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On Single Transferable Voting System
On Single Transferable Voting System
On Single Transferable Voting System
Abstract
Under STV, a process of ranked voting is followed where a single vote is given
to the most preferred candidate.
The project aims to develop an application that implements STV which consist
of the functionalities of administrator and voter.
Literature Survey
According to 'New System for the Election of Council: The single transferable vote', published
in IEEE, brings out several disadvantages of current system :- The principal defect of non
transferable vote system lies in the equity of votes. However, the most serious defect is vote
wastage and the effect which knowledge of this vote wastage. All these anomalies can be
corrected by using STV.
According to 'Manipulability of Single Transferable Vote', Toby Walsh, published in IEEE, Sydney,
Australia- It also appears to be one of the harder rules to manipulate since it involves multiple
rounds and since, unlike many other rules, it is NP-hard for a single agent to manipulate without
weights on the votes or uncertainty about how the other agents have voted.
http://www.hawaii.edu/uhmfs/documents/2010_11/20110216_reso_votingmethodscounting.pdf Droop quota is preferred because it is the only whole-number threshold for which (a) a majority
of the voters can be guaranteed to elect a majority of the seats when there is an odd number of
seats, and (b) we cannot elect more candidates than there are seats.
Literature Survey
According to Confused or competent? How voters use the STV ballot paper,
published in electoral journal in University of Starthclyde , focuses on how voters
respond to the system. The STV is considered extolled, but it is also criticised to be
confusing. Ultimately, it depends on how voters chose to use it. STV was used for the
first time in Scottish local elections in 2007, therefore, survey data was used to examine
the incidence of various indicators of apparent failure by Scottish voters to exploit STV.
Analysis
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3.The voter marks their ballot card in order of preference which gives maximum
choice to the voter.
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4.It is arguably a much more representative and inclusive voting system as it gives
voters more choice than any other system. This choice puts more power in the
hands of voters, rather than the political parties.
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5.But STV is hardly used because of the time and complexity involved in
calculation.
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6.We aim at making this system more popular by simplifying it for users by
devising an efficient algorithm.
Admin
Login
Homepage
Success
Logout
Register Number,
Password
Success
Homepage
Start Election,
Add\Edit\Delete
Voters and
Candidates\View
Results
Admin
Error
Voter
Authenticat
e Admin
Login
Regenerate
Password/Voting
completed
Rate
Candidates
Submit
Logout
Voter
Algorithm
Position 1 calculation:
Algorithm
Redistribution:
Testing
TS_ID TEST
PRECONDIT
OBJECTIVE ION/REQUIS
ITE
TS_1 Verify user STV
interface of application is
STV
already open
application
TS_2
TS_3
STEPS
EXPECTED RESULTS
ACTUAL
RESULT
S
Successf
ul
Conclusion
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