Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Liberal Youth: here today, GEM tomorrow

Alright, so the abbreviation of General Executive Member is pretty tempting. And so I include a nice picture of Colombia's third most well-known export (I understand that the first two are brought to you by the letter C).

But this isn't getting the result declared, is it? Time to get on...

With ten candidates for six places, the first task was to calculate the quota. There were seventy valid ballots cast, with one spoilt by the use of three crosses and no numbers. As a result, the quota was determined as 10.01.

The first preferences were as follows;

Sophie Bertrand - 7 votes
Robson Brown - 19 votes
Cara Drury - 11 votes
Charlotte Harris - 10 votes
Thomas Hemsley - 3 votes
Usaama Kaweesa - 7 votes
Callum Leslie - 2 votes
Callum Morton - 3 votes
Ed Sanderson - 8 votes
Callum Stanland - no votes

This meant that Robson Brown and Cara Drury were elected at the first count.

Robson's surplus was transferred at a value of 0.47 (this is where the mathematics gets interesting), and the result after the second count was;

Sophie Bertrand - 8.41 votes
Robson Brown - 10.01 votes (elected, surplus transferred)
Cara Drury - 11 votes (elected)
Charlotte Harris - 11.41 votes
Thomas Hemsley - 3.94 votes
Usaama Kaweesa - 8.41 votes
Callum Leslie - 2.47 votes
Callum Morton - 4.41 votes
Ed Sanderson - 9.88 votes
Callum Stanland - no votes
rounding loss - 0.06 votes

Accordingly, Charlotte Harris was elected at the second count.

The third count saw Cara Drury's surplus transferred at a value of 0.09, and the result after this was;

Sophie Bertrand - 8.59 votes
Robson Brown - 10.01 votes (elected, surplus transferred)
Cara Drury - 10.01 votes (elected, surplus transferred)
Charlotte Harris - 11.41 votes (elected)
Thomas Hemsley - 4.12 votes
Usaama Kaweesa - 8.59 votes
Callum Leslie - 2.65 votes
Callum Morton - 4.5 votes
Ed Sanderson - 9.97 votes
Callum Stanland - no votes
rounding loss - 0.06 votes

This having not elected anyone, the fourth count saw the transfer of Charlotte Harris's surplus at a value of 0.12. The result was;

Sophie Bertrand - 8.97 votes
Robson Brown - 10.01 votes (elected, surplus transferred)
Cara Drury - 10.01 votes (elected, surplus transferred)
Charlotte Harris - 10.01 votes (elected, surplus transferred)
Thomas Hemsley - 4.48 votes
Usaama Kaweesa - 9.17 votes
Callum Leslie - 2.65 votes
Callum Morton - 4.5 votes
Ed Sanderson - 10.09 votes
Callum Stanland - no votes
rounding loss - 0.11 votes

This meant that Ed Sanderson was elected at the fourth count.

Unfortunately, his surplus was insufficient to make a difference, and the fifth count saw the elimination of Callum Stanland and Callum Leslie. The result was;

Sophie Bertrand - 9.06 votes
Robson Brown - 10.01 votes (elected, surplus transferred)
Cara Drury - 10.01 votes (elected, surplus transferred)
Charlotte Harris - 10.01 votes (elected, surplus transferred)
Thomas Hemsley - 6.48 votes
Usaama Kaweesa - 9.26 votes
Callum Leslie - eliminated
Callum Morton - 4.97 votes
Ed Sanderson - 10.09 votes (elected)
Callum Stanland - eliminated
rounding loss - 0.11 votes

The next to be eliminated was Callum Morton, and the result of the sixth count was;

Sophie Bertrand - 11.06 votes
Robson Brown - 10.01 votes (elected, surplus transferred)
Cara Drury - 10.01 votes (elected, surplus transferred)
Charlotte Harris - 10.01 votes (elected, surplus transferred)
Thomas Hemsley - 6.95 votes
Usaama Kaweesa - 10.82 votes
Callum Leslie - eliminated
Callum Morton - eliminated
Ed Sanderson - 10.09 votes (elected)
Callum Stanland - eliminated
rounding loss - 0.11 votes
non-transferable - 0.94 votes

This meant that Sophie Bertrand and Usaama Kaweesa were elected, leaving Thomas Hemsley as the first runner-up.

So, this set of elections is over, pending any appeal. Good night, sleep well...

3 comments:

Thomas Hemsley said...

Thank you Mark for conducting the count so well. :)

Mark Valladares said...

Thomas,

Most kind, and thank you for your support.

Theo Butt Philip said...

Mark,

Whilst you have clearly done an excellent job, I feel the need to pick you up on one small detail (and one which doesn't change the result).
You have calculated the quota as 10.01, in fact it should be 10 (valid votes cast divided by places to be filled, 70/10). You only need to add 0.01 if the result goes to more than 2 decimal places, which it doesn't on this occasion.

Theo