Senatorial · Full tabulation

173rd Senatorial Election

Counted independently by this paper from the Electoral Commission's published ballot sheet: 80 ballots, 28 candidates. Our count returns the same eleven senators, in the same order, at the same thresholds the Commission announced. Round numbers differ — the Commission numbers eliminations as well as elections, this count numbers only the rounds in which something was decided.

Ballots: 80
Seats: 11
Quota: 7.2727
Held: 2 August 2026

The result

1 Emilia Revolutionary Organization for Social Equality Round 1 , at a bar of 5
2 brandmal Revolutionary Organization for Social Equality Round 2 , at a bar of 5
3 tmc Revolutionary Organization for Social Equality Round 3 , at a bar of 5
4 Senator Right Kelvin Civil Liberties Party Round 4 , at a bar of 5
5 Sirius (Tirado) Independent Round 5 , at a bar of 5
6 notcom36 Civil Liberties Party Round 6 , at a bar of 5
7 Lax Likes Trains Solidarity Party Round 8 , at a bar of 4
8 Democracy For You Independent Round 10 , at a bar of 3
9 Med Civil Liberties Party Round 13 , second phase, no quota
10 qd1m Revitalize! SimDem Round 14 , second phase, no quota
11 Ty Independent Round 15 , second phase, no quota

Seats that changed hands afterwards

Emilia’s seat → Nf19_1 Countback 11 Aug 2026
Ty’s seat → Jotan Countback 3 Aug 2026

The result above is election night as announced, and is not changed by these.

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How the count went, round by round 15 rounds

Threshold Equal Approval, in one paragraph. Every ballot scores every candidate from 0 to 5 and starts with one unit of voting power. The count begins by asking who was given a 5 by enough of the electorate to make a quota — here 7.2727 ballots' worth. Whoever can be elected most cheaply takes a seat, and the ballots that elected them give up the power it cost, so they carry less weight in later rounds. When nobody else can clear the bar, the bar drops to 4, then 3, and so on. That is the whole method: the rest is arithmetic, and all of it is below.

Watch the count

Speed 1× Round

Round: Before the count
Bar: —
Seats filled: 0
Voting power spent: 0

Support against the quota — the line is one quota. A bar reaching it can pay for a seat.

The electorate's voting power. One square per ballot, full when unspent and draining as it pays for seats.

Round 1 Bar at 5 Emilia elected

Emilia was scored 5 or more by enough of the electorate to make a quota, and did it at the lowest cost of anyone qualifying, so takes a seat. Each of the 25 ballots backing Emilia gives up 0.2909 of its voting power, so it counts for less in later rounds.

Candidate	Ballots	Weight behind them	Cost per ballot (n)	Quota met?
35rtf	2	2.0000	—	No
Asa	12	12.0000	0.6061	Yes
Chief Judge Tech Support	12	12.0000	0.6061	Yes
Democracy For You	14	14.0000	0.5195	Yes
Emilia elected	25	25.0000	0.2909	Yes
ImTheFavorite	13	13.0000	0.5594	Yes
Jotan	20	20.0000	0.3636	Yes
Lax Likes Trains	15	15.0000	0.4848	Yes
Med	13	13.0000	0.5594	Yes
Miccael	6	6.0000	—	No
Nf19_1	13	13.0000	0.5594	Yes
PHon	22	22.0000	0.3306	Yes
SEx eggy	14	14.0000	0.5195	Yes
Sam	11	11.0000	0.6612	Yes
Scandinavic	12	12.0000	0.6061	Yes
Senator Right Kelvin	19	19.0000	0.3828	Yes
Sirius (Tirado)	18	18.0000	0.4040	Yes
Thrill0728	6	6.0000	—	No
Ty	10	10.0000	0.7273	Yes
Vlad	14	14.0000	0.5195	Yes
[Placeholder]	3	3.0000	—	No
brandmal	24	24.0000	0.3030	Yes
miln	17	17.0000	0.4278	Yes
notcom36	13	13.0000	0.5594	Yes
qd1m	7	7.0000	—	No
sqknight	5	5.0000	—	No
ti-kid	5	5.0000	—	No
tmc	22	22.0000	0.3306	Yes

Quota: 7.2727
Charged per ballot: 0.2909
Ballots charged: 25
Weight spent: 7.2727
Weight still in play: 72.7273

Round 2 Bar at 5 brandmal elected

brandmal was scored 5 or more by enough of the electorate to make a quota, and did it at the lowest cost of anyone qualifying, so takes a seat. Each of the 24 ballots backing brandmal gives up 0.303 of its voting power, so it counts for less in later rounds.

Candidate	Ballots	Weight behind them	Cost per ballot (n)	Quota met?
35rtf	2	1.7091	—	No
Asa	12	9.6727	0.6061	Yes
Chief Judge Tech Support	12	10.5455	0.6061	Yes
Democracy For You	14	12.2545	0.5195	Yes
ImTheFavorite	13	10.6727	0.5594	Yes
Jotan	20	15.3455	0.3636	Yes
Lax Likes Trains	15	12.0909	0.4848	Yes
Med	13	12.1273	0.5594	Yes
Miccael	6	5.1273	—	No
Nf19_1	13	10.3818	0.5594	Yes
PHon	22	16.4727	0.3306	Yes
SEx eggy	14	11.0909	0.5195	Yes
Sam	11	9.5455	0.6612	Yes
Scandinavic	12	10.2545	0.6061	Yes
Senator Right Kelvin	19	18.7091	0.3828	Yes
Sirius (Tirado)	18	16.8364	0.4040	Yes
Thrill0728	6	5.7091	—	No
Ty	10	8.2545	0.7545	Yes
Vlad	14	11.6727	0.5195	Yes
[Placeholder]	3	2.4182	—	No
brandmal elected	24	18.4727	0.3030	Yes
miln	17	14.3818	0.4278	Yes
notcom36	13	12.7091	0.5594	Yes
qd1m	7	6.1273	—	No
sqknight	5	4.1273	—	No
ti-kid	5	4.1273	—	No
tmc	22	17.0545	0.3306	Yes

Quota: 7.2727
Charged per ballot: 0.3030
Ballots charged: 24
Weight spent: 7.2727
Weight still in play: 65.4545

Round 3 Bar at 5 tmc elected

tmc was scored 5 or more by enough of the electorate to make a quota, and did it at the lowest cost of anyone qualifying, so takes a seat. Each of the 22 ballots backing tmc gives up 0.3306 of its voting power, so it counts for less in later rounds. The seat was tied and went to tmc on the greater weight of ballots backing them.

Candidate	Ballots	Weight behind them	Cost per ballot (n)	Quota met?
35rtf	2	1.4061	—	No
Asa	12	6.9455	—	No
Chief Judge Tech Support	12	9.3333	0.7061	Yes
Democracy For You	14	10.7394	0.5825	Yes
ImTheFavorite	13	8.8545	0.6553	Yes
Jotan	20	10.1939	0.3636	Yes
Lax Likes Trains	15	9.6667	0.5749	Yes
Med	13	10.9152	0.5873	Yes
Miccael	6	4.2182	—	No
Nf19_1	13	8.5636	0.6909	Yes
PHon	22	10.4121	0.3306	Yes
SEx eggy	14	8.0606	0.7374	Yes
Sam	11	8.3333	0.8232	Yes
Scandinavic	12	8.7394	0.7556	Yes
Senator Right Kelvin	19	18.4061	0.3828	Yes
Sirius (Tirado)	18	15.9273	0.4040	Yes
Thrill0728	6	5.7091	—	No
Ty	10	6.7394	—	No
Vlad	14	9.5515	0.6045	Yes
[Placeholder]	3	1.8121	—	No
miln	17	11.3515	0.4471	Yes
notcom36	13	12.7091	0.5594	Yes
qd1m	7	5.5212	—	No
sqknight	5	3.5212	—	No
ti-kid	5	3.5212	—	No
tmc elected	22	11.6000	0.3306	Yes

Quota: 7.2727
Charged per ballot: 0.3306
Ballots charged: 22
Weight spent: 7.2727
Weight still in play: 58.1818

Tied with PHon; settled on support_weight.

Round 4 Bar at 5 Senator Right Kelvin elected

Senator Right Kelvin was scored 5 or more by enough of the electorate to make a quota, and did it at the lowest cost of anyone qualifying, so takes a seat. Each of the 19 ballots backing Senator Right Kelvin gives up 0.3828 of its voting power, so it counts for less in later rounds.

Candidate	Ballots	Weight behind them	Cost per ballot (n)	Quota met?
35rtf	2	1.0755	—	No
Asa	12	3.9702	—	No
Chief Judge Tech Support	12	7.0193	—	No
Democracy For You	14	9.0865	0.7409	Yes
ImTheFavorite	13	7.2017	—	No
Jotan	20	4.9047	—	No
Lax Likes Trains	15	7.3526	0.9840	Yes
Med	13	10.2540	0.6474	Yes
Miccael	6	3.8876	—	No
Nf19_1	13	6.2496	—	No
PHon	22	4.7923	—	No
SEx eggy	14	5.0854	—	No
Sam	11	6.6804	—	No
Scandinavic	12	7.0865	—	No
Senator Right Kelvin elected	19	18.4061	0.3828	Yes
Sirius (Tirado)	18	14.6050	0.4698	Yes
Thrill0728	6	5.7091	—	No
Ty	10	4.7559	—	No
Vlad	14	7.8986	0.8748	Yes
[Placeholder]	3	1.4815	—	No
miln	17	7.7152	0.8894	Yes
notcom36	13	12.7091	0.5594	Yes
qd1m	7	4.5295	—	No
sqknight	5	2.8601	—	No
ti-kid	5	2.8601	—	No

Quota: 7.2727
Charged per ballot: 0.3828
Ballots charged: 19
Weight spent: 7.2727
Weight still in play: 50.9091

Round 5 Bar at 5 Sirius (Tirado) elected

Sirius (Tirado) was scored 5 or more by enough of the electorate to make a quota, and did it at the lowest cost of anyone qualifying, so takes a seat. Each of the 18 ballots backing Sirius (Tirado) gives up 0.48 of its voting power, so it counts for less in later rounds.

Candidate	Ballots	Weight behind them	Cost per ballot (n)	Quota met?
35rtf	2	0.6927	—	No
Asa	12	3.9702	—	No
Chief Judge Tech Support	12	5.8710	—	No
Democracy For You	14	7.9382	0.8669	Yes
ImTheFavorite	13	7.2017	—	No
Jotan	20	4.9047	—	No
Lax Likes Trains	15	7.3526	0.9840	Yes
Med	13	7.9573	0.8288	Yes
Miccael	6	3.1221	—	No
Nf19_1	13	5.8668	—	No
PHon	22	4.7923	—	No
SEx eggy	14	4.7026	—	No
Sam	11	5.9149	—	No
Scandinavic	12	7.0865	—	No
Sirius (Tirado) elected	18	12.6911	0.4800	Yes
Thrill0728	6	3.4124	—	No
Ty	10	4.3731	—	No
Vlad	14	7.5158	0.9392	Yes
[Placeholder]	3	1.4815	—	No
miln	17	6.5668	—	No
notcom36	13	9.6469	0.5789	Yes
qd1m	7	4.5295	—	No
sqknight	5	2.8601	—	No
ti-kid	5	2.8601	—	No

Quota: 7.2727
Charged per ballot: 0.4800
Ballots charged: 18
Weight spent: 7.2727
Weight still in play: 43.6364

Round 6 Bar at 5 notcom36 elected

notcom36 was scored 5 or more by enough of the electorate to make a quota, and did it at the lowest cost of anyone qualifying, so takes a seat. Each of the 12 ballots backing notcom36 gives up 0.968 of its voting power, so it counts for less in later rounds.

Candidate	Ballots	Weight behind them	Cost per ballot (n)	Quota met?
35rtf	2	0.6172	—	No
Asa	12	3.7438	—	No
Chief Judge Tech Support	12	4.4337	—	No
Democracy For You	14	6.0209	—	No
ImTheFavorite	13	7.1262	—	No
Jotan	20	4.6782	—	No
Lax Likes Trains	15	7.1262	—	No
Med	13	6.5201	—	No
Miccael	6	2.7203	—	No
Nf19_1	13	5.2358	—	No
PHon	22	4.5658	—	No
SEx eggy	14	4.4762	—	No
Sam	11	4.8794	—	No
Scandinavic	12	5.9755	—	No
Thrill0728	6	1.6461	—	No
Ty	10	4.2222	—	No
Vlad	14	7.3649	0.9770	Yes
[Placeholder]	3	1.4061	—	No
miln	17	4.9004	—	No
notcom36 elected	13	7.4006	0.9680	Yes
qd1m	7	4.4540	—	No
sqknight	5	2.7846	—	No
ti-kid	5	2.7846	—	No

Quota: 7.2727
Charged per ballot: 0.9680
Ballots charged: 12
Weight spent: 7.2727
Weight still in play: 36.3636

Round 7 Bar at 4 Bar lowered

No remaining candidate was scored 5 or more by enough of the electorate to make a quota, so the bar drops to 4.

Quota
7.2727

Weight still in play
36.3636

Round 8 Bar at 4 Lax Likes Trains elected

Lax Likes Trains was scored 4 or more by enough of the electorate to make a quota, and did it at the lowest cost of anyone qualifying, so takes a seat. Each of the 15 ballots backing Lax Likes Trains gives up 0.6874 of its voting power, so it counts for less in later rounds.

Candidate	Ballots	Weight behind them	Cost per ballot (n)	Quota met?
35rtf	6	1.1030	—	No
Asa	14	2.5526	—	No
Chief Judge Tech Support	15	3.6209	—	No
Democracy For You	21	7.8539	0.8838	Yes
ImTheFavorite	19	7.2396	—	No
Jotan	26	8.2039	0.6994	Yes
Lax Likes Trains elected	19	9.5047	0.6874	Yes
Med	13	4.5312	—	No
Miccael	6	1.1350	—	No
Nf19_1	16	6.3868	—	No
PHon	27	6.9763	—	No
SEx eggy	21	6.4712	—	No
Sam	12	5.2622	—	No
Scandinavic	17	8.6462	0.7253	Yes
Thrill0728	7	0.0000	—	No
Ty	12	3.1185	—	No
Vlad	16	7.7796	0.8986	Yes
[Placeholder]	3	1.4061	—	No
miln	21	4.6431	—	No
qd1m	9	5.1631	—	No
sqknight	7	4.7846	—	No
ti-kid	8	3.8997	—	No

Quota: 7.2727
Charged per ballot: 0.6874
Ballots charged: 15
Weight spent: 7.2727
Weight still in play: 29.0909

Round 9 Bar at 3 Bar lowered

No remaining candidate was scored 4 or more by enough of the electorate to make a quota, so the bar drops to 3.

Quota
7.2727

Weight still in play
29.0909

Round 10 Bar at 3 Democracy For You elected

Democracy For You was scored 3 or more by enough of the electorate to make a quota, and did it at the lowest cost of anyone qualifying, so takes a seat. Each of the 15 ballots backing Democracy For You gives up 0.9962 of its voting power, so it counts for less in later rounds.

Candidate	Ballots	Weight behind them	Cost per ballot (n)	Quota met?
35rtf	10	2.4380	—	No
Asa	26	5.7516	—	No
Chief Judge Tech Support	17	4.3944	—	No
Democracy For You elected	28	7.2879	0.9962	Yes
ImTheFavorite	23	6.1441	—	No
Jotan	31	6.9455	—	No
Med	16	5.5312	—	No
Miccael	8	2.1350	—	No
Nf19_1	18	2.3668	—	No
PHon	31	5.0210	—	No
SEx eggy	27	4.5914	—	No
Sam	13	3.8120	—	No
Scandinavic	21	4.6082	—	No
Thrill0728	7	0.0000	—	No
Ty	16	3.5354	—	No
Vlad	22	4.1560	—	No
[Placeholder]	9	1.7724	—	No
miln	24	3.0419	—	No
qd1m	14	5.7225	—	No
sqknight	9	3.3440	—	No
ti-kid	11	1.7007	—	No

Quota: 7.2727
Charged per ballot: 0.9962
Ballots charged: 15
Weight spent: 7.2727
Weight still in play: 21.8182

Round 11 Bar at 2 Bar lowered

No remaining candidate was scored 3 or more by enough of the electorate to make a quota, so the bar drops to 2.

Quota
7.2727

Weight still in play
21.8182
Round 12 Bar at 1 Bar lowered

No remaining candidate was scored 2 or more by enough of the electorate to make a quota, so the bar drops to 1.

Quota
7.2727

Weight still in play
21.8182

Round 13 Med elected

No one can reach a quota even at the lowest bar, so the last seats go on remaining support. Med held the most unspent ballot weight (5.293) and takes the seat; those ballots are now spent.

Candidate	Ballots	Weight behind them	Cost per ballot (n)	Quota met?
35rtf	6	3.3621	—	No
Asa	14	3.9087	—	No
Chief Judge Tech Support	6	2.8424	—	No
ImTheFavorite	11	5.2302	—	No
Jotan	17	4.0411	—	No
Med elected	10	5.2932	—	No
Miccael	5	2.1112	—	No
Nf19_1	8	2.6980	—	No
PHon	17	3.1166	—	No
SEx eggy	12	3.3526	—	No
Sam	9	3.3076	—	No
Scandinavic	9	3.0411	—	No
Thrill0728	3	1.2745	—	No
Ty	9	4.0827	—	No
Vlad	8	2.8837	—	No
[Placeholder]	3	0.3484	—	No
miln	15	4.6271	—	No
qd1m	10	4.4277	—	No
sqknight	6	3.0575	—	No
ti-kid	7	2.1368	—	No

Quota: 7.2727
Ballots charged: 10
Weight spent: 5.2932
Weight still in play: 16.5250

Round 14 qd1m elected

No one can reach a quota even at the lowest bar, so the last seats go on remaining support. qd1m held the most unspent ballot weight (4.428) and takes the seat; those ballots are now spent.

Candidate	Ballots	Weight behind them	Cost per ballot (n)	Quota met?
35rtf	3	1.7411	—	No
Asa	14	3.9087	—	No
Chief Judge Tech Support	4	2.7014	—	No
ImTheFavorite	9	3.2302	—	No
Jotan	15	3.0373	—	No
Miccael	4	1.1112	—	No
Nf19_1	7	2.5608	—	No
PHon	16	3.1128	—	No
SEx eggy	10	3.0347	—	No
Sam	7	2.1703	—	No
Scandinavic	9	3.0411	—	No
Thrill0728	1	0.5200	—	No
Ty	8	3.0827	—	No
Vlad	7	1.8837	—	No
[Placeholder]	2	0.3446	—	No
miln	12	3.5584	—	No
qd1m elected	10	4.4277	—	No
sqknight	5	2.0575	—	No
ti-kid	6	2.1330	—	No

Quota: 7.2727
Ballots charged: 10
Weight spent: 4.4277
Weight still in play: 12.0973

Round 15 Ty elected

No one can reach a quota even at the lowest bar, so the last seats go on remaining support. Ty held the most unspent ballot weight (2.342) and takes the seat; those ballots are now spent.

Candidate	Ballots	Weight behind them	Cost per ballot (n)	Quota met?
35rtf	0	0.0000	—	No
Asa	7	1.1063	—	No
Chief Judge Tech Support	1	1.0000	—	No
ImTheFavorite	2	0.7846	—	No
Jotan	9	1.5917	—	No
Miccael	0	0.0000	—	No
Nf19_1	3	0.8601	—	No
PHon	10	1.3763	—	No
SEx eggy	4	0.6325	—	No
Sam	3	1.0591	—	No
Scandinavic	2	0.5955	—	No
Thrill0728	1	0.5200	—	No
Ty elected	6	2.3416	—	No
Vlad	2	0.1510	—	No
[Placeholder]	0	0.0000	—	No
miln	5	1.1128	—	No
sqknight	0	0.0000	—	No
ti-kid	0	0.0000	—	No

Quota: 7.2727
Ballots charged: 6
Weight spent: 2.3416
Weight still in play: 9.7557

What the ballots say

Consensus candidates

Scored consistently across the electorate — a low spread around their average.

[Placeholder] mean 0.45, spread 1.47
35rtf mean 0.60, spread 1.74
Thrill0728 mean 0.48, spread 1.92

Polarising candidates

Most of their scores are either 5 or 0 — loved and loathed, rarely middling.

Senator Right Kelvin 0.99 at the extremes (19×5, 60×0)
Thrill0728 0.95 at the extremes (6×5, 70×0)
notcom36 0.94 at the extremes (13×5, 62×0)

Margin on the final seat

Ty took the last seat on 2.3416 of ballot weight against Jotan's 1.5917 — a gap of 0.7499.

Ballot weight left unspent

9.7557 of 80 ballots' worth of voting power was never used to elect anybody — the count's measure of wasted votes.

Score distributions

brandmal mean 2.03

43 0

1 1

3 2

1 3

8 4

24 5

tmc mean 1.95

43 0

2 1

2 2

4 3

7 4

22 5

Emilia mean 1.93

46 0

0 1

2 2

3 3

4 4

25 5

PHon mean 1.83

47 0

0 1

2 2

4 3

5 4

22 5

Jotan mean 1.76

47 0

2 1

0 2

5 3

6 4

20 5

Democracy For You mean 1.64

43 0

6 1

3 2

7 3

7 4

14 5

Lax Likes Trains mean 1.53

50 0

0 1

2 2

9 3

4 4

15 5

SEx eggy mean 1.50

50 0

2 1

1 2

6 3

7 4

14 5

miln mean 1.50

49 0

4 1

3 2

3 3

4 4

17 5

Asa mean 1.41

49 0

1 1

4 2

12 3

2 4

12 5

ImTheFavorite mean 1.38

52 0

1 1

4 2

4 3

6 4

13 5

Sirius (Tirado) mean 1.38

54 0

3 1

1 2

1 3

3 4

18 5

Scandinavic mean 1.31

52 0

1 1

6 2

4 3

5 4

12 5

Vlad mean 1.29

53 0

3 1

2 2

6 3

2 4

14 5

Senator Right Kelvin mean 1.24

60 0

0 1

0 2

0 3

1 4

19 5

Chief Judge Tech Support mean 1.05

58 0

4 1

1 2

2 3

3 4

12 5

Nf19_1 mean 1.05

61 0

1 1

0 2

2 3

3 4

13 5

Med mean 0.99

60 0

3 1

1 2

3 3

0 4

13 5

Sam mean 0.98

57 0

4 1

6 2

1 3

1 4

11 5

notcom36 mean 0.95

62 0

3 1

0 2

0 3

2 4

13 5

Ty mean 0.94

60 0

3 1

1 2

4 3

2 4

10 5

qd1m mean 0.85

60 0

2 1

4 2

5 3

2 4

7 5

ti-kid mean 0.71

61 0

5 1

3 2

3 3

3 4

5 5

sqknight mean 0.64

63 0

4 1

4 2

2 3

2 4

5 5

35rtf mean 0.60

64 0

2 1

4 2

4 3

4 4

2 5

Miccael mean 0.54

67 0

3 1

2 2

2 3

0 4

6 5

Thrill0728 mean 0.48

70 0

2 1

1 2

0 3

1 4

6 5

[Placeholder] mean 0.45

69 0

1 1

1 2

6 3

0 4

3 5

The same ballots under a different system 11 seats

These are not predictions. They are the ballots that were actually cast, counted again under other rules — which is a different question from what the electorate would have done had the rules been different. People vote differently when the system changes, and candidates stand differently too. Read them as a measure of how much the method decided, not of what anybody wanted.

As counted · Threshold Equal Approval

Revolutionary Organization for Social Equality 3 · Civil Liberties Party 3 · Independent 3 · Solidarity Party 1 · Revitalize! SimDem 1

Emilia
brandmal
tmc
Senator Right Kelvin
Sirius (Tirado)
notcom36
Lax Likes Trains
Democracy For You
Med
qd1m
Ty

Score

Revolutionary Organization for Social Equality 8 · Fucking Best Party 1 · Independent 1 · Solidarity Party 1

6 of 11 seats change hands

brandmal
tmc
Emilia
PHon
Jotan
Democracy For You
Lax Likes Trains
SEx eggy
miln
Asa
ImTheFavorite

Loses their seat: Senator Right Kelvin, Sirius (Tirado), notcom36, Med, qd1m, Ty

Add every score together and elect the highest totals. The simplest reading of the same ballots, and the least proportional: a bloc that scores its own slate highly takes everything, because nothing is ever spent.

Approval at 4+

Revolutionary Organization for Social Equality 7 · Independent 2 · Civil Liberties Party 1 · Fucking Best Party 1

5 of 11 seats change hands

brandmal
Emilia
tmc
PHon
Jotan
Democracy For You
SEx eggy
Sirius (Tirado)
miln
Senator Right Kelvin
ImTheFavorite

Loses their seat: notcom36, Lax Likes Trains, Med, qd1m, Ty

Treat any score of 4 or 5 as approval; elect the most approved. Ignores how strongly anyone feels above the line and how much below it. Rewards being widely acceptable rather than intensely backed.

Closed party-list D'Hondt

Revolutionary Organization for Social Equality 6 · Civil Liberties Party 3 · Independent 2

3 of 11 seats change hands

brandmal
tmc
Emilia
PHon
Jotan
SEx eggy
Senator Right Kelvin
Med
notcom36
Democracy For You
Sirius (Tirado)

Loses their seat: Lax Likes Trains, qd1m, Ty

Voters pick one party; seats go to parties, and parties pick who fills them. The system the Get alts out of the Senate Amendment would have installed, rejected in referendum on 29.82% Aye. The ballots hold no party vote, so each is credited to whichever party it gave the most score to in total; ballots split exactly evenly are excluded. 12 of 80 ballots could not be assigned a party and are excluded from this one.

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Every figure above is computed from the published ballots by this paper, not copied from anyone. If our count and the Electoral Commission's disagree, the Commission is the authority and we are wrong — tell us and we will say so.

Every ballot this count used is published: read them here, or download the CSV and run the numbers yourself.

The Commission's own sheet for 173rd Senatorial Election.