DemoChoice Web Poll: New Zealand, Otago Peninsula Community Board, 2004
by DemoChoice rules
6 candidates will be elected with 1789 ballots cast.

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Round 1  Votes 
----------------------------------------- 255 49/84 (14.3%)-----------------------------------------
Max
Irene SCURR     336   (18.8%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII :IIIIIIIIIIIIII
1
John Stuart BELLAMY     332   (18.6%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :CCCCCCCCCCCCC
1
Lox KELLAS     323   (18.1%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :FFFFFFFFFFF
1
Sam NEILL     274   (15.3%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH :HHHH
1
Bill ALLEN     187   (10.5%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB___________:
1
Andrew BROWN     155   (8.7%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD________________:
1
Kay DICKSON     92   (5.1%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE__________________________:
1
Ray MCCORMICK     90   (5.0%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG__________________________:
1
       
Results     
John Stuart BELLAMY Elected  
Lox KELLAS Elected  
Sam NEILL Elected  
Irene SCURR Elected  
        
Transfers (to these colors):  
BBBBBBBBBBB DDDDDDD EEEEEEEEE GGGGGGG
 
Transfers (from these colors):  
CCCCCCCCCCC FFFFFFFFFF HH IIIIIIIIIIII
 
       
Histograms  Surplus   New Max  Votes: Ballots  
John Stuart BELLAMY 7635/84 48/84
1: 314
 
Lox KELLAS 6735/84 38/84
1: 297
 
Sam NEILL 1835/84 39/84
1: 260
 
Irene SCURR 8035/84 42/84
1: 324
 

Each ballot initially counts toward its highest-ranked eligible choice. However, in future rounds, a maximum fraction of a ballot may be imposed on a candidate. This allows voters for popular winners (or for eliminated losers) to help unelected candidates or candidates elected later. If there are no such candidates, the leftover fraction goes back to the first winner, or count toward "none of these" if there are no ranked winners.

The ballot fraction precision is equal to 1/Seats(Seats+1), which ensures that winners can always be kept between Enough votes to win, more than (Total Votes for Candidates)/(Seats+1), and the Ideal Number of votes, (Total Votes for Candidates)/Seats.
If all winners have at least "Enough" votes, it is impossible to elect too many candidates. This number is Ballots/(Seats+1) plus the smallest fraction.
If all winners have exactly the Ideal Number of votes, and they each have an equal voice, everyone who voted for a winner is equally represented.
The dotted line on the graph represents Enough votes.
The histogram shows how many ballots count a given fraction of a vote toward a winner. It is used to determine how much to lower the maximum. Ballots that cannot count for a lower-ranked candidate are not included in the histogram. The maximum is reduced in steps of the defined fractional precision, reducing the surplus by the number of ballots in the affected histogram bins divided by that precision. This process stops just before too many would be transferred. At this point, the affected bins are shown in red.
When only winners remain, they may reduce their maxima toward the Ideal Number.

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DemoChoice Web Poll: New Zealand, Otago Peninsula Community Board, 2004
by DemoChoice rules
6 candidates will be elected with 1789 ballots cast.

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Round 2  Votes 
------------------------------------------ 255 49/84 (14.3%)------------------------------------------
Max
Irene SCURR     26357/84  (14.7%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII :I
42/84
John Stuart BELLAMY     26653/84  (14.9%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :CC
48/84
Lox KELLAS     2619/84  (14.6%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :F
38/84
Sam NEILL     25934/84  (14.5%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH :
39/84
Bill ALLEN     25671/84  (14.4%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB :
1
Andrew BROWN     20032/84  (11.2%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD_________:
1
Kay DICKSON     15070/84  (8.4%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE_________________:
1
Ray MCCORMICK     13010/84  (7.3%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG_____________________:
1
       
Results     
Bill ALLEN Elected  
John Stuart BELLAMY Equalized  
Lox KELLAS Equalized  
Irene SCURR Equalized  
Sam NEILL Equalized  
        
Transfers (to these colors):  
D E G H
 
Transfers (from these colors):  
B CC F I
 
       
Histograms  Surplus   New Max  Votes: Ballots  
Bill ALLEN 122/84 80/84
1: 182 46/84: 19 45/84: 28 42/84: 33 36/84: 47 7/84: 23 4/84: 20 3/84: 36
 
John Stuart BELLAMY 114/84 44/84
48/84: 314 46/84: 40 45/84: 19 42/84: 44 7/84: 27 4/84: 17 3/84: 21
 
Lox KELLAS 544/84 36/84
38/84: 423 36/84: 73 3/84: 62
 
Irene SCURR 88/84 40/84
42/84: 435 36/84: 59 7/84: 49
 
Sam NEILL 369/84 38/84
39/84: 472 38/84: 37 6/84: 29 1/84: 31
 

The histogram shows how many ballots count a given fraction of a vote toward a winner. It is used to determine how much to lower the maximum. Ballots that cannot count for a lower-ranked candidate are not included in the histogram. The maximum is reduced in steps of the defined fractional precision, reducing the surplus by the number of ballots in the affected histogram bins divided by that precision. This process stops just before too many would be transferred. At this point, the affected bins are shown in red.
When only winners remain, they may reduce their maxima toward the Ideal Number.

Go to the next round































 
DemoChoice Web Poll: New Zealand, Otago Peninsula Community Board, 2004
by DemoChoice rules
6 candidates will be elected with 1789 ballots cast.

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Round 3  Votes 
------------------------------------------ 255 49/84 (14.3%)------------------------------------------
Max
Irene SCURR     26130/84  (14.6%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII :I
40/84
John Stuart BELLAMY     258   (14.4%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :
44/84
Lox KELLAS     25618/84  (14.3%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :
36/84
Sam NEILL     25942/84  (14.5%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH :H
38/84
Bill ALLEN     25660/84  (14.3%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB :
80/84
Andrew BROWN     20618/84  (11.5%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD________:
1
Kay DICKSON     15730/84  (8.8%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE________________:
1
Ray MCCORMICK     13354/84  (7.5%) 
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG_____________________:
1
       
Results     
Ray MCCORMICK Defeated  
        
Transfers (to these colors):  
BBBB CC DDD EE FFF HHHHH II JJ
 
       

No elected candidates could reduce their maxima, so candidates were eliminated instead.
The last-place candidate is eliminated.
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DemoChoice Web Poll: New Zealand, Otago Peninsula Community Board, 2004
by DemoChoice rules
6 candidates will be elected with 1789 ballots cast.

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Round 4  Votes 
------------------------------------------ 254 49/84 (14.3%)------------------------------------------
Max
Irene SCURR     27758/84  (15.6%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII :III
40/84
John Stuart BELLAMY     26618/84  (14.9%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :CC
44/84
Lox KELLAS     27354/84  (15.4%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :FF
36/84
Sam NEILL     29070/84  (16.3%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH :HHHHHH
38/84
Bill ALLEN     27670/84  (15.5%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB :BBB
80/84
Andrew BROWN     22270/84  (12.5%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD______:
1
Kay DICKSON     17380/84  (9.8%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE_____________:
1
None of these     7    
J_________________________________________
       
Results     
Bill ALLEN Equalized  
John Stuart BELLAMY Equalized  
Lox KELLAS Equalized  
Sam NEILL Equalized  
Irene SCURR Equalized  
        
Transfers (to these colors):  
DDDDD EEEEEEE
 
Transfers (from these colors):  
BB C FFF HHHH II
 
       
Histograms  Surplus   New Max  Votes: Ballots  
Bill ALLEN 2221/84 54/84
80/84: 190 48/84: 24 46/84: 33 44/84: 39 40/84: 48 10/84: 29 8/84: 20 6/84: 40 4/84: 18 2/84: 9
 
John Stuart BELLAMY 1153/84 35/84
44/84: 426 10/84: 36 8/84: 18 6/84: 26 4/84: 72
 
Lox KELLAS 195/84 28/84
36/84: 517 6/84: 71 4/84: 28 2/84: 11
 
Sam NEILL 3621/84 29/84
38/84: 563 8/84: 31 4/84: 56
 
Irene SCURR 239/84 32/84
40/84: 517 10/84: 61 4/84: 52 2/84: 17
 

The histogram shows how many ballots count a given fraction of a vote toward a winner. It is used to determine how much to lower the maximum. Ballots that cannot count for a lower-ranked candidate are not included in the histogram. The maximum is reduced in steps of the defined fractional precision, reducing the surplus by the number of ballots in the affected histogram bins divided by that precision. This process stops just before too many would be transferred. At this point, the affected bins are shown in red.
When only winners remain, they may reduce their maxima toward the Ideal Number.

Go to the next round































 
DemoChoice Web Poll: New Zealand, Otago Peninsula Community Board, 2004
by DemoChoice rules
6 candidates will be elected with 1789 ballots cast.

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Round 5  Votes 
------------------------------------------ 254 49/84 (14.3%)------------------------------------------
Max
Irene SCURR     26327/84  (14.8%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII :I
32/84
John Stuart BELLAMY     2637/84  (14.8%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :C
35/84
Lox KELLAS     25966/84  (14.6%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :
28/84
Sam NEILL     26252/84  (14.7%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH :H
29/84
Bill ALLEN     26279/84  (14.8%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB :BB
54/84
Andrew BROWN     25461/84  (14.3%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD :
1
Kay DICKSON     21544/84  (12.1%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE______:
1
None of these     7    
J_________________________________________
       
Results     
Andrew BROWN Elected  
       
Histograms  Surplus   New Max  Votes: Ballots  
Andrew BROWN  12/84 1
1: 144 56/84: 16 55/84: 17 52/84: 16 49/84: 36 30/84: 15 27/84: 10 24/84: 7 23/84: 21 21/84: 15 20/84: 6 17/84: 13 2/84: 4 1/84: 4
 

The histogram shows how many ballots count a given fraction of a vote toward a winner. It is used to determine how much to lower the maximum. Ballots that cannot count for a lower-ranked candidate are not included in the histogram. The maximum is reduced in steps of the defined fractional precision, reducing the surplus by the number of ballots in the affected histogram bins divided by that precision. This process stops just before too many would be transferred. At this point, the affected bins are shown in red.
When only winners remain, they may reduce their maxima toward the Ideal Number.

There is a newly elected candidate whose maximum could not be reduced. The surplus is lower than the number of ballots in the first histogram bin (the ballots counting the largest fraction toward the candidate) times the smallest fraction, so they cannot all transfer that fraction without exceeding the surplus.
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DemoChoice Web Poll: New Zealand, Otago Peninsula Community Board, 2004
by DemoChoice rules
6 candidates will be elected with 1789 ballots cast.

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Round 6  Votes 
------------------------------------------ 254 49/84 (14.3%)------------------------------------------
Max
Irene SCURR     26327/84  (14.8%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII :I
32/84
John Stuart BELLAMY     2637/84  (14.8%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :C
35/84
Lox KELLAS     25966/84  (14.6%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF :F
28/84
Sam NEILL     26252/84  (14.7%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH :H
29/84
Bill ALLEN     26279/84  (14.8%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB :B
54/84
Andrew BROWN     25461/84  (14.3%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD :
1
Kay DICKSON     21544/84  (12.1%) 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE_______:
1
None of these     7    
J_________________________________________
       
Results     
Kay DICKSON Defeated  
        
Transfers (to these colors):  
BBBBBB CCCCCC DDDD FFFFF HHHHHH IIIIIII J
 
       

No elected candidates could reduce their maxima, so candidates were eliminated instead.
The last-place candidate is eliminated.
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DemoChoice Web Poll: New Zealand, Otago Peninsula Community Board, 2004
by DemoChoice rules
6 candidates will be elected with 1789 ballots cast.

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Round 7  Votes 
------------------------------------------------ 296 (16.7%)------------------------------------------------
Max
Irene SCURR     3062/84  (17.2%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII :II
32/84
John Stuart BELLAMY     29752/84  (16.8%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :C
35/84
Lox KELLAS     2904/84  (16.3%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF:
28/84
Sam NEILL     30030/84  (16.9%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH :H
29/84
Bill ALLEN     30033/84  (16.9%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB :B
54/84
Andrew BROWN     28147/84  (15.9%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD__:
1
None of these     13    
JJ______________________________________________
       
Results     
Bill ALLEN Equalized  
Irene SCURR Equalized  
        
Transfers (to these colors):  
C D F H
 
Transfers (from these colors):  
B I
 
       
Histograms  Surplus   New Max  Votes: Ballots  
Bill ALLEN 433/84 53/84
54/84: 264 52/84: 45 49/84: 52 27/84: 46 24/84: 25 23/84: 55 21/84: 20 20/84: 13 17/84: 24
 
Irene SCURR 102/84 31/84
32/84: 564 30/84: 35 27/84: 71 21/84: 25 20/84: 22 2/84: 13 1/84: 10
 

The histogram shows how many ballots count a given fraction of a vote toward a winner. It is used to determine how much to lower the maximum. Ballots that cannot count for a lower-ranked candidate are not included in the histogram. The maximum is reduced in steps of the defined fractional precision, reducing the surplus by the number of ballots in the affected histogram bins divided by that precision. This process stops just before too many would be transferred. At this point, the affected bins are shown in red.
When only winners remain, they may reduce their maxima toward the Ideal Number.

Only winners remain, so the dotted line is raised to the Ideal Number.
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DemoChoice Web Poll: New Zealand, Otago Peninsula Community Board, 2004
by DemoChoice rules
6 candidates will be elected with 1789 ballots cast.

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Round 8  Votes 
------------------------------------------------- 296 (16.7%)-------------------------------------------------
Max
Irene SCURR     3007/84  (16.9%) 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII :
31/84
John Stuart BELLAMY     29980/84  (16.9%) 
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :
35/84
Lox KELLAS     29167/84  (16.4%) 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF_:
28/84
Sam NEILL     30172/84  (17.0%) 
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH :H
29/84
Bill ALLEN     29921/84  (16.8%) 
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB :
53/84
Andrew BROWN     2835/84  (15.9%) 
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD__:
1
None of these     13    
JJ_______________________________________________
       
Results       
Bill ALLENElected  
John Stuart BELLAMYElected  
Andrew BROWNElected  
Lox KELLASElected  
Sam NEILLElected  
Irene SCURRElected  
       

No further maximum reductions are allowed, so the count is complete. All winners should be near the Ideal Number of votes. Usually most ballots count toward their highest-ranked winner. Some count for two winners, but rarely more than that. See the slice report. The depth report shows the contribution of lower choices to the result. The "none of these" pile is an accurate measure of unsatisfied voters.































 
DemoChoice Web Poll: New Zealand, Otago Peninsula Community Board, 2004
by DemoChoice rules
6 candidates will be elected with 1789 ballots cast.

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Ballot Depth: This shows how much the lower rankings on ballots contributed to the winning candidates.

Rank Fraction of votes for winners
1st 44.7% 
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2nd 33.1% 
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DemoChoice Web Poll: New Zealand, Otago Peninsula Community Board, 2004
by DemoChoice rules
6 candidates will be elected with 1789 ballots cast.

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Slices: This shows the distribution of how many winners a ballot counted for.

Slices Percentage of ballots with that many slices
15.5% 
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27.8% 
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56.6% 
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