six county elections 05/05/2011

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

Not sure myself, must be a quirk of the STV! Though Paul Gallagher's not small 

[The Worker]

Not sure myself, must be a quirk of the STV! Though Paul Gallagher's not small 

I think under the STV System a transferred vote carried less weight, e.g. a 1st transfer is .75 of a vote

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

That would explain it Worker, thanks.

The final breakdown was: IRSP: 707.13, SDLP: 707.76

[Maguire01]

lads whats the best twitter page to keep up to date with local election results?

Follow hashtags, not pages. There's two being used for this - #le11 and #lg11 - there are council-specific hashtags but there's not really enough traffic on them for a regular feed.

[Norf Tyrone]

That would explain it Worker, thanks.

The final breakdown was: IRSP: 707.13, SDLP: 707.76

Some finish!

[armaghniac]

The final breakdown was: IRSP: 707.13, SDLP: 707.76

Now I could be completely wrong in this, but I think this reflect the NI STV being slightly different from the 26 county one. In the 26 counties if you have some guy with 5000 votes and a quota of 4000 then they sample 1000 votes and give the votes to the second choice. In the North they take the second choices of all 5000 and calculate a ratio (e.g. 0.2 x number of second votes), hence the above.

[Maguire01]

The final breakdown was: IRSP: 707.13, SDLP: 707.76

Now I could be completely wrong in this, but I think this reflect the NI STV being slightly different from the 26 county one. In the 26 counties if you have some guy with 5000 votes and a quota of 4000 then they sample 1000 votes and give the votes to the second choice. In the North they take the second choices of all 5000 and calculate a ratio (e.g. 0.2 x number of second votes), hence the above.

How is the surplus distributed?
Suppose the quota is 1,000 votes and candidate "A" gets 1,500 votes in the first count. That means 500 of their votes, a third of the total, are to be re-distributed as surplus.
Instead of transferring one third of the votes, all the 1,500 votes are transferred at one third of their value. This does not mean that your vote is actually divided up. It is simply a mathematical way of ensuring that the value of 500 votes is transferred to the candidates to whom they are due in the proper proportion. This explains why there will be fractions of votes shown in the results of various counts.
http://www.eoni.org.uk/index/faqs/pr-stv-voting-system-faqs.htm

[Maguire01]

SDLP take a SF seat in Lower Falls on Éirígí transfers.

[Minder]

SDLP take a SF seat in Lower Falls on Éirígí transfers.

Young fella Keenan?

[The Worker]

[ziggysego]

North Down's Andrew Muir of the Alliance Party was elected this morning on 1st count. NI's 1st openly gay councillor to be elected. Changed times perhaps.

[ziggysego]

The DUP have lost overall control of Castlereagh Council, but they've now merged with the UUP to form one single Unionist Group within the council. Bitter heartland.

[trileacman]

http://sluggerotoole.com/2011/04/12/sinn-fein%E2%80%99s-town-hall-event-speculation-on-ronan-kerr%E2%80%99s-politics/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-13320482

I find both these types of electioneering truly disgusting. Hijacking a dead man's memory to use a political canon fodder has to be the lowest of the low. I wouldn't mind it so much if it where family or friends declaring a particular stance, but two complete strangers predicting and articulating a dead man's motives is repulsive.

As Emmet said "Let no man write my epitaph; for as no man who knows my motives dare now vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance, asperse them."

[Maguire01]

SDLP take a SF seat in Lower Falls on Éirígí transfers.

Young fella Keenan?

Yeah, just 26 apparently.

[Minder]

SDLP take a SF seat in Lower Falls on Éirígí transfers.

Young fella Keenan?

Yeah, just 26 apparently.

Yeah, he looks about 12 too but supposed to be a decent young fella. Was Atwoods ticket for Assembly elections.