TrySTV.ca Poll: Columbia-Kootenay BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
4 candidates will be elected with 1,365 ballots cast.
Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone anywhere can vote many times. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page


Round 1    
----------------------------------------------- 20.1%
Katrine Conroy (NDP)  318.0  (23.3%) 
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN :NNNNNNNN
Bill Bennett (Liberal)  251.0  (18.4%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ____ :
Norm MacDonald (NDP)  150.0  (11.0%) 
LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL _____________________ :
Michelle Mungall (NDP)  129.0  (9.5%) 
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ________________________ :
Brenda Binnie (Liberal)  105.0  (7.7%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII _____________________________ :
Troy Sebastian (NDP)  90.0  (6.6%) 
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM ________________________________ :
Josh Smienk (Liberal)  84.0  (6.2%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJ _________________________________ :
Andy Morel (Green)  80.0  (5.9%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEE _________________________________ :
Mark McKee (Liberal)  58.0  (4.2%) 
GGGGGGGGGG _____________________________________ :
Wilf Hanni (Conservative)  34.0  (2.5%) 
KKKKKK _________________________________________ :
David Duncan (Conservative)  20.0  (1.5%) 
AAAA ___________________________________________ :
Sarah Svensson (Green)  17.0  (1.2%) 
CCC ____________________________________________ :
Zachary Eric Crispin (Communist)  16.0  (1.2%) 
BBB ____________________________________________ :
Sean Kubara (Green)  9.0  (0.7%) 
FF _____________________________________________ :
Jennifer Tsuida (Green)  4.0  (0.3%) 
D ______________________________________________ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Katrine Conroy (NDP) Elected
E LLLL M OO

Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (20.1%).

In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
Katrine Conroy (NDP) has enough votes to guarantee victory 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, if possible. This is actually done by counting a fraction of the ballots most recently counted for the winning candidate.

New colors:
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None of these

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TrySTV.ca Poll: Columbia-Kootenay BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
4 candidates will be elected with 1,365 ballots cast.
Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone anywhere can vote many times. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page


Round 2    
------------------------------------------------ 20.1%
Katrine Conroy (NDP)  274.0  (20.1%) 
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN :
Bill Bennett (Liberal)  251.6  (18.4%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ____ :
Norm MacDonald (NDP)  169.2  (12.4%) 
LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL ___________________ :
Michelle Mungall (NDP)  136.6  (10.0%) 
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO _________________________ :
Brenda Binnie (Liberal)  105.0  (7.7%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ______________________________ :
Troy Sebastian (NDP)  97.2  (7.1%) 
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM _______________________________ :
Josh Smienk (Liberal)  84.0  (6.2%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJ __________________________________ :
Andy Morel (Green)  86.8  (6.4%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE _________________________________ :
Mark McKee (Liberal)  58.0  (4.2%) 
GGGGGGGGGG ______________________________________ :
Wilf Hanni (Conservative)  34.0  (2.5%) 
KKKKKK __________________________________________ :
David Duncan (Conservative)  20.0  (1.5%) 
AAAA ____________________________________________ :
Sarah Svensson (Green)  17.0  (1.2%) 
CCC _____________________________________________ :
Zachary Eric Crispin (Communist)  16.1  (1.2%) 
BB ______________________________________________ :
Sean Kubara (Green)  9.1  (0.7%) 
FF ______________________________________________ :
Jennifer Tsuida (Green)  4.0  (0.3%) 
D _______________________________________________ :
None of these  2.4  (0.2%) 
________________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Jennifer Tsuida (Green) Defeated
C E

Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (20.1%).

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

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TrySTV.ca Poll: Columbia-Kootenay BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
4 candidates will be elected with 1,365 ballots cast.
Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone anywhere can vote many times. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page


Round 3    
------------------------------------------------ 20.1%
Katrine Conroy (NDP)  274.0  (20.1%) 
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN :
Bill Bennett (Liberal)  251.6  (18.4%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH _____ :
Norm MacDonald (NDP)  169.2  (12.4%) 
LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL ___________________ :
Michelle Mungall (NDP)  136.6  (10.0%) 
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO _________________________ :
Brenda Binnie (Liberal)  106.0  (7.8%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ______________________________ :
Troy Sebastian (NDP)  97.2  (7.1%) 
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM _______________________________ :
Josh Smienk (Liberal)  84.0  (6.2%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJ __________________________________ :
Andy Morel (Green)  88.8  (6.5%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE _________________________________ :
Mark McKee (Liberal)  58.0  (4.2%) 
GGGGGGGGGG ______________________________________ :
Wilf Hanni (Conservative)  34.0  (2.5%) 
KKKKKK __________________________________________ :
David Duncan (Conservative)  20.0  (1.5%) 
AAAA ____________________________________________ :
Sarah Svensson (Green)  18.0  (1.3%) 
CCC _____________________________________________ :
Zachary Eric Crispin (Communist)  16.1  (1.2%) 
BBB _____________________________________________ :
Sean Kubara (Green)  9.1  (0.7%) 
FF ______________________________________________ :
None of these  2.4  (0.2%) 
________________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Sean Kubara (Green) Defeated
M P

Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (20.1%).

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

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TrySTV.ca Poll: Columbia-Kootenay BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
4 candidates will be elected with 1,365 ballots cast.
Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone anywhere can vote many times. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page


Round 4    
----------------------------------------------- 20.1%
Katrine Conroy (NDP)  274.0  (20.1%) 
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN :
Bill Bennett (Liberal)  251.6  (18.4%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ___ :
Norm MacDonald (NDP)  169.4  (12.4%) 
LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL __________________ :
Michelle Mungall (NDP)  137.6  (10.1%) 
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO _______________________ :
Brenda Binnie (Liberal)  106.0  (7.8%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII _____________________________ :
Troy Sebastian (NDP)  98.2  (7.2%) 
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM ______________________________ :
Josh Smienk (Liberal)  84.0  (6.2%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ ________________________________ :
Andy Morel (Green)  92.8  (6.8%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE _______________________________ :
Mark McKee (Liberal)  58.0  (4.2%) 
GGGGGGGGGG _____________________________________ :
Wilf Hanni (Conservative)  34.0  (2.5%) 
KKKKKK _________________________________________ :
David Duncan (Conservative)  20.0  (1.5%) 
AAAA ___________________________________________ :
Sarah Svensson (Green)  20.0  (1.5%) 
CCC ____________________________________________ :
Zachary Eric Crispin (Communist)  16.1  (1.2%) 
BBB ____________________________________________ :
None of these  3.4  (0.2%) 
_______________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Zachary Eric Crispin (Communist) Defeated
C P

Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (20.1%).

No new candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory, so the last-place candidate (Zachary Eric Crispin (Communist)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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TrySTV.ca Poll: Columbia-Kootenay BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
4 candidates will be elected with 1,365 ballots cast.
Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone anywhere can vote many times. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page


Round 5    
----------------------------------------------- 20.1%
Katrine Conroy (NDP)  274.0  (20.1%) 
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN :
Bill Bennett (Liberal)  251.6  (18.4%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ___ :
Norm MacDonald (NDP)  169.4  (12.4%) 
LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL __________________ :
Michelle Mungall (NDP)  139.7  (10.2%) 
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO _______________________ :
Brenda Binnie (Liberal)  106.0  (7.8%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII _____________________________ :
Troy Sebastian (NDP)  98.2  (7.2%) 
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM ______________________________ :
Josh Smienk (Liberal)  84.0  (6.2%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ ________________________________ :
Andy Morel (Green)  92.8  (6.8%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE _______________________________ :
Mark McKee (Liberal)  58.0  (4.2%) 
GGGGGGGGGG _____________________________________ :
Wilf Hanni (Conservative)  38.0  (2.8%) 
KKKKKKK ________________________________________ :
David Duncan (Conservative)  22.0  (1.6%) 
AAAA ___________________________________________ :
Sarah Svensson (Green)  26.0  (1.9%) 
CCCC ___________________________________________ :
None of these  5.4  (0.4%) 
P ______________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
David Duncan (Conservative) Defeated
KKK

Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (20.1%).

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

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TrySTV.ca Poll: Columbia-Kootenay BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
4 candidates will be elected with 1,365 ballots cast.
Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone anywhere can vote many times. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page


Round 6    
------------------------------------------------ 20.1%
Katrine Conroy (NDP)  274.0  (20.1%) 
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN :
Bill Bennett (Liberal)  251.6  (18.4%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ____ :
Norm MacDonald (NDP)  169.4  (12.4%) 
LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL ___________________ :
Michelle Mungall (NDP)  139.7  (10.2%) 
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ________________________ :
Brenda Binnie (Liberal)  107.0  (7.8%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII _____________________________ :
Troy Sebastian (NDP)  98.2  (7.2%) 
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM _______________________________ :
Josh Smienk (Liberal)  85.0  (6.2%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ _________________________________ :
Andy Morel (Green)  92.8  (6.8%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ________________________________ :
Mark McKee (Liberal)  59.0  (4.3%) 
GGGGGGGGGG ______________________________________ :
Wilf Hanni (Conservative)  56.0  (4.1%) 
KKKKKKKKKK ______________________________________ :
Sarah Svensson (Green)  27.0  (2.0%) 
CCCCC ___________________________________________ :
None of these  5.4  (0.4%) 
P _______________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Sarah Svensson (Green) Defeated
EEE O

Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (20.1%).

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

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TrySTV.ca Poll: Columbia-Kootenay BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
4 candidates will be elected with 1,365 ballots cast.
Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone anywhere can vote many times. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page


Round 7    
----------------------------------------------- 20.1%
Katrine Conroy (NDP)  274.0  (20.1%) 
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN :N
Bill Bennett (Liberal)  251.6  (18.4%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ____ :
Norm MacDonald (NDP)  169.4  (12.4%) 
LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL _________________ :
Michelle Mungall (NDP)  148.7  (10.9%) 
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO _____________________ :
Brenda Binnie (Liberal)  107.0  (7.8%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ____________________________ :
Troy Sebastian (NDP)  98.2  (7.2%) 
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM ______________________________ :
Josh Smienk (Liberal)  85.0  (6.2%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ ________________________________ :
Andy Morel (Green)  108.8  (8.0%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ____________________________ :
Mark McKee (Liberal)  59.0  (4.3%) 
GGGGGGGGGGG ____________________________________ :
Wilf Hanni (Conservative)  57.0  (4.2%) 
KKKKKKKKK ______________________________________ :
None of these  6.4  (0.5%) 
P ______________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Wilf Hanni (Conservative) Defeated
EEE HHH I P

Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (20.1%).

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

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TrySTV.ca Poll: Columbia-Kootenay BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
4 candidates will be elected with 1,365 ballots cast.
Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone anywhere can vote many times. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page


Round 8    
------------------------------------------------ 20.1%
Katrine Conroy (NDP)  274.0  (20.1%) 
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN :
Bill Bennett (Liberal)  269.6  (19.7%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH __ :
Norm MacDonald (NDP)  173.4  (12.7%) 
LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL __________________ :
Michelle Mungall (NDP)  149.7  (11.0%) 
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ______________________ :
Brenda Binnie (Liberal)  112.0  (8.2%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ____________________________ :
Troy Sebastian (NDP)  98.2  (7.2%) 
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM _______________________________ :
Josh Smienk (Liberal)  87.0  (6.4%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ _________________________________ :
Andy Morel (Green)  125.8  (9.2%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE __________________________ :
Mark McKee (Liberal)  63.0  (4.6%) 
GGGGGGGGGG ______________________________________ :
None of these  12.4  (0.9%) 
PP ______________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Mark McKee (Liberal) Defeated
E HHHH III JJJ P

Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (20.1%).

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

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TrySTV.ca Poll: Columbia-Kootenay BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
4 candidates will be elected with 1,365 ballots cast.
Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone anywhere can vote many times. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page


Round 9    
------------------------------------------------ 20.1%
Katrine Conroy (NDP)  274.0  (20.1%) 
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN :
Bill Bennett (Liberal)  295.6  (21.7%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH :HHHH
Norm MacDonald (NDP)  173.4  (12.7%) 
LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL __________________ :
Michelle Mungall (NDP)  149.7  (11.0%) 
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO _______________________ :
Brenda Binnie (Liberal)  129.0  (9.5%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII __________________________ :
Troy Sebastian (NDP)  98.2  (7.2%) 
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM _______________________________ :
Josh Smienk (Liberal)  99.0  (7.3%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ _______________________________ :
Andy Morel (Green)  130.8  (9.6%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE _________________________ :
None of these  15.4  (1.1%) 
PP ______________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Bill Bennett (Liberal) Elected
II J

Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (20.1%).

Bill Bennett (Liberal) has enough votes to guarantee victory 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, if possible. This is actually done by counting a fraction of the ballots most recently counted for the winning candidate.

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TrySTV.ca Poll: Columbia-Kootenay BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
4 candidates will be elected with 1,365 ballots cast.
Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone anywhere can vote many times. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page


Round 10    
----------------------------------------------- 20.1%
Katrine Conroy (NDP)  274.0  (20.1%) 
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN :
Bill Bennett (Liberal)  274.0  (20.1%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH :H
Norm MacDonald (NDP)  173.8  (12.7%) 
LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL ________________ :
Michelle Mungall (NDP)  149.8  (11.0%) 
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ______________________ :
Brenda Binnie (Liberal)  139.4  (10.2%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII _______________________ :
Troy Sebastian (NDP)  98.5  (7.2%) 
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM ______________________________ :
Josh Smienk (Liberal)  105.3  (7.7%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ ____________________________ :
Andy Morel (Green)  133.4  (9.8%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ________________________ :
None of these  16.8  (1.2%) 
PPP ____________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Troy Sebastian (NDP) Defeated
EEE LLLLLLLLL OOOO P

Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (20.1%).

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

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TrySTV.ca Poll: Columbia-Kootenay BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
4 candidates will be elected with 1,365 ballots cast.
Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone anywhere can vote many times. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page


Round 11    
------------------------------------------------ 20.1%
Katrine Conroy (NDP)  274.0  (20.1%) 
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN :
Bill Bennett (Liberal)  274.0  (20.1%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH _ :
Norm MacDonald (NDP)  223.8  (16.4%) 
LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL _________ :
Michelle Mungall (NDP)  170.8  (12.5%) 
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO __________________ :
Brenda Binnie (Liberal)  140.6  (10.3%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII _______________________ :
Josh Smienk (Liberal)  105.3  (7.7%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ ______________________________ :
Andy Morel (Green)  152.5  (11.2%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ______________________ :
None of these  24.0  (1.8%) 
PPPP ____________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Josh Smienk (Liberal) Defeated
EEE IIIIIIIIIIIII PP

Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (20.1%).

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

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TrySTV.ca Poll: Columbia-Kootenay BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
4 candidates will be elected with 1,365 ballots cast.
Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone anywhere can vote many times. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page


Round 12    
----------------------------------------------- 20.1%
Katrine Conroy (NDP)  274.0  (20.1%) 
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN :
Bill Bennett (Liberal)  274.0  (20.1%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH :H
Norm MacDonald (NDP)  228.0  (16.7%) 
LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL ________ :
Michelle Mungall (NDP)  171.8  (12.6%) 
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO _________________ :
Brenda Binnie (Liberal)  214.3  (15.7%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII __________ :
Andy Morel (Green)  167.6  (12.3%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE __________________ :
None of these  35.3  (2.6%) 
PPPPPP _________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Andy Morel (Green) Defeated
IIIIIII LLLLLLLLL OOOOOOO PPPPPP

Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (20.1%).

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

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TrySTV.ca Poll: Columbia-Kootenay BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
4 candidates will be elected with 1,365 ballots cast.
Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone anywhere can vote many times. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Next Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page


Round 13    
----------------------------------------------- 20.1%
Katrine Conroy (NDP)  274.0  (20.1%) 
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN :
Bill Bennett (Liberal)  274.0  (20.1%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH :H
Norm MacDonald (NDP)  280.8  (20.6%) 
LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL :L
Michelle Mungall (NDP)  214.5  (15.7%) 
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO _________ :
Brenda Binnie (Liberal)  255.6  (18.7%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII __ :
None of these  66.1  (4.8%) 
PPPPPPPPPPPP ___________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Norm MacDonald (NDP) Elected
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Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (20.1%).

Norm MacDonald (NDP) has enough votes to guarantee victory 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, if possible. This is actually done by counting a fraction of the ballots most recently counted for the winning candidate.

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TrySTV.ca Poll: Columbia-Kootenay BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
4 candidates will be elected with 1,365 ballots cast.
Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone anywhere can vote many times. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Final Round | Previous Round | Ballot Depth | How it works | Main Page


Round 14    
----------------------------------------------- 20.1%
Katrine Conroy (NDP)  274.0  (20.1%) 
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN :N
Bill Bennett (Liberal)  274.0  (20.1%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH :H
Norm MacDonald (NDP)  274.0  (20.1%) 
LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL :L
Michelle Mungall (NDP)  220.2  (16.1%) 
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO _________ :
Brenda Binnie (Liberal)  255.8  (18.7%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ___ :
None of these  67.1  (4.9%) 
PPPPPPPPPPPP ___________________________________
   
Results  
Bill Bennett (Liberal)Elected 
Brenda Binnie (Liberal)Elected 
Norm MacDonald (NDP)Elected 
Katrine Conroy (NDP)Elected 
Michelle Mungall (NDP)Defeated 

Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, view the table form, or ask a question.
The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (20.1%).

Brenda Binnie (Liberal) has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner.
In the end, 79% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 62.1% 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.

The Ballot Depth section shows how much lower rankings contributed to the tally.


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TrySTV.ca Poll: Columbia-Kootenay BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
4 candidates will be elected with 1,365 ballots cast.
Note:These results are not predicted BC-STV outcomes. On this site, anyone anywhere can vote many times. The goal here is to show how the votes are counted.

Table form | Chart form: First Round | Final 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 70.3% 
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2nd 12.8% 
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3rd 6.5% 
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4th 5.3% 
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5th 2.7% 
XX
6th 1.3% 
X
7th 0.1% 
X
8th 0.5% 
X
9th 0.3% 
10th 0.3%