Summary of Results in ccTLD Names Council Elections, August 1999

 Candidates Elected were:

Dennis Jennings (IE)
Patricio Poblete (CL)
Nigel Roberts (GG)

The table below indicates the total first preference votes and the vote transfer calculations used:

STAGE 2

STAGE 3

STAGE 4

first

surplus of

exclusion

exclusion

preferences

preferences

stage 2

of votes

stage 3

of votes

stage 4

Candidates

for Jennings

result

for O'Brien

result

for Hall

result

R Hall

3

6.12

9.12

0.72

9.84

-9.84

D Jennnings

34

-11.75

22.25

elected

P O'Brien

5

1.44

6.44

-6.44

P Poblete

14

2.52

16.25

3.36

19.88

3.52

23.4

elected

N Roberts

20

0.72

20.72

1

21.72

1

22.72

elected

A van Couvering

13

0.72

13.72

1.36

15.08

2.44

17.52

quota:

89 votes cast

votes divided

by number of

seats + 1 (4)

quota = 22.25

A full list of the votes cast by the individual number allocated to each voting registry is also available

 

The following commentary may assist in your understanding of the result

sheet:

1. The quota is the number of votes each candidate must get to become elected, and is calculated by dividing the number of valid votes by one more than the number to be elected. 89/4=22.25.

2. At the first stage Jennings exceeds the quota by 11.75 votes. All 34 of Jennings papers are therefore transferred to the next available preference.
In fact only 32 of the papers have a next preference marked, so the transfer value is 11.75/32=0.36 (anything after 2 decimals is ignored which gives a "non-distributable remainder" of 11.75-(32*0.36)=0.23). For example, RobHall is the most popular second preference of those who put D Jennings first, receiving 17 of the papers so his vote increases from 3 to 9.12.

3. After the second stage no-one else has exceeded the quota so the candidate with least votes, P O'Brien, is excluded. His five original first preferences plus the 4@.36 are redistributed according to the next available preference and Poblete gets over half of these.

4. Still no-one else is elected after stage 3 so again the lowest candidate is excluded: R Hall. Again his votes go predominantly to P Poblete although the spread here is a little more even. Note also that the preferences on 1 whole value paper and 8@.36 are exhausted by this stage, so the "non-transferable" count increases by 2.88.

5. At the conclusion of the third stage both Poblete and Roberts exceed the quota and are therefore deemed to be elected.