(2) The votes shall be given and counted

(a)

in respect of the election committee

constituency, in accordance with the single

transferable vote system of election (being a

variety of proportional representation) which

system shall include the following features,

that is to say

(i) the election committee constituency

shall return the relevant number of

(ii)

(iii)

elected Members;

the elector voting in respect of that

constituency shall have a single vote;

the single vote shall be transferable

amongst the candidates, the elector

marking his preferences on his ballot

paper in descending order against a

number of candidates being not less

than the relevant number of those

candidates;

(iv) subject to subparagraph (vii), the

candidates to be elected shall obtain

(v)

a quota of votes, the quota to be

determined by dividing the total

number of valid votes by one more than

the relevant number;

surpluses in excess of the quota shall

be transferred on a proportional basis

to the candidates then remaining in

accordance with the next available

preferences marked on the ballot

papers;

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