IRV is more typically used in the context of electing one person to an office. However, it can also be used to obtain proportional representation. The procedure is the following:

1. Count the first place votes.
2. Eliminate the candidate with the fewest number of votes and transfer the votes to the next candidate on each ballot.
3. Repeat step (2) until only four candidates remain.

IRV provides better proportional representation than SNTV and the method for counting the votes is still quite simple.