TrySTV.ca Poll: West Vancouver Council
6 candidates will be elected with 7 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 | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page


Round 1 Legend  
Doug Lang 
 
 2.0  (28.6%)  Elected
Carolanne Reynolds 
 
 2.0  (28.6%)   
Louise Aird 
 
 1.0  (14.3%)   
Michael Evison 
 
 1.0  (14.3%)   
Mehrdad (Med) Rahbar 
 
 1.0  (14.3%)   
  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.
Doug Lang has enough votes to guarantee victory (28.6%) 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: West Vancouver Council
6 candidates will be elected with 7 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  
Doug Lang 
 
 2.0  (28.6%)   
Carolanne Reynolds 
 
 2.0  (28.6%)  Elected
Louise Aird 
 
 1.0  (14.3%)   
Michael Evison 
 
 1.0  (14.3%)   
Mehrdad (Med) Rahbar 
 
 1.0  (14.3%)   
  pies need GD2 extension

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

Carolanne Reynolds has enough votes to guarantee victory (28.6%) 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: West Vancouver Council
6 candidates will be elected with 7 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 3 Legend  
Doug Lang 
 
 2.0  (28.6%)  Elected
Carolanne Reynolds 
 
 2.0  (28.6%)  Elected
Louise Aird 
 
 1.0  (14.3%)  Elected
Michael Evison 
 
 1.0  (14.3%)  Elected
Mehrdad (Med) Rahbar 
 
 1.0  (14.3%)  Elected
  pies need GD2 extension

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

At this point, the number of remaining candidates equals the number of remaining seats, so the remaining candidates are declared elected.
In the end, 100% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 100% 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 6" 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: West Vancouver Council
6 candidates will be elected with 7 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 
 
100.0%   
  pies need GD