Count instant-runoff ballots round by round. Type them in or paste them from a spreadsheet, choose how ties are broken, and see who is eliminated, where each ballot goes and who wins.
Ballots: one row for each different ranking, with how many ballots were marked that way
44 ballots entered
You can also drop a CSV file onto the box.
Result
Amara Okafor wins
22 of 38 continuing votes (57.9%) in round 3. 44 ballots counted.
38 continuing ballots · 6 exhausted · 20 votes to win
| Candidate | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amara OkaforElected | 1431.8% | 1433.3% | 22+857.9% |
| Ben WhitlockOut in round 2 | 1227.3% | 1228.6% | out |
| Carmen Ruiz | 1125.0% | 16+538.1% | 1642.1% |
| Dev PatelOut in round 1 | 715.9% | out | out |
| Continuing ballots | 44 | 42 | 38 |
| Exhausted ballots | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Votes needed to win | 23 | 22 | 20 |
Each round, every ballot counts for its highest-ranked candidate who is still in the race. A candidate with more than half of the votes on continuing ballots wins. Otherwise the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated and their ballots move to each voter's next choice still standing. Candidates with no votes at all are dropped together, which cannot change the result. A ballot with no choices left is exhausted, so the number needed to win can fall from round to round.
Type each different ranking once with its count, or paste from a spreadsheet in one of three layouts: names in order of preference, a count followed by the names, or candidate names across the top with rank numbers below (the shape most online forms export). An empty rank is passed over, a candidate ranked twice counts once, and two candidates at one rank are an overvote.
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Try WebTraceCheck's toolsNo. It elects one person by instant runoff. The single transferable vote fills several seats and also transfers surplus votes from winners, which needs a different count.
Exhausted ballots stop counting, so the majority is of continuing ballots, as in most instant-runoff rules. If your bylaws require a majority of all ballots, choose that threshold and the count will say when nobody reaches it.
Download the CSV or copy the text summary: both list every round, and the summary explains each elimination, transfer and tie-break. The same ballots, rules and draw number always give the same result.
No. The count runs in your browser, and the ballots are saved only in this browser's local storage so they are still here next time. Clear all removes them.