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alternative vote

alternative vote noun: a voting system in which each voter lists the candidates in order of preference. At each stage the candidate with the fewest votes is excluded and their votes transferred according to the voters' preferences.

Noun

alternative vote (plural alternative votes)

  1. A voting system in which each voter lists the candidates in order of preference. At each stage the candidate with the fewest votes is excluded and their votes transferred according to the voters' preferences.

alternative vote meaning in Tamil

alternative vote in Tamil

ஒற்றை மாற்று வாக்கு

Forms of alternative vote

pluralalternative votes

Questions about alternative vote

What does alternative vote mean?
Alternative vote means a voting system in which each voter lists the candidates in order of preference. At each stage the candidate with the fewest votes is excluded and their votes transferred according to the voters' preferences.
What is alternative vote in Tamil?
Alternative vote in Tamil is ஒற்றை மாற்று வாக்கு. See Alternative vote meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is alternative vote?
Alternative vote is a noun.
What is the plural of alternative vote?
The plural of alternative vote is alternative votes.

Words near alternative vote in the dictionary

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  8. alternatively
  9. alternativeness
  10. alternatives
  11. alternativism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: alternative vote (page history and authors); alternative vote (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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