Sentences with phrase «numbers of first preferences»

The candidate with the lowest number of first preference votes is eliminated after each round of voting and their votes are then reassigned until one person passes the 50 % mark.

Not exact matches

In a scientific poll of the Conservative Party grassroots which we undertook last summer with the help of YouGov, we found that Boris Johnson was way out in front, with 38 % of first preferences — double the number given to Theresa May and a long way ahead of George Osborne who picked up just three per cent of them.

Instant runoff voting, also known as ranked - choice voting, allows voters to rank primary candidates in order of preference so that if one candidate does not cross the required threshold for victory, the candidate with the least number of votes is eliminated and the votes are redistributed based on the second choice selected by voters who had selected the eliminated candidate first, and so on until a winner emerges.

First preference votes need to be filtered through the system of Irish electoral constituencies (and the different numbers of seats that are apportioned to these).

Voters are required to place the number «1» against their first choice of candidate, known as the «first preference» or «primary vote».

To ensure first authorship, avoid authorship conflicts and keep the number of co-authors low, they articulate a preference for working mainly individually.

There are numerous beautiful girls in every country of the world, but still the Russian beauties are getting the first preference of modern men for a number of logical reasons, in spite of the cultural and linguistic disparity between the two courting companions.

There is also evidence that the number of university applicants identifying teaching as their first preference has been quite stable over recent years, suggesting that a growing number of students are entering teaching after failing to obtain a place in their course of first choice.

A London Councils spokeswoman said: «It is important to recognise that not all parents and pupils can be offered their first preference, because there is simply not an unlimited number of places in London's schools.»

Only a limited number of Lamborghini's will be made and first preference will be given to current Lamborghini owners.

When it comes to format preferences among book buyers in Canada, consumer surveys conducted with 966 book - buying Canadians during the first six months of 2017 show a 3 % increase in the number of ebooks purchased versus the same period in 2016.