Voting Systems

Same ballots, different winners

Additional Member System

How it works: A hybrid system combining one FPTP constituency seat with additional list seats. The constituency winner is chosen by first preferences alone. List seats are filled using voters' subsequent preferences, skipping past candidates already elected.

2 Seats (1 constituency + 1 list)

Constituency (FPTP)

Italian
35
Chinese
25
Mexican
20
Thai
16
Indian
4

Constituency winner: Italian

List Rounds

List Round 1
Indian
45
Thai
30
Chinese
20
Exhausted: 5 · Elected: Indian

All elected: Italian Indian

3 Seats (1 constituency + 2 list)

Constituency (FPTP)

Italian
35
Chinese
25
Mexican
20
Thai
16
Indian
4

Constituency winner: Italian

List Rounds

List Round 1
Indian
45
Thai
30
Chinese
20
Exhausted: 5 · Elected: Indian
List Round 2
Thai
30
Chinese
20
Exhausted: 50 · Elected: Thai

All elected: Italian Indian Thai

4 Seats (1 constituency + 3 list)

Constituency (FPTP)

Italian
35
Chinese
25
Mexican
20
Thai
16
Indian
4

Constituency winner: Italian

List Rounds

List Round 1
Indian
45
Thai
30
Chinese
20
Exhausted: 5 · Elected: Indian
List Round 2
Thai
30
Chinese
20
Exhausted: 50 · Elected: Thai
List Round 3
Chinese
50
Exhausted: 50 · Elected: Chinese

All elected: Italian Indian Thai Chinese

Indian Finally Makes the Menu

Under AMS, Indian wins the first list seat despite having only 4% first-preference support. When voters' second and third preferences are counted (skipping the already-elected Italian), Indian emerges as the most popular additional choice — the compromise candidate that plurality methods miss.