THE PROXY VOTE. 565 



Let us now see how these reforms would work in the two cases 

 ah-eady cited. 



In the case of two parties, suppose the ten single-member districts 

 replaced by five two-member districts. In the first of these larger dis- 

 tricts one party runs the two candidates A and B. The other party 

 runs the two candidates Q, R. As there are four candidates for two 

 seats the lowest candidate, K, is excluded. Then, party loyalty being 

 assumed, the ninety-nine votes cast for R now go, by means of the 

 transferable vote, to Q. The poll now stands : — 



Q 199 B 102 A 101 



As there are now three candidates for two seats the lowest. A, is 

 rejected, and his 102 votes go to B, so that the poll stands: — 



B 20:i (I 199 



Similar treatment of the other four districts gives the following 

 result : — 



Q 199 



T 198 



V 197 



X 243 



Z 241 



Votes ... 932 1,078 



Thus each party gets five seats, but one party has a voting power or 

 '932 grams, and the other a voting power of r07S grams in parlia- 

 ment. 



Again, in tlie case of three parties, suppose the six single-member 

 districts replaced by two districts each returning three members. In 

 the first of these larger districts the three parties run the candidates 

 A, B, C ; L, M, N; U, V, W. After three counts or scrutinies, in which 

 U, M, C are successively rejected, the poll might stand — 



A 152 L 151 V 147 



B 153 N 149 W 148 



These results are obtained, as before, bv use of the transferable 

 vote. For example, U is first rejected. The 97 votes so set free go 

 partly to V, and partly to W. 



After three more counts, in which Y, N, A are successively 

 rejected, the poll might stand as in the first line of the following 

 table: — 



B 305 L 300 W 295 



E 235 Q 398 X 267 



Votes ... 540 698 575 



the second line in the table being got by a similar treatment of 

 the second three-member district. Thus, each party gets two seats, 

 but their voting powers in parliament are in grams •540, "698, "575 

 respectively. 



