• Math Elections Result

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Loading ballots from file election-results.blt.
Ballot file contains 5 candidates and 174 ballots.
No candidates have withdrawn.
Ballot file contains 174 non-empty ballots.

Counting votes for Mathematics Moderator Election 2010 using Meek STV.
5 candidates running for 3 seats.

 R|Robin Chapman     |Qiaochu Yuan      |Willie Wong       |Akhil Mathew      
  |------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------
  |Timothy Wagner    |Exhausted         |Surplus           |Threshold         
==============================================================================
 1|         27.000000|         97.000000|         18.000000|         18.000000
  |         14.000000|          0.000000|         53.499999|         43.500001
  |---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Count of first choices. Candidate Qiaochu Yuan has reached the threshold
  | and is elected.
==============================================================================
 2|         45.201018|         43.500038|         27.927828|         33.994834
  |         18.412368|          4.963914|          4.183012|         42.259022
  |---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Count after transferring surplus votes. Keep factors of candidates who
  | have exceeded the threshold: Qiaochu Yuan, 0.448454. Candidate Robin
  | Chapman has reached the threshold and is elected.
==============================================================================
 3|         52.958748|         43.948492|         35.582466|         35.546380
  |                  |          5.963914|         12.889196|         42.009022
  |---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Count after eliminating Timothy Wagner and transferring votes. All losing
  | candidates are eliminated.
==============================================================================
 4|         42.605583|         43.427154|         39.335417|         38.709539
  |                  |          9.922307|          3.993889|         41.019424
  |---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Count after transferring surplus votes. Keep factors of candidates who
  | have exceeded the threshold: Robin Chapman, 0.793241 and Qiaochu Yuan,
  | 0.428664.
==============================================================================
 5|         41.709163|         41.210777|         40.401028|         39.862518
  |                  |         10.816514|          1.328196|         40.795872
  |---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Count after transferring surplus votes. Keep factors of candidates who
  | have exceeded the threshold: Robin Chapman, 0.763710 and Qiaochu Yuan,
  | 0.404898.
==============================================================================
 6|         40.911609|         40.903160|         40.779406|         40.211187
  |                  |         11.194638|          0.490152|         40.701341
  |---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Count after transferring surplus votes. Keep factors of candidates who
  | have exceeded the threshold: Robin Chapman, 0.746988 and Qiaochu Yuan,
  | 0.400822. Candidate Willie Wong has reached the threshold and is elected.

Winners are Robin Chapman, Qiaochu Yuan, and Willie Wong.