TrySTV.ca Poll: Okanagan - Boundary BC Legislative Assembly - 2013 General Election
3 candidates will be elected with 46 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    
-------------------------------------------- 26.1%
Mischa Popoff (Conservative)  12.0  (26.1%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG :
Carole Gordon (NDP)  9.0  (19.6%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF ___________ :
Richard Cannings (NDP)  7.0  (15.2%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ___________________ :
Ben Stewart (Liberal)  6.0  (13.0%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ______________________ :
Brian Guillou (Conservative)  4.0  (8.7%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHH _____________________________ :
Dan Ashton (Liberal)  3.0  (6.5%) 
BBBBBBBBBBB _________________________________ :
Linda Larson (Liberal)  2.0  (4.3%) 
AAAAAAA _____________________________________ :
Sam Hancheroff (NDP)  1.0  (2.2%) 
DDD _________________________________________ :
Doug Pederson (Independent)  1.0  (2.2%) 
IIII ________________________________________ :
Doug Maxwell (BC First)  1.0  (2.2%) 
JJJJ ________________________________________ :
   
Results    
Mischa Popoff (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 (26.1%).

In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
Mischa Popoff (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: Okanagan - Boundary BC Legislative Assembly - 2013 General Election
3 candidates will be elected with 46 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    
-------------------------------------------- 26.1%
Mischa Popoff (Conservative)  12.0  (26.1%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG :
Carole Gordon (NDP)  9.0  (19.6%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF ___________ :
Richard Cannings (NDP)  7.0  (15.2%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE __________________ :
Ben Stewart (Liberal)  6.0  (13.0%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ______________________ :
Brian Guillou (Conservative)  4.0  (8.7%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHH _____________________________ :
Dan Ashton (Liberal)  3.0  (6.5%) 
BBBBBBBBBBB _________________________________ :
Linda Larson (Liberal)  2.0  (4.3%) 
AAAAAAAA ____________________________________ :
Sam Hancheroff (NDP)  1.0  (2.2%) 
DDD _________________________________________ :
Doug Pederson (Independent)  1.0  (2.2%) 
III _________________________________________ :
Doug Maxwell (BC First)  1.0  (2.2%) 
JJJJ ________________________________________ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Doug Maxwell (BC First) Defeated
BBB
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 (26.1%).

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

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TrySTV.ca Poll: Okanagan - Boundary BC Legislative Assembly - 2013 General Election
3 candidates will be elected with 46 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    
-------------------------------------------- 26.1%
Mischa Popoff (Conservative)  12.0  (26.1%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG :
Carole Gordon (NDP)  9.0  (19.6%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF ___________ :
Richard Cannings (NDP)  7.0  (15.2%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ___________________ :
Ben Stewart (Liberal)  6.0  (13.0%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ______________________ :
Brian Guillou (Conservative)  4.0  (8.7%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHH _____________________________ :
Dan Ashton (Liberal)  4.0  (8.7%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBB ______________________________ :
Linda Larson (Liberal)  2.0  (4.3%) 
AAAAAAAA ____________________________________ :
Sam Hancheroff (NDP)  1.0  (2.2%) 
DDDD ________________________________________ :
Doug Pederson (Independent)  1.0  (2.2%) 
IIII ________________________________________ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Sam Hancheroff (NDP) Defeated
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 (26.1%).

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

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TrySTV.ca Poll: Okanagan - Boundary BC Legislative Assembly - 2013 General Election
3 candidates will be elected with 46 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    
-------------------------------------------- 26.1%
Mischa Popoff (Conservative)  12.0  (26.1%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG :
Carole Gordon (NDP)  9.0  (19.6%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF ___________ :
Richard Cannings (NDP)  8.0  (17.4%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE _______________ :
Ben Stewart (Liberal)  6.0  (13.0%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ______________________ :
Brian Guillou (Conservative)  4.0  (8.7%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHH _____________________________ :
Dan Ashton (Liberal)  4.0  (8.7%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBB _____________________________ :
Linda Larson (Liberal)  2.0  (4.3%) 
AAAAAAA _____________________________________ :
Doug Pederson (Independent)  1.0  (2.2%) 
III _________________________________________ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Doug Pederson (Independent) Defeated
BBBB
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 (26.1%).

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

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TrySTV.ca Poll: Okanagan - Boundary BC Legislative Assembly - 2013 General Election
3 candidates will be elected with 46 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    
-------------------------------------------- 26.1%
Mischa Popoff (Conservative)  12.0  (26.1%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG :
Carole Gordon (NDP)  9.0  (19.6%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF ___________ :
Richard Cannings (NDP)  8.0  (17.4%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ______________ :
Ben Stewart (Liberal)  6.0  (13.0%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ______________________ :
Brian Guillou (Conservative)  4.0  (8.7%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHH _____________________________ :
Dan Ashton (Liberal)  5.0  (10.9%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB __________________________ :
Linda Larson (Liberal)  2.0  (4.3%) 
AAAAAAA _____________________________________ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Linda Larson (Liberal) Defeated
BBBB CCC
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 (26.1%).

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

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TrySTV.ca Poll: Okanagan - Boundary BC Legislative Assembly - 2013 General Election
3 candidates will be elected with 46 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    
-------------------------------------------- 26.1%
Mischa Popoff (Conservative)  12.0  (26.1%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG :
Carole Gordon (NDP)  9.0  (19.6%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF ___________ :
Richard Cannings (NDP)  8.0  (17.4%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE _______________ :
Ben Stewart (Liberal)  7.0  (15.2%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC __________________ :
Brian Guillou (Conservative)  4.0  (8.7%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHH ______________________________ :
Dan Ashton (Liberal)  6.0  (13.0%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB ______________________ :
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Brian Guillou (Conservative) Defeated
CCCCCCCCCCC 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 (26.1%).

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

New colors:
K
None of these

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TrySTV.ca Poll: Okanagan - Boundary BC Legislative Assembly - 2013 General Election
3 candidates will be elected with 46 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    
-------------------------------------------- 26.1%
Mischa Popoff (Conservative)  12.0  (26.1%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG :
Carole Gordon (NDP)  9.0  (19.6%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF ___________ :
Richard Cannings (NDP)  8.0  (17.4%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE _______________ :
Ben Stewart (Liberal)  10.0  (21.7%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC _______ :
Dan Ashton (Liberal)  6.0  (13.0%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB ______________________ :
None of these  1.0  (2.2%) 
KKKK ________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Dan Ashton (Liberal) Defeated
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC 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 (26.1%).

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

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TrySTV.ca Poll: Okanagan - Boundary BC Legislative Assembly - 2013 General Election
3 candidates will be elected with 46 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    
-------------------------------------------- 26.1%
Mischa Popoff (Conservative)  12.0  (26.1%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG :
Carole Gordon (NDP)  9.0  (19.6%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF ___________ :
Richard Cannings (NDP)  9.0  (19.6%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ___________ :
Ben Stewart (Liberal)  15.0  (32.6%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :CCCCCCCCCCC
None of these  1.0  (2.2%) 
KKKK ________________________________________
   
Results   Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Ben Stewart (Liberal) Elected
EEEE FFF KKKK
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 (26.1%).

Ben Stewart (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: Okanagan - Boundary BC Legislative Assembly - 2013 General Election
3 candidates will be elected with 46 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 9    
-------------------------------------------- 26.1%
Mischa Popoff (Conservative)  12.0  (26.1%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG :
Carole Gordon (NDP)  10.0  (21.7%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF _______ :
Richard Cannings (NDP)  10.0  (21.7%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE _______ :
Ben Stewart (Liberal)  12.0  (26.1%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :
None of these  2.0  (4.3%) 
KKKKKKK _____________________________________
   
Results  
Ben Stewart (Liberal)Elected 
Richard Cannings (NDP)Defeated 
Carole Gordon (NDP)Elected 
Mischa Popoff (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 (26.1%).

A tie was resolved by comparing votes in previous rounds.
Carole Gordon (NDP) has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner.
In the end, 73.9% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 60.9% 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: Okanagan - Boundary BC Legislative Assembly - 2013 General Election
3 candidates will be elected with 46 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 75.9% 
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2nd 7.1% 
XXXXX
3rd 11.8% 
XXXXXXXXX
4th 1.2% 
5th 2.4% 
XX
6th 0.6%