TrySTV.ca Poll: North Central BC Legislative Assembly - 2013 General Election - Updated April 20, 2013
3 candidates will be elected with 83 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    
----------------------------------------- 25.3%
Mike Morris (Liberal)  16.0  (19.3%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB __________ :
Dan Brooks (Conservative)  11.0  (13.3%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ____________________ :
Sussanne Skidmore Hewlett (NDP)  10.0  (12.0%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ______________________ :
Terry Rysz (Conservative)  10.0  (12.0%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ _____________________ :
Karen McDowell (Green)  8.0  (9.6%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH _________________________ :
Nathan Giede (Conservative)  7.0  (8.4%) 
KKKKKKKKKKKKK ____________________________ :
John Rustad (Liberal)  5.0  (6.0%) 
AAAAAAAAA ________________________________ :
Shirley Bond (Liberal)  5.0  (6.0%) 
CCCCCCCCC ________________________________ :
Bobby Deepak (NDP)  4.0  (4.8%) 
EEEEEEEE _________________________________ :
Colin Hamm (Green)  4.0  (4.8%) 
GGGGGGGG _________________________________ :
Sherry Ogasawara (NDP)  3.0  (3.6%) 
FFFFFF ___________________________________ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Sherry Ogasawara (NDP) Defeated
DD EEEE

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 (25.3%).

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 (Sherry Ogasawara (NDP)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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TrySTV.ca Poll: North Central BC Legislative Assembly - 2013 General Election - Updated April 20, 2013
3 candidates will be elected with 83 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    
----------------------------------------- 25.3%
Mike Morris (Liberal)  16.0  (19.3%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB _________ :
Dan Brooks (Conservative)  11.0  (13.3%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ___________________ :
Sussanne Skidmore Hewlett (NDP)  11.0  (13.3%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ___________________ :
Terry Rysz (Conservative)  10.0  (12.0%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ ______________________ :
Karen McDowell (Green)  8.0  (9.6%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH _________________________ :
Nathan Giede (Conservative)  7.0  (8.4%) 
KKKKKKKKKKKKKK ___________________________ :
John Rustad (Liberal)  5.0  (6.0%) 
AAAAAAAAAA _______________________________ :
Shirley Bond (Liberal)  5.0  (6.0%) 
CCCCCCCCCC _______________________________ :
Bobby Deepak (NDP)  6.0  (7.2%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEE _____________________________ :
Colin Hamm (Green)  4.0  (4.8%) 
GGGGGGGG _________________________________ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Colin Hamm (Green) Defeated
HHHHHHHH

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 (25.3%).

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

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TrySTV.ca Poll: North Central BC Legislative Assembly - 2013 General Election - Updated April 20, 2013
3 candidates will be elected with 83 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    
------------------------------------------ 25.3%
Mike Morris (Liberal)  16.0  (19.3%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB ___________ :
Dan Brooks (Conservative)  11.0  (13.3%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ____________________ :
Sussanne Skidmore Hewlett (NDP)  11.0  (13.3%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD _____________________ :
Terry Rysz (Conservative)  10.0  (12.0%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ ______________________ :
Karen McDowell (Green)  12.0  (14.5%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ___________________ :
Nathan Giede (Conservative)  7.0  (8.4%) 
KKKKKKKKKKKKKK ____________________________ :
John Rustad (Liberal)  5.0  (6.0%) 
AAAAAAAAA _________________________________ :
Shirley Bond (Liberal)  5.0  (6.0%) 
CCCCCCCCC _________________________________ :
Bobby Deepak (NDP)  6.0  (7.2%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEE ______________________________ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
John Rustad (Liberal) Defeated
BB CCCCCC HH

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 (25.3%).

A tie was resolved by choosing a candidate at random.
No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory, so the last-place candidate (John Rustad (Liberal)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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TrySTV.ca Poll: North Central BC Legislative Assembly - 2013 General Election - Updated April 20, 2013
3 candidates will be elected with 83 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    
----------------------------------------- 25.3%
Mike Morris (Liberal)  17.0  (20.5%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB ________ :
Dan Brooks (Conservative)  11.0  (13.3%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ___________________ :
Sussanne Skidmore Hewlett (NDP)  11.0  (13.3%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ____________________ :
Terry Rysz (Conservative)  10.0  (12.0%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ ______________________ :
Karen McDowell (Green)  13.0  (15.7%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ________________ :
Nathan Giede (Conservative)  7.0  (8.4%) 
KKKKKKKKKKKKKK ___________________________ :
Shirley Bond (Liberal)  8.0  (9.6%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCC __________________________ :
Bobby Deepak (NDP)  6.0  (7.2%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEE _____________________________ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Bobby Deepak (NDP) Defeated
DDDDDDDD HH KK

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 (25.3%).

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

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TrySTV.ca Poll: North Central BC Legislative Assembly - 2013 General Election - Updated April 20, 2013
3 candidates will be elected with 83 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    
----------------------------------------- 25.3%
Mike Morris (Liberal)  17.0  (20.5%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB ________ :
Dan Brooks (Conservative)  11.0  (13.3%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ___________________ :
Sussanne Skidmore Hewlett (NDP)  15.0  (18.1%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ____________ :
Terry Rysz (Conservative)  10.0  (12.0%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ _____________________ :
Karen McDowell (Green)  14.0  (16.9%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ______________ :
Nathan Giede (Conservative)  8.0  (9.6%) 
KKKKKKKKKKKKKKK __________________________ :
Shirley Bond (Liberal)  8.0  (9.6%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC _________________________ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Nathan Giede (Conservative) Defeated
BB IIIIII JJJJJJ 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 (25.3%).

A tie was resolved by comparing votes in previous rounds.
No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory, so the last-place candidate (Nathan Giede (Conservative)) 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: North Central BC Legislative Assembly - 2013 General Election - Updated April 20, 2013
3 candidates will be elected with 83 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    
----------------------------------------- 25.3%
Mike Morris (Liberal)  18.0  (21.7%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB ______ :
Dan Brooks (Conservative)  14.0  (16.9%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ______________ :
Sussanne Skidmore Hewlett (NDP)  15.0  (18.1%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ____________ :
Terry Rysz (Conservative)  13.0  (15.7%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ ________________ :
Karen McDowell (Green)  14.0  (16.9%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ______________ :
Shirley Bond (Liberal)  8.0  (9.6%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC _________________________ :
None of these  1.0  (1.2%) 
LL _______________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Shirley Bond (Liberal) Defeated
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB

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 (25.3%).

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

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TrySTV.ca Poll: North Central BC Legislative Assembly - 2013 General Election - Updated April 20, 2013
3 candidates will be elected with 83 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    
----------------------------------------- 25.3%
Mike Morris (Liberal)  26.0  (31.3%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB :BBBBBBBBBB
Dan Brooks (Conservative)  14.0  (16.9%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII _____________ :
Sussanne Skidmore Hewlett (NDP)  15.0  (18.1%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ____________ :
Terry Rysz (Conservative)  13.0  (15.7%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ _______________ :
Karen McDowell (Green)  14.0  (16.9%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ______________ :
None of these  1.0  (1.2%) 
LL _______________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Mike Morris (Liberal) Elected
DD H III JJ LLL

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 (25.3%).

Mike Morris (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: North Central BC Legislative Assembly - 2013 General Election - Updated April 20, 2013
3 candidates will be elected with 83 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    
----------------------------------------- 25.3%
Mike Morris (Liberal)  21.0  (25.3%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB :
Dan Brooks (Conservative)  15.3  (18.5%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ___________ :
Sussanne Skidmore Hewlett (NDP)  15.8  (19.0%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD __________ :
Terry Rysz (Conservative)  14.0  (16.8%) 
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ _____________ :
Karen McDowell (Green)  14.8  (17.8%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ____________ :
None of these  2.2  (2.6%) 
LLLL _____________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Terry Rysz (Conservative) Defeated
HHH IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

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 (25.3%).

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

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TrySTV.ca Poll: North Central BC Legislative Assembly - 2013 General Election - Updated April 20, 2013
3 candidates will be elected with 83 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    
----------------------------------------- 25.3%
Mike Morris (Liberal)  21.0  (25.3%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB :
Dan Brooks (Conservative)  28.1  (33.9%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII :IIIIIIIIIIIIII
Sussanne Skidmore Hewlett (NDP)  15.8  (19.0%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD __________ :
Karen McDowell (Green)  16.0  (19.2%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH __________ :
None of these  2.2  (2.6%) 
LLLLL ____________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Dan Brooks (Conservative) Elected
DDDDDD HHHH LLLLL

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 (25.3%).

Dan Brooks (Conservative) 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: North Central BC Legislative Assembly - 2013 General Election - Updated April 20, 2013
3 candidates will be elected with 83 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 10    
----------------------------------------- 25.3%
Mike Morris (Liberal)  21.0  (25.3%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB :
Dan Brooks (Conservative)  21.0  (25.3%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII :
Sussanne Skidmore Hewlett (NDP)  18.6  (22.4%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ____ :
Karen McDowell (Green)  18.0  (21.7%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ______ :
None of these  4.4  (5.3%) 
LLLLLLLLL ________________________________
   
Results  
Mike Morris (Liberal)Elected 
Sussanne Skidmore Hewlett (NDP)Elected 
Karen McDowell (Green)Defeated 
Dan Brooks (Conservative)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 (25.3%).

Sussanne Skidmore Hewlett (NDP) has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner.
In the end, 73% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 44.6% 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.

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


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TrySTV.ca Poll: North Central BC Legislative Assembly - 2013 General Election - Updated April 20, 2013
3 candidates will be elected with 83 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 51.4% 
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2nd 16.0% 
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
3rd 23.7% 
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4th 1.8% 
XX
5th 1.6% 
XX
6th 1.7% 
XX
7th 1.9% 
XX
8th 1.1% 
X