If the election results shown in Table 3 below were for a district with a magnitude of 1 and plurality rule was used (in other words, you have an single-member district plurality system), what would the outcome be?
A. Candidates from parties A and B would each win 5 seats.
B. Candidates from party A would win 10 seats.
C. A candidate from party A would win 1 seat and the other parties would get 0 seats.
D. You can’t answer this question unless you know what the second, third, fourth, and so on, preference ranking is on each ballot that was cast.
C. A candidate from party A would win 1 seat and the other parties would get 0 seats.
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