<html><body><style> @font-face{font-family:'Cambria Math';panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4}@font-face{font-family:Calibri;panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4}.apply-styles p.-wm-MsoNormal, .apply-styles li.-wm-MsoNormal, .apply-styles div.-wm-MsoNormal{margin:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif}.apply-styles a:link, .apply-styles span.-wm-MsoHyperlink{mso-style-priority:99;color:#0563C1;text-decoration:underline}.apply-styles a:visited, .apply-styles span.-wm-MsoHyperlinkFollowed{mso-style-priority:99;color:#954F72;text-decoration:underline}.apply-styles span.-wm-EmailStyle17{mso-style-type:personal-reply;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;color:#1F497D}.apply-styles .-wm-MsoChpDefault{mso-style-type:export-only;font-size:10pt}@page WordSection1 {size:612pt 792pt;margin:72pt 72pt 72pt 72pt}.apply-styles div.-wm-WordSection1{}</style>Thank you all.<div>In the meantime I have found that the STV method with the Hare quota can, when used to fill a vacancy by recalculating the original vote (omitting the preferences for the replaced candidate), also eliminate one of the originally elected candidates. Therefore I consider a suitable method for filling vacancies to be STV with a prohibition on eliminating originally elected candidates — that is, the weakest candidate to be eliminated should be sought only among the candidates who were originally unelected.</div><div><br></div><div>Luděk Belán<br>Třebíč, Czech Republic</div><div><br><aside>---------- Původní e‑mail ----------<br>Od: James Gilmour <jamesgilmour@f2s.com><br>Komu: 'Ludek Belán' <LudekBelan@seznam.cz>, election-methods@electorama.com<br>Datum: 9. 4. 2026 13:51:00<br>Předmět: RE: [EM] Filling a vacated seat using STV</aside><br><blockquote data-email="jamesgilmour@f2s.com"><div class="-wm-WordSection1"><p class="-wm-MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">This method is used in Malta where Parliamentary candidates are allowed to stand in more than one constituency but are allowed to be elected as a Member of Parliament for only one constituency. If a candidate is elected in, say, two constituencies, they stand down in one constituency, creating an immediate ‘casual vacancy’ which is then filled by ‘counting again’ the STV ballot papers passing over any preferences for the candidate who has ‘withdrawn’.</span></p><p class="-wm-MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> </span></p><div><p class="-wm-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">James Gilmour</span></p></div><p class="-wm-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Edinburgh, Scotland</span></p><p class="-wm-MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> </span></p><div style="border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4pt"><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1pt;padding:3pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="-wm-MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif"> Election-Methods [mailto:election-methods-bounces@lists.electorama.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ludek Belán via Election-Methods<br><b>Sent:</b> 08 April 2026 23:08<br><b>To:</b> election-methods@electorama.com<br><b>Subject:</b> [EM] Filling a vacated seat using STV</span></p></div></div><p class="-wm-MsoNormal"> </p><p class="-wm-MsoNormal">Hello everyone,</p><div><p class="-wm-MsoNormal">does anyone happen to know whether the STV method can be used to fill a vacated seat by recalculating the original vote while simply excluding the candidate who took that vacated seat? Could a situation arise where this recalculation would cause someone else to lose their seat?</p></div><div><p class="-wm-MsoNormal">Thank you.</p></div><div><p class="-wm-MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="-wm-MsoNormal">Kind regards</p></div><div><p class="-wm-MsoNormal">Luděk Belán</p></div></div></div><div id="-wm-DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br><table style="border-top:1px solid #D3D4DE"><tbody><tr><td style="width:55px;padding-top:13px"><a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient"><img src="https://s-install.avcdn.net/ipm/preview/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange-animated-no-repeat-v1.gif" alt width="46" height="29" style="width:46px;height:29px"></a></td><td style="width:470px;padding-top:12px;color:#41424e;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px">Virus-free.<a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient" style="color:#4453ea">www.avast.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table><a href="#-wm-DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"> </a></div></blockquote></div></body></html>