Cities' use of STV Proportional Representation here and elsewhere

Dublin

Melbourne, Australia (said to be famous for its use of STV)

elects leadership team (mayor and vice mayor) through IRV,

city councillors through STV

Results of the 2024 Victorian local elections in Inner Melbourne available online

Glasgow, Scotland -- City council is elected using STV (and has been since 2007).

City of Glasgow has 650,000 population; Greater Glasgow has 1.2M

Wellington, NZ

The 2022 election was held using IRV for mayor and the single transferable vote system for councillors

15 councillors were elected across six wards

five general 3,3,3,3,2 through STV

and one māori ward 1 seat through IRV

Portland Oregon population of 635,000

Sydney, NSW, Australia mayor through IRV; councillors through STV

Sydney uses instant-runoff voting to elect its mayor and single transferable voting to elect its 9 city councillors

cities' use in history

Calgary last used STV in 1971

Edmonton last used STV in 1927

other cases

Northern Ireland Council Areas (Belfast, etc.): While the city of Belfast itself has a population of roughly 350,000–600,000 (depending on boundary definitions), local government in Northern Ireland is organized into district councils that have used STV since 1973.

Copenhagen 55 members elected using closed list PR

NYC uses Instant-runoff voting

Auckland, Australia uses FPTP and Block voting in different wards.

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