TrySTV.ca Poll: Northwest BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
3 candidates will be elected with 710 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    
----------------------------------------------------- 25.1%
Robin Austin (NDP)  156.0  (22.0%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ ______ :
Donny van Dyk (Liberal)  125.0  (17.6%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF _______________ :
Gary Coons (NDP)  93.0  (13.1%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII _________________________ :
Herb Pond (Liberal)  70.0  (9.9%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE _______________________________ :
Scott Groves (Liberal)  60.0  (8.5%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG ___________________________________ :
Doug Donaldson (NDP)  54.0  (7.6%) 
KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK _____________________________________ :
Mike Brousseau (Conservative)  49.0  (6.9%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHH _______________________________________ :
Anita Norman (Green)  44.0  (6.2%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCC ________________________________________ :
Roger Benham (Green)  36.0  (5.1%) 
DDDDDDDDDDD __________________________________________ :
Lisa Girbav (Green)  23.0  (3.2%) 
BBBBBBB ______________________________________________ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Lisa Girbav (Green) Defeated
CC DD H I 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 (25.1%).

In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory, so the last-place candidate (Lisa Girbav (Green)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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TrySTV.ca Poll: Northwest BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
3 candidates will be elected with 710 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    
------------------------------------------------------ 25.1%
Robin Austin (NDP)  158.0  (22.3%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ ______ :
Donny van Dyk (Liberal)  126.0  (17.7%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF ________________ :
Gary Coons (NDP)  96.0  (13.5%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII _________________________ :
Herb Pond (Liberal)  71.0  (10.0%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ________________________________ :
Scott Groves (Liberal)  60.0  (8.5%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG ____________________________________ :
Doug Donaldson (NDP)  55.0  (7.7%) 
KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK _____________________________________ :
Mike Brousseau (Conservative)  50.0  (7.0%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ______________________________________ :
Anita Norman (Green)  51.0  (7.2%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCC _______________________________________ :
Roger Benham (Green)  43.0  (6.1%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDD _________________________________________ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Roger Benham (Green) Defeated
CCCCCCCCC F G II

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 (25.1%).

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

New colors:
L
None of these

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TrySTV.ca Poll: Northwest BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
3 candidates will be elected with 710 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    
------------------------------------------------------ 25.1%
Robin Austin (NDP)  160.0  (22.5%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ ______ :
Donny van Dyk (Liberal)  127.0  (17.9%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF ________________ :
Gary Coons (NDP)  100.0  (14.1%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ________________________ :
Herb Pond (Liberal)  71.0  (10.0%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE _________________________________ :
Scott Groves (Liberal)  63.0  (8.9%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG ___________________________________ :
Doug Donaldson (NDP)  55.0  (7.7%) 
KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK _____________________________________ :
Mike Brousseau (Conservative)  50.0  (7.0%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHH _______________________________________ :
Anita Norman (Green)  81.0  (11.4%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ______________________________ :
None of these  3.0  (0.4%) 
L _____________________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Mike Brousseau (Conservative) Defeated
CC EE FFFF GGGG JJ L

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 (25.1%).

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

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TrySTV.ca Poll: Northwest BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
3 candidates will be elected with 710 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    
------------------------------------------------------ 25.1%
Robin Austin (NDP)  164.0  (23.1%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ ____ :
Donny van Dyk (Liberal)  139.0  (19.6%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF ____________ :
Gary Coons (NDP)  102.0  (14.4%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII _______________________ :
Herb Pond (Liberal)  80.0  (11.3%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ______________________________ :
Scott Groves (Liberal)  74.0  (10.4%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG ________________________________ :
Doug Donaldson (NDP)  55.0  (7.7%) 
KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK _____________________________________ :
Anita Norman (Green)  88.0  (12.4%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ___________________________ :
None of these  8.0  (1.1%) 
LL ____________________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Doug Donaldson (NDP) Defeated
C IIIIIIIIII JJJJJ LL

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 (25.1%).

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

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TrySTV.ca Poll: Northwest BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
3 candidates will be elected with 710 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    
------------------------------------------------------ 25.1%
Robin Austin (NDP)  180.0  (25.4%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ :
Donny van Dyk (Liberal)  139.0  (19.6%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF ____________ :
Gary Coons (NDP)  133.0  (18.7%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ______________ :
Herb Pond (Liberal)  81.0  (11.4%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE _____________________________ :
Scott Groves (Liberal)  75.0  (10.6%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG ________________________________ :
Anita Norman (Green)  89.0  (12.5%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ___________________________ :
None of these  13.0  (1.8%) 
LLLL __________________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Robin Austin (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 (25.1%).

Robin Austin (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: Northwest BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
3 candidates will be elected with 710 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    
------------------------------------------------------ 25.1%
Robin Austin (NDP)  178.0  (25.1%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ :
Donny van Dyk (Liberal)  139.1  (19.6%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF ___________ :
Gary Coons (NDP)  134.6  (19.0%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ______________ :
Herb Pond (Liberal)  81.0  (11.4%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE _____________________________ :
Scott Groves (Liberal)  75.0  (10.6%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG ________________________________ :
Anita Norman (Green)  89.2  (12.6%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ___________________________ :
None of these  13.1  (1.8%) 
LLLL __________________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Scott Groves (Liberal) Defeated
C EEEEEEEEEEE FFFFFFFFF I L

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 (25.1%).

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

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TrySTV.ca Poll: Northwest BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
3 candidates will be elected with 710 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    
------------------------------------------------------ 25.1%
Robin Austin (NDP)  178.0  (25.1%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ :
Donny van Dyk (Liberal)  167.1  (23.5%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF ___ :
Gary Coons (NDP)  137.6  (19.4%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ____________ :
Herb Pond (Liberal)  118.0  (16.6%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE __________________ :
Anita Norman (Green)  92.2  (13.0%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC __________________________ :
None of these  17.1  (2.4%) 
LLLLL _________________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Anita Norman (Green) Defeated
EEE FFFFF IIIIIIIIIIIII LLLLLLLL

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 (25.1%).

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

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TrySTV.ca Poll: Northwest BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
3 candidates will be elected with 710 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    
------------------------------------------------------ 25.1%
Robin Austin (NDP)  178.0  (25.1%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ :
Donny van Dyk (Liberal)  182.1  (25.6%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :F
Gary Coons (NDP)  179.8  (25.3%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII :
Herb Pond (Liberal)  126.0  (17.8%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ________________ :
None of these  44.1  (6.2%) 
LLLLLLLLLLLLLL ________________________________________
   
Results  
Herb Pond (Liberal)Defeated 
Donny van Dyk (Liberal)Elected 
Gary Coons (NDP)Elected 
Robin Austin (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 (25.1%).

Donny van Dyk (Liberal) has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner.
In the end, 76% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 52.7% 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.

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


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TrySTV.ca Poll: Northwest BC Legislative Assembly - 2009 General Election
3 candidates will be elected with 710 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 68.4% 
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2nd 18.7% 
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3rd 3.8% 
XXX
4th 4.1% 
XXX
5th 3.5% 
XXX
6th 1.5% 
X