Sentence examples for the first preferences from inspiring English sources

An initial ballot paper count adds up all the first preferences.

The second round of counting will see my Livingstone second preference added to all the first preferences he's received.

If a candidate doesn't have 50% of the votes when the first preferences are counted, all but the top two candidates are eliminated.

If no candidate wins 50% of the first preferences, the second (and lower) choices of those who did not vote for the top placed candidates are redistributed until one person has obtained an overall majority.

"We have been able to offer the first preferences to the vast majority of parents despite the fact that the number of applications we have received has grown significantly over the last few years," said John Edwards, Manchester city council's director of education.

The Flux Party in Australia garnered 0.15% of the first preferences nationwide in 2016.

"Diplomacy should always be the first preference," Mr. Israel wrote.

"The first preference for everybody in labor is the original bill," he said.

After the first preference votes are counted, any candidate whose votes exceed the quota is elected.

They were piled up according to the party who received the first preference and this total was reported.

On that occasion he turned 2.9% of the first preference vote into a seat in the State's upper house.