Editing Proportional representation (section)

==== Final-round vote tallies and party satisfaction break-down ====
Quota is 25 percent plus 1 
{| class="wikitable"
!Candidate
! colspan="2" |Party
!Current vote total
!Elected?
!Party
!First-preference votes<br>for candidates of party
!Number of<br>seats
!Party seats %<br>under STV
|-
|Jane Doe
| style="background:#D10000" |
|Party A
|Already elected (25%+1 vote)
|'''Yes'''
| rowspan="3" |Party A
| rowspan="3" |67%
| rowspan="3" |2
| rowspan="3" |67%
|-
|John Citizen
| style="background:#D10000" |
|Party A
|11% + 15% = 26%
|'''Yes''' 
|-
|Joe Smith
| style="background:#D10000" |
|Party A
|16%
|
|-
|Fred Rubble
| style="background:#0008A5" |
|Party B
|Already elected (30%)<br>(surplus votes not transferred)
|'''Yes'''
| rowspan="2" |Party B
| rowspan="2" |33%
| rowspan="2" |1
| rowspan="2" |33%
|-
|Mary Hill
| style="background:#0008A5" |
|Party B
|3%
|
|-
| colspan="3" |''TOTAL''
|''100%''
|''3''
|
|''100%''
|''3''
|''100%''
|}

Under STV, to make up the 200-seat legislature as large as in the examples that follow, about 67 three-seat districts would be used. Districts with more seats would provide more proportional results{{Snd}}one form of STV in Australia uses a district with 21 members being elected at once. With a larger district magnitude, it is more likely that more than two parties will have some of their candidates elected. 

With a lower district magnitude, it is more likely that only two parties will have their candidates elected. For example, in [[Malta]], where STV is used with 5-member districts, it is common for successful candidates to receive 16.6 percent of the vote in the district. This produces a high effective threshold in the districts, and the country maintains a very strong two-party system.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web | url=https://electoral.gov.mt/ElectionResults/General | title=Electoral Commission of Malta }}</ref> However, about 4000 voters in a district would be enough to elect a third-party candidate if voters desired, but this seldom happens.<ref name="auto1" />{{Original research inline|date=May 2025}}

Conversely, New South Wales, which uses STV to elect its state legislative council in 21-seat contests, sees election of representatives of seven or eight different parties each time.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://elections.nsw.gov.au/elections/past-results/state-election-results/2023-nsw-state-election-results#legislativecouncilresults | title=2023 NSW State election results }}</ref> In this election, about 1/22nd of the vote in the state is enough to take a seat, and seven or eight parties take at least that many votes, demonstrating a different voting pattern than Malta exhibits.