Editing Single non-transferable vote (section)

===Japan, South Korea and Taiwan===
SNTV was once used to elect the legislatures of [[Japan]], [[South Korea]] and the [[Republic of China]] ([[Taiwan]]),<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010 |title=Elections in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan under the single non-transferable vote: The comparative study of an embedded institution |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330194995 |access-date=2024-05-16}}</ref> but its use has been discontinued for the most part. It is still used in Japan for some seats in the [[House of Councillors]] (Sangi-in), prefectural assemblies and municipal assemblies.

In Taiwan it is used for the six aboriginal seats in the [[Legislative Yuan]] (national legislature), as well as local assemblies. The party structure there was complicated by the fact that while members of the [[Legislative Yuan]] were elected by SNTV, executive positions were (and still are) elected by a [[first past the post]]. This created a party system in which smaller factionalized parties, which SNTV promotes, have formed two large coalitions that resembles the [[Duverger's law|two party system which first past the post rewards]]. Starting with the [[2008 Republic of China legislative election|2008 legislative elections]], SNTV was discarded in favor of a mixed ''single member district'' (SMD) with proportional representation based on national party votes, similar to Japan. This system was a legacy of [[Taiwan under Japanese rule|its colonial rule]] inherited from the [[Meiji Constitution]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Single Non-Transferable Vote (SNTV) —|url=https://aceproject.org/ace-en/topics/es/esd/esd04/esd04a/default|access-date=2021-10-25|website=aceproject.org}}</ref>