instant-runoff voting
voting method for single-seat elections, where voters rank the candidates in order of preference; ballots are initially counted for each voter’s top choice, losers are eliminated one-by-one, with losers' ballots redistributed till 1 candidate remains
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Summary
instant-runoff voting ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (837 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- instant-runoff voting's subclass of is recorded as ranked voting[2].
- instant-runoff voting's subclass of is recorded as Winner-take-all system[3].
- instant-runoff voting's part of is recorded as democracy[4].
- instant-runoff voting's Commons category is recorded as Instant-runoff voting[5].
- instant-runoff voting's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03w7t[6].
- instant-runoff voting's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Instant-runoff voting[7].
- instant-runoff voting's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/alternative-vote[8].
- instant-runoff voting's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'IRV'}[9].
- instant-runoff voting's uses is recorded as single-member district[10].
- instant-runoff voting's BabelNet ID is recorded as 01283428n[11].
- instant-runoff voting's Quora topic ID is recorded as Alternative-Vote[12].
- instant-runoff voting's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as alternative-voting[13].
- instant-runoff voting's UK Parliament thesaurus ID is recorded as 90194[14].
- instant-runoff voting's schematic is recorded as IRV counting flowchart.svg[15].
- instant-runoff voting's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 60454596[16].
- instant-runoff voting's Lex ID is recorded as alternativ_stemmeafgivning[17].
- instant-runoff voting's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C60454596[18].
Why It Matters
instant-runoff voting ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (837 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]