Hello. I am writing a research paper on municipal elections in Saint Petersburg. The recent elections of 2019, according to observers, were held with a large number of violations. In my work, I try to check this. But I have some questions. If I understand correctly, the elections are held using the “Multiple non-transferable vote”/Block Vote system. In other words, the voter can choose up to five candidates from the entire list, and the winners are those who received the highest number of votes in all precincts. Are there any countries with such a voting system, and open data about elections? For example, in Russia, it is possible to view data on each specific polling station where elections were held, for example, how many votes were cast for candidates, how many ballots were issued, etc. Could you recommend literature specifically about this voting system?
Hi, block vote system is used for example in Slovakia for local councils. Here is a link for the election results but it is not very friendly in English: http://volby.statistics.sk/index-en.html. In this handbook you will find more countries that are or were using the BV system: https://www.idea.int/publications/catalogue/electoral-system-design-new-international-idea-handbook. Best, v.
I know in Japan they use Single-Non Transferrable Vote, and in Turkey from 1950 to 1960 as well. The Australian upper house used MNTV from 1901 to 1918 as well, and has data going back that far: https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp1112/12rp06/12rp06f. Another good site for election data, including district-level data is at Psephos: http://psephos.adam-carr.net/ run by Dr Adam Carr from the University of Melbourne.
In Croatia you can have one preferential vote from the list. Although ot seems not significant we had a last person on the list being elected for EU Parliament due to preferental votes.
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