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	How the Mayor of London is elected


	What will Londoners be voting for? How is the Mayor elected? Results of 2000 election for the Mayor of London How the Supplementary Vote system works Why is this system used?		How is the Mayor elected? If there are more than three candidates, the Mayor of London is elected using a system called Supplementary Vote. If there are only two candidates, the First Past The Post system is used. In the Supplementary Vote system, voters can cast a first and second choice vote for Mayor. A voter does not have to cast a second choice vote, but must cast a first choice or the ballot paper will not be counted. If a candidate receives more than half of the valid first choice votes, he or she is elected. If no candidate receives half of the first choice votes, all the other candidates except the two with the most first choice votes are eliminated. Then the second choice votes from the eliminated candidates are added up and distributed. The candidate with the most first and second choice votes wins. If there is a tie the Greater London Returning Officer (GLRO) draws lots. No matter how close the result, a London-wide recount cannot be ordered � the GLRO does not have the power to do this. Only constituency returning officers are able to order re-counts.


	Results of the 2000 Mayoral election - pie chart voting,howthevoteworks,mayor,flow.html