TrySTV.ca Poll: Northeast BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
2 candidates will be elected with 1,832 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    
------------------------------------------------ 33.4%
Blair Lekstrom (Liberal)  698.0  (38.1%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :FFFFFFF
Jackie Allen (NDP)  341.0  (18.6%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII _____________________ :
Liz Logan (Green)  317.0  (17.3%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC _______________________ :
Pat Pimm (Liberal)  253.0  (13.8%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ____________________________ :
Pat Shaw (NDP)  179.0  (9.8%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHH __________________________________ :
Grant Fraser (Green)  15.0  (0.8%) 
D _______________________________________________ :
Suzanne Arntson (Refed)  12.0  (0.7%) 
A _______________________________________________ :
Arthur A. Hadland (Independent)  11.0  (0.6%) 
________________________________________________ :
Donna Young (Independent)  6.0  (0.3%) 
________________________________________________ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Blair Lekstrom (Liberal) Elected
C EEEEEE H
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 (33.4%).

In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
Blair Lekstrom (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: Northeast BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
2 candidates will be elected with 1,832 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    
------------------------------------------------ 33.4%
Blair Lekstrom (Liberal)  611.0  (33.4%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :
Jackie Allen (NDP)  343.4  (18.7%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII _____________________ :
Liz Logan (Green)  321.9  (17.6%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ______________________ :
Pat Pimm (Liberal)  326.0  (17.8%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE _______________________ :
Pat Shaw (NDP)  180.2  (9.8%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHH __________________________________ :
Grant Fraser (Green)  15.4  (0.8%) 
D _______________________________________________ :
Suzanne Arntson (Refed)  12.0  (0.7%) 
A _______________________________________________ :
Arthur A. Hadland (Independent)  11.0  (0.6%) 
B _______________________________________________ :
Donna Young (Independent)  6.1  (0.3%) 
________________________________________________ :
None of these  5.0  (0.3%) 
J _______________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Donna Young (Independent) 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 (33.4%).

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

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TrySTV.ca Poll: Northeast BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
2 candidates will be elected with 1,832 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    
------------------------------------------------ 33.4%
Blair Lekstrom (Liberal)  611.0  (33.4%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :
Jackie Allen (NDP)  343.4  (18.7%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII _____________________ :
Liz Logan (Green)  321.9  (17.6%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC _______________________ :
Pat Pimm (Liberal)  326.2  (17.8%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ______________________ :
Pat Shaw (NDP)  180.2  (9.8%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHH __________________________________ :
Grant Fraser (Green)  15.4  (0.8%) 
D _______________________________________________ :
Suzanne Arntson (Refed)  12.0  (0.7%) 
A _______________________________________________ :
Arthur A. Hadland (Independent)  16.0  (0.9%) 
B _______________________________________________ :
None of these  6.0  (0.3%) 
J _______________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Suzanne Arntson (Refed) Defeated
B
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 (33.4%).

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

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TrySTV.ca Poll: Northeast BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
2 candidates will be elected with 1,832 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    
------------------------------------------------ 33.4%
Blair Lekstrom (Liberal)  611.0  (33.4%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :
Jackie Allen (NDP)  344.4  (18.8%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII _____________________ :
Liz Logan (Green)  323.9  (17.7%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ______________________ :
Pat Pimm (Liberal)  329.2  (18.0%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ______________________ :
Pat Shaw (NDP)  180.2  (9.8%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHH __________________________________ :
Grant Fraser (Green)  16.4  (0.9%) 
D _______________________________________________ :
Arthur A. Hadland (Independent)  20.0  (1.1%) 
B _______________________________________________ :
None of these  7.0  (0.4%) 
________________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Grant Fraser (Green) Defeated
CC
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 (33.4%).

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

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TrySTV.ca Poll: Northeast BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
2 candidates will be elected with 1,832 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    
------------------------------------------------ 33.4%
Blair Lekstrom (Liberal)  611.0  (33.4%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :
Jackie Allen (NDP)  344.4  (18.8%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ____________________ :
Liz Logan (Green)  339.9  (18.6%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC _____________________ :
Pat Pimm (Liberal)  329.3  (18.0%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ______________________ :
Pat Shaw (NDP)  180.2  (9.8%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHH __________________________________ :
Arthur A. Hadland (Independent)  20.2  (1.1%) 
B _______________________________________________ :
None of these  7.0  (0.4%) 
J _______________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Arthur A. Hadland (Independent) Defeated
C E H I
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 (33.4%).

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

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TrySTV.ca Poll: Northeast BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
2 candidates will be elected with 1,832 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    
------------------------------------------------ 33.4%
Blair Lekstrom (Liberal)  611.0  (33.4%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :
Jackie Allen (NDP)  345.4  (18.9%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII _____________________ :
Liz Logan (Green)  344.9  (18.8%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC _____________________ :
Pat Pimm (Liberal)  338.5  (18.5%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE _____________________ :
Pat Shaw (NDP)  181.2  (9.9%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHH _________________________________ :
None of these  11.0  (0.6%) 
J _______________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Pat Shaw (NDP) Defeated
IIIIIIIIIIII 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 (33.4%).

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

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TrySTV.ca Poll: Northeast BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
2 candidates will be elected with 1,832 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    
------------------------------------------------ 33.4%
Blair Lekstrom (Liberal)  611.0  (33.4%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :
Jackie Allen (NDP)  496.5  (27.1%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII _________ :
Liz Logan (Green)  354.9  (19.4%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC _____________________ :
Pat Pimm (Liberal)  346.5  (18.9%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE _____________________ :
None of these  23.1  (1.3%) 
J _______________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Pat Pimm (Liberal) Defeated
CCCCCCCCCC IIIII JJJJJJJJJJJJJJ
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 (33.4%).

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

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TrySTV.ca Poll: Northeast BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
2 candidates will be elected with 1,832 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 8    
------------------------------------------------ 33.4%
Blair Lekstrom (Liberal)  611.0  (33.4%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :
Jackie Allen (NDP)  550.6  (30.1%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII _____ :
Liz Logan (Green)  477.3  (26.1%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ___________ :
None of these  193.1  (10.5%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ _________________________________
   
Results  
Liz Logan (Green)Defeated 
Blair Lekstrom (Liberal)Elected 
Jackie Allen (NDP)Elected 
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 (33.4%).

Jackie Allen (NDP) has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner.
In the end, 63.4% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 56.7% 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 2" 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.

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


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TrySTV.ca Poll: Northeast BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
2 candidates will be elected with 1,832 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 82.0% 
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2nd 13.5% 
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3rd 3.1% 
XX
4th 1.2% 
X
5th 0.1% 
6th 0.1% 
X