By-election: electoral ward 4 - Highland (February 2008)
Last updated | 06/05/2008
Number of seats - 1
Electorate - 7,282
Percentage polled - 43.6%
Breakdown of results
View full breakdown of results [pdf:8kb] and ballot box verification sheet [pdf:10.6kb]
Ballot papers - spoiled / rejected
|
Reason |
Number of papers |
| (a) |
Want of official mark |
0 |
| (b) |
No first preference |
4 |
| (c) |
Overvoting (More than one first preference) |
16 |
| (d) |
Writing by which the voter can be identified |
0 |
| (e) |
Unmarked or Void for Uncertainty |
1 |
|
Total ballot papers rejected |
21 |
How Single Transferable Voting (STV) works
The number of votes required for a candidate to be elected (the quota) is calculated.
The count then progresses through as many stages as are required to elect candidates to the number of seats to be filled (either three or four).
Each stage does not always result in a candidate being elected.
For the first stage, the first preference from each ballot paper are counted and candidates achieving the quota are elected.
If no candidate has achieved the quota, the candidate with the lowest number of votes is excluded.
Each of the next stages involves:
The allocation of votes from the previous stage - either surplus votes from a candidate who has achieved the quota or votes from the candidate with the lowest number of votes who has been excluded. The allocation process transfers votes according to the voters' next preferences.
The election of any candidate who has achieved the quota or, if none has achieved the quota, then the exclusion of the candidate with the lowest number of votes.
At any stage, if the number of candidates elected plus those remaining is equal to the number of seats to be filled then the remaining candidates are elected (even though they may not have reached the quota).
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