Section 3A Electoral system in Northern Ireland.F1

United Kingdom

The system of election in Northern Ireland shall be a single transferable vote system under which—

(a)

a vote is capable of being given so as to indicate the voter’s order of preference for the candidates, and

(b)

a vote is capable of being transferred to the next choice—

(i)

when the vote is not required to give a prior choice the necessary quota of votes, or

(ii)

when, owing to the deficiency in the number of votes given for a prior choice, that choice is eliminated from the list of candidates.

Annotations

F1: Ss. 1-3D substituted for ss. 1-3 (16.3.1999 for specified purposes only and 1.5.1999) by 1999 c. 1, s. 1; S.I. 1999/717, art. 2(1)(2) (with art. 2(3))