Preferential voting

Preferential voting may refer to:

• Ranked voting systems, all election methods that involve ranking candidates in order of preference
  • Instant-runoff voting, referred to as "preferential voting" in Australia, is one type of ranked voting system.
• Range voting, in which voters assign points to each candidate
• Open list, sometimes known as "preferential voting" in Europe and nations such as Sri Lanka
• Bucklin voting, which was sometimes known as "preferential voting" when used in the United States