TrySTV.ca Poll: Columbia-Kootenay BC Legislative Assembly - 2013 General Election
4 candidates will be elected with 91 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  
Sjeng Derkx (Green) 
 
 24.0  (26.4%)  Elected
Earl Olsen (Conservative) 
 
 20.0  (22.0%)   
Bill Bennett (Liberal) 
 
 10.0  (11.0%)   
Norm MacDonald (NDP) 
 
 8.0  (8.8%)   
Katrine Conroy (NDP) 
 
 8.0  (8.8%)   
Michelle Mungall (NDP) 
 
 7.0  (7.7%)   
Doug Clovechok (Liberal) 
 
 6.0  (6.6%)   
Greg Garbula (Liberal) 
 
 6.0  (6.6%)   
Norma Blissett (NDP) 
 
 2.0  (2.2%)   
  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.
Sjeng Derkx (Green) has enough votes to guarantee victory (20.9%) 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).

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TrySTV.ca Poll: Columbia-Kootenay BC Legislative Assembly - 2013 General Election
4 candidates will be elected with 91 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  
Sjeng Derkx (Green) 
 
 19.0  (20.9%)   
Earl Olsen (Conservative) 
 
 20.0  (22.0%)  Elected
Bill Bennett (Liberal) 
 
 10.0  (11.0%)   
Norm MacDonald (NDP) 
 
 8.6  (9.5%)   
Katrine Conroy (NDP) 
 
 9.5  (10.4%)   
Michelle Mungall (NDP) 
 
 8.5  (9.3%)   
Doug Clovechok (Liberal) 
 
 6.2  (6.8%)   
Greg Garbula (Liberal) 
 
 6.0  (6.6%)   
Norma Blissett (NDP) 
 
 3.3  (3.6%)   
  pies need GD2 extension

Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, or ask a question.

Earl Olsen (Conservative) has enough votes to guarantee victory (20.9%) 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: Columbia-Kootenay BC Legislative Assembly - 2013 General Election
4 candidates will be elected with 91 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  
Sjeng Derkx (Green) 
 
 19.0  (21.0%)   
Earl Olsen (Conservative) 
 
 19.0  (21.0%)   
Bill Bennett (Liberal) 
 
 10.2  (11.3%)   
Norm MacDonald (NDP) 
 
 8.7  (9.6%)   
Katrine Conroy (NDP) 
 
 9.5  (10.5%)   
Michelle Mungall (NDP) 
 
 8.5  (9.3%)   
Doug Clovechok (Liberal) 
 
 6.4  (7.0%)   
Greg Garbula (Liberal) 
 
 6.2  (6.8%)   
Norma Blissett (NDP) 
 
 3.3  (3.6%)  Defeated
None of these 
 
 0.4  (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 (20.9%), so the last-place candidate (Norma Blissett (NDP)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.














 
 
TrySTV.ca Poll: Columbia-Kootenay BC Legislative Assembly - 2013 General Election
4 candidates will be elected with 91 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  
Sjeng Derkx (Green) 
 
 19.0  (21.0%)   
Earl Olsen (Conservative) 
 
 19.0  (21.0%)   
Bill Bennett (Liberal) 
 
 10.2  (11.3%)   
Norm MacDonald (NDP) 
 
 9.1  (10.0%)   
Katrine Conroy (NDP) 
 
 10.7  (11.8%)   
Michelle Mungall (NDP) 
 
 8.9  (9.8%)   
Doug Clovechok (Liberal) 
 
 7.4  (8.1%)   
Greg Garbula (Liberal) 
 
 6.4  (7.0%)  Defeated
None of these 
 
 0.4  (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 (20.9%), so the last-place candidate (Greg Garbula (Liberal)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.














 
 
TrySTV.ca Poll: Columbia-Kootenay BC Legislative Assembly - 2013 General Election
4 candidates will be elected with 91 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  
Sjeng Derkx (Green) 
 
 19.0  (21.5%)   
Earl Olsen (Conservative) 
 
 19.0  (21.5%)   
Bill Bennett (Liberal) 
 
 12.3  (13.9%)   
Norm MacDonald (NDP) 
 
 9.1  (10.3%)   
Katrine Conroy (NDP) 
 
 10.7  (12.1%)   
Michelle Mungall (NDP) 
 
 8.9  (10.1%)  Defeated
Doug Clovechok (Liberal) 
 
 9.5  (10.7%)   
None of these 
 
 2.6  (2.9%)   
  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 (20.9%), so the last-place candidate (Michelle Mungall (NDP)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.














 
 
TrySTV.ca Poll: Columbia-Kootenay BC Legislative Assembly - 2013 General Election
4 candidates will be elected with 91 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  
Sjeng Derkx (Green) 
 
 19.0  (21.5%)   
Earl Olsen (Conservative) 
 
 19.0  (21.5%)   
Bill Bennett (Liberal) 
 
 12.3  (13.9%)   
Norm MacDonald (NDP) 
 
 13.9  (15.8%)   
Katrine Conroy (NDP) 
 
 14.6  (16.5%)   
Doug Clovechok (Liberal) 
 
 9.5  (10.7%)  Defeated
None of these 
 
 2.8  (3.1%)   
  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 (20.9%), so the last-place candidate (Doug Clovechok (Liberal)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.














 
 
TrySTV.ca Poll: Columbia-Kootenay BC Legislative Assembly - 2013 General Election
4 candidates will be elected with 91 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  
Sjeng Derkx (Green) 
 
 19.0  (21.5%)   
Earl Olsen (Conservative) 
 
 19.0  (21.5%)   
Bill Bennett (Liberal) 
 
 20.8  (23.5%)  Elected
Norm MacDonald (NDP) 
 
 14.9  (16.9%)   
Katrine Conroy (NDP) 
 
 14.6  (16.5%)   
None of these 
 
 2.8  (3.1%)   
  pies need GD2 extension

Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, or ask a question.

Bill Bennett (Liberal) has enough votes to guarantee victory (20.9%) 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: Columbia-Kootenay BC Legislative Assembly - 2013 General Election
4 candidates will be elected with 91 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  
Sjeng Derkx (Green) 
 
 19.0  (21.6%)  Elected
Earl Olsen (Conservative) 
 
 19.0  (21.6%)  Elected
Bill Bennett (Liberal) 
 
 19.0  (21.6%)  Elected
Norm MacDonald (NDP) 
 
 15.9  (18.1%)  Elected
Katrine Conroy (NDP) 
 
 14.9  (17.0%)  Defeated
None of these 
 
 3.2  (3.7%)   
  pies need GD2 extension

Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, or ask a question.

Norm MacDonald (NDP) has enough votes to guarantee victory (20.9%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 80.1% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 68.1% 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 4" 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: Columbia-Kootenay BC Legislative Assembly - 2013 General Election
4 candidates will be elected with 91 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 
 
75.7%   
2nd 
 
10.4%   
3rd 
 
8.3%   
4th 
 
3.5%   
5th 
 
1.6%   
6th 
 
0.5%   
7th 
 
0.1%   
  pies need GD