Harry Hayfield
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Post by Harry Hayfield on Mar 28, 2017 9:00:52 GMT
A community council area has an electorate of 1,050 and records a turnout of 50% at the election for a ten seat council. There are 15 candidates seeking election, therefore what is the minimum number of votes needed for a candidate to be duly elected?
I am asking this question as there is a suggestion that Ceredigion (as part of the review) may move to multi member wards whilst still keeping to FPTP, therefore an explanation of the maths would be very much appreciated as well.
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zoe
Conservative
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Post by zoe on Mar 28, 2017 9:02:59 GMT
One.
Hypothetically Nine candidates get 525 each, 5 candidates get zero votes and one candidate gets one vote.
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9 candidates get 525 each and 6 get zero votes. The returning officer then draws lots for the single remaining seat and a candidate gets elected with zero votes. This is the minimum number of votes needed for a candidate to be duly elected.
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peterl
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Post by peterl on Mar 28, 2017 10:21:30 GMT
Theoretically the local voters don't care and no one votes at all. Candidates are elected on the drawing of lots. Technically the winners got one vote, but that is a legal fiction.
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Crimson King
Lib Dem
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Post by Crimson King on Mar 28, 2017 10:49:14 GMT
if you mean what is the minimum number of votes needed to guarantee that a candidate would be elected, assuming all the electors use all 10 votes then 11 candidates could get 477.3 votes each, so a candidate getting 478 would leave 4772 votes, it would not be possible for 10 other candidates to get 478 each so that would be the minimum to be elected. In the real world the number is likely to be much lower than that.
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