TrySTV.ca Poll: Central BC 2006 Federal Election (BC Ridings)
4 candidates will be elected with 71 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  
Betty Hinton* (Conservative) 
 
 20.0  (28.2%)  Elected
Kevin Krueger (p) (Liberal) 
 
 10.0  (14.1%)   
Richard Harris* (Conservative) 
 
 9.0  (12.7%)   
Ken Sommerfeld (Liberal) 
 
 9.0  (12.7%)   
Nelson Riis (2000) (NDP) 
 
 7.0  (9.9%)   
Third Unnamed Conservative (Conservative) 
 
 6.0  (8.5%)   
Alfred Trudeau (NDP) 
 
 5.0  (7.0%)   
Doug Gook (Green) 
 
 5.0  (7.0%)   
  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.
Betty Hinton* (Conservative) has enough votes to guarantee victory (21.1%) 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: Central BC 2006 Federal Election (BC Ridings)
4 candidates will be elected with 71 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  
Betty Hinton* (Conservative) 
 
 15.0  (21.1%)   
Kevin Krueger (p) (Liberal) 
 
 10.3  (14.4%)   
Richard Harris* (Conservative) 
 
 12.8  (18.0%)   
Ken Sommerfeld (Liberal) 
 
 9.0  (12.7%)   
Nelson Riis (2000) (NDP) 
 
 7.5  (10.6%)   
Third Unnamed Conservative (Conservative) 
 
 6.3  (8.8%)   
Alfred Trudeau (NDP) 
 
 5.0  (7.0%)  Defeated
Doug Gook (Green) 
 
 5.3  (7.4%)   
  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 (21.1%), so the last-place candidate (Alfred Trudeau (NDP)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.














 
 
TrySTV.ca Poll: Central BC 2006 Federal Election (BC Ridings)
4 candidates will be elected with 71 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  
Betty Hinton* (Conservative) 
 
 15.0  (21.1%)   
Kevin Krueger (p) (Liberal) 
 
 10.3  (14.4%)   
Richard Harris* (Conservative) 
 
 12.8  (18.0%)   
Ken Sommerfeld (Liberal) 
 
 9.0  (12.7%)   
Nelson Riis (2000) (NDP) 
 
 11.5  (16.2%)   
Third Unnamed Conservative (Conservative) 
 
 6.3  (8.8%)   
Doug Gook (Green) 
 
 6.3  (8.8%)  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 (21.1%), so the last-place candidate (Doug Gook (Green)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.














 
 
TrySTV.ca Poll: Central BC 2006 Federal Election (BC Ridings)
4 candidates will be elected with 71 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  
Betty Hinton* (Conservative) 
 
 15.0  (21.1%)   
Kevin Krueger (p) (Liberal) 
 
 11.5  (16.2%)   
Richard Harris* (Conservative) 
 
 12.8  (18.0%)   
Ken Sommerfeld (Liberal) 
 
 9.0  (12.7%)   
Nelson Riis (2000) (NDP) 
 
 16.5  (23.2%)  Elected
Third Unnamed Conservative (Conservative) 
 
 6.3  (8.8%)   
  pies need GD2 extension

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

Nelson Riis (2000) (NDP) has enough votes to guarantee victory (21.1%) 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: Central BC 2006 Federal Election (BC Ridings)
4 candidates will be elected with 71 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  
Betty Hinton* (Conservative) 
 
 15.0  (21.2%)   
Kevin Krueger (p) (Liberal) 
 
 12.1  (17.0%)   
Richard Harris* (Conservative) 
 
 12.9  (18.2%)   
Ken Sommerfeld (Liberal) 
 
 9.5  (13.4%)   
Nelson Riis (2000) (NDP) 
 
 15.0  (21.2%)   
Third Unnamed Conservative (Conservative) 
 
 6.4  (9.1%)  Defeated
None of these 
 
 0.2  (0.3%)   
  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 (21.1%), so the last-place candidate (Third Unnamed Conservative (Conservative)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Go to the next round.














 
 
TrySTV.ca Poll: Central BC 2006 Federal Election (BC Ridings)
4 candidates will be elected with 71 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  
Betty Hinton* (Conservative) 
 
 15.0  (21.2%)   
Kevin Krueger (p) (Liberal) 
 
 13.5  (19.1%)   
Richard Harris* (Conservative) 
 
 17.9  (25.2%)  Elected
Ken Sommerfeld (Liberal) 
 
 9.5  (13.4%)   
Nelson Riis (2000) (NDP) 
 
 15.0  (21.2%)   
None of these 
 
 0.2  (0.3%)   
  pies need GD2 extension

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

Richard Harris* (Conservative) has enough votes to guarantee victory (21.1%) 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: Central BC 2006 Federal Election (BC Ridings)
4 candidates will be elected with 71 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 7 Legend  
Betty Hinton* (Conservative) 
 
 15.0  (21.6%)  Elected
Kevin Krueger (p) (Liberal) 
 
 15.0  (21.6%)  Elected
Richard Harris* (Conservative) 
 
 15.0  (21.6%)  Elected
Ken Sommerfeld (Liberal) 
 
 9.5  (13.6%)  Defeated
Nelson Riis (2000) (NDP) 
 
 15.0  (21.6%)  Elected
None of these 
 
 1.5  (2.2%)   
  pies need GD2 extension

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

Kevin Krueger (p) (Liberal) has enough votes to guarantee victory (21.1%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 84.6% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 67.6% 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.
















 
 
TrySTV.ca Poll: Central BC 2006 Federal Election (BC Ridings)
4 candidates will be elected with 71 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 
 
64.8%   
2nd 
 
21.7%   
3rd 
 
11.1%   
4th 
 
1.2%   
5th 
 
0.9%   
7th 
 
0.3%   
  pies need GD