# Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014, Paragraph 11


(1) Elections under this Part must be by single transferable vote.
(2) A single transferable vote is a vote—
(a) capable of being given so as to indicate the voter's order of preference for the candidates; and
(b) capable of being transferred to the next choice when the vote is not needed to give a prior choice the necessary quota of votes or when a prior choice is eliminated from the list of candidates because of a deficiency in the number of votes given for that person.
(3) The Department may by order make provision about elections under this Part or any matter relating to them.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2014/8/schedule/1/paragraph/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-northern-ireland-2014/schedule-1/paragraph-11
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