TrySTV.ca Poll: Northwest BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
3 candidates will be elected with 710 ballots cast.
Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone in the world can vote repeatedly. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted.

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Round 1 Legend  
Robin Austin (NDP) 
 
 156.0  (22.0%)   
Donny van Dyk (Liberal) 
 
 125.0  (17.6%)   
Gary Coons (NDP) 
 
 93.0  (13.1%)   
Herb Pond (Liberal) 
 
 70.0  (9.9%)   
Scott Groves (Liberal) 
 
 60.0  (8.5%)   
Doug Donaldson (NDP) 
 
 54.0  (7.6%)   
Mike Brousseau (Conservative) 
 
 49.0  (6.9%)   
Anita Norman (Green) 
 
 44.0  (6.2%)   
Roger Benham (Green) 
 
 36.0  (5.1%)   
Lisa Girbav (Green) 
 
 23.0  (3.2%)  Defeated
   pies need GD2 extension
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, or ask a question.

In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory (25.1%), so the last-place candidate (Lisa Girbav (Green)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.














 
 
TrySTV.ca Poll: Northwest BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
3 candidates will be elected with 710 ballots cast.
Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone in the world can vote repeatedly. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted.

First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 2 Legend  
Robin Austin (NDP) 
 
 158.0  (22.3%)   
Donny van Dyk (Liberal) 
 
 126.0  (17.7%)   
Gary Coons (NDP) 
 
 96.0  (13.5%)   
Herb Pond (Liberal) 
 
 71.0  (10.0%)   
Scott Groves (Liberal) 
 
 60.0  (8.5%)   
Doug Donaldson (NDP) 
 
 55.0  (7.7%)   
Mike Brousseau (Conservative) 
 
 50.0  (7.0%)   
Anita Norman (Green) 
 
 51.0  (7.2%)   
Roger Benham (Green) 
 
 43.0  (6.1%)  Defeated
   pies need GD2 extension
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, or ask a question.

No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory (25.1%), so the last-place candidate (Roger Benham (Green)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.














 
 
TrySTV.ca Poll: Northwest BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
3 candidates will be elected with 710 ballots cast.
Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone in the world can vote repeatedly. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted.

First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 3 Legend  
Robin Austin (NDP) 
 
 160.0  (22.6%)   
Donny van Dyk (Liberal) 
 
 127.0  (18.0%)   
Gary Coons (NDP) 
 
 100.0  (14.1%)   
Herb Pond (Liberal) 
 
 71.0  (10.0%)   
Scott Groves (Liberal) 
 
 63.0  (8.9%)   
Doug Donaldson (NDP) 
 
 55.0  (7.8%)   
Mike Brousseau (Conservative) 
 
 50.0  (7.1%)  Defeated
Anita Norman (Green) 
 
 81.0  (11.5%)   
None of these 
 
 3.0  (0.4%)   
   pies need GD2 extension
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, or ask a question.

No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory (25.1%), so the last-place candidate (Mike Brousseau (Conservative)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.














 
 
TrySTV.ca Poll: Northwest BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
3 candidates will be elected with 710 ballots cast.
Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone in the world can vote repeatedly. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted.

First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 4 Legend  
Robin Austin (NDP) 
 
 164.0  (23.4%)   
Donny van Dyk (Liberal) 
 
 139.0  (19.8%)   
Gary Coons (NDP) 
 
 102.0  (14.5%)   
Herb Pond (Liberal) 
 
 80.0  (11.4%)   
Scott Groves (Liberal) 
 
 74.0  (10.5%)   
Doug Donaldson (NDP) 
 
 55.0  (7.8%)  Defeated
Anita Norman (Green) 
 
 88.0  (12.5%)   
None of these 
 
 8.0  (1.1%)   
   pies need GD2 extension
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, or ask a question.

No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory (25.1%), so the last-place candidate (Doug Donaldson (NDP)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.














 
 
TrySTV.ca Poll: Northwest BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
3 candidates will be elected with 710 ballots cast.
Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone in the world can vote repeatedly. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted.

First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 5 Legend  
Robin Austin (NDP) 
 
 180.0  (25.8%)  Elected
Donny van Dyk (Liberal) 
 
 139.0  (19.9%)   
Gary Coons (NDP) 
 
 133.0  (19.1%)   
Herb Pond (Liberal) 
 
 81.0  (11.6%)   
Scott Groves (Liberal) 
 
 75.0  (10.8%)   
Anita Norman (Green) 
 
 89.0  (12.8%)   
None of these 
 
 13.0  (1.9%)   
   pies need GD2 extension
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, or ask a question.

Robin Austin (NDP) has enough votes to guarantee victory (25.1%) and is declared a winner.To ensure that everyone's vote counts equally, votes that exceed that threshold are counted toward their next highest ranking (this is actually done by counting a fraction of ballots cast for the winning candidate).

Go to the next round.














 
 
TrySTV.ca Poll: Northwest BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
3 candidates will be elected with 710 ballots cast.
Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone in the world can vote repeatedly. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted.

First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 6 Legend  
Robin Austin (NDP) 
 
 178.0  (25.5%)   
Donny van Dyk (Liberal) 
 
 139.1  (20.0%)   
Gary Coons (NDP) 
 
 134.6  (19.3%)   
Herb Pond (Liberal) 
 
 81.0  (11.6%)   
Scott Groves (Liberal) 
 
 75.0  (10.8%)  Defeated
Anita Norman (Green) 
 
 89.2  (12.8%)   
None of these 
 
 13.1  (1.9%)   
   pies need GD2 extension
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, or ask a question.

No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory (25.1%), so the last-place candidate (Scott Groves (Liberal)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.














 
 
TrySTV.ca Poll: Northwest BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
3 candidates will be elected with 710 ballots cast.
Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone in the world can vote repeatedly. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted.

First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 7 Legend  
Robin Austin (NDP) 
 
 178.0  (25.7%)   
Donny van Dyk (Liberal) 
 
 167.1  (24.1%)   
Gary Coons (NDP) 
 
 137.6  (19.9%)   
Herb Pond (Liberal) 
 
 118.0  (17.0%)   
Anita Norman (Green) 
 
 92.2  (13.3%)  Defeated
None of these 
 
 17.1  (2.5%)   
   pies need GD2 extension
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, or ask a question.

No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory (25.1%), so the last-place candidate (Anita Norman (Green)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.














 
 
TrySTV.ca Poll: Northwest BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
3 candidates will be elected with 710 ballots cast.
Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone in the world can vote repeatedly. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted.

First Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Round 8 Legend  
Robin Austin (NDP) 
 
 178.0  (26.7%)  Elected
Donny van Dyk (Liberal) 
 
 182.1  (27.3%)  Elected
Gary Coons (NDP) 
 
 179.8  (27.0%)  Elected
Herb Pond (Liberal) 
 
 126.0  (18.9%)  Defeated
None of these 
 
 44.1  (6.6%)   
   pies need GD2 extension
Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, or ask a question.

Donny van Dyk (Liberal) has enough votes to guarantee victory (25.1%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 76% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 52.7% if only the first-round votes were used. You should be able to see that the winners have a more equal mandate in the final round than in the first round.

Note that even the "highest first-round votes" method is more democratic than most methods used in US public elections: the "vote for 3" method, which allows the largest block of voters to dominate, and the district method, where choices are restricted to the one or two viable candidates within geographical boundaries drawn by the politicians in office.

Also, view the Ballot Depth info to see how much lower rankings contributed to the tally.

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TrySTV.ca Poll: Northwest BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
3 candidates will be elected with 710 ballots cast.
Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone in the world can vote repeatedly. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted.

First Round | Last Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page

Ballot Depth: This shows how much the lower rankings on ballots contributed to the winning candidates.

Rank   Fraction of votes for winners
1st 
 
68.4%   
2nd 
 
18.7%   
3rd 
 
3.8%   
4th 
 
4.1%   
5th 
 
3.5%   
6th 
 
1.5%   
  pies need GD