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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)
(iv)
(v)
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;
subject to subparagraph (vii), the
candidates to be elected shall obtain
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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