (1, 2, 3 etc.). For this reason, the Alternative Vote is known as a preferential voting system. After marking their first preference, voters may then choose to express further preferences for as many, or as few, candidates as they wish. The count begins by allocating votes in line with first preferences. If a candidate has an absolute majority more than 50% of the votes after this allocation they are elected. If no candidate has an absolute majority, then the candidate in last place is eliminated and their votes are reallocated according to the next highest preference expressed on each ballot paper; if a voter has not marked a preference for any candidate that remains in the contest, then the ballot paper is set aside from the count. This process continues until a candidate has an absolute majority of the votes left in the count, and is elected.

    Alternative Vote

    Example of Ballot Papers under both systems First Past the Post ballot paper Alternative Vote ballot paper

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