For results from the City of Cambridge official site, see 2001
Cambridge City Council Election (the source of the numbers
presented here).
For an explanation of Proportional Representation, along with some
results that are now more or less history, see Craig's View of PR
In the bar graphs presented here, the quota of 1713 is represented
by a green line.
Apologies to Councillor Galluccio for the
misspelling of his surname; this will be corrected soon.
Bar Graphs after
Count #: 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 13
As expected, Councillor Galluccio exceeds quota, in this
case with a surplus of 1517 votes. First-time candidate Brian Murphy
exeeds quota by 3 votes, and Councillor Davis is elected with 1713
votes, exactly quota.
Even at this stage, it seems clear that
nine of the top ten first-place vote-getters will be
elected.
Transfers from Galluccio (398) are sufficient to elect Councillor
Sullivan, and transfers to Maher (379) move Maher into eighth.
Councillor-elect Murphy's 3 transfers do little to alter the overall
picture.
The less successful candidates have their votes redistributed, adding
a few votes at a time to the front-runners. After the ninth count,
transfers from Horowitz are sufficient to reelect Councillor Decker.
Bar Graphs after
Count #: 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 13
At this point, the transfers from defeated candidates have the
possibility to affect the outcome. After twelve rounds, first-time
candidate Simmons has moved ahead of Councillor Toomey, Simmons
needing 20 more votes for election and Toomey needing 28 more
votes for reelection. Second-time candidate John Pitkin has moved to
within 99 votes of Councillor Reeves. The distribution of first-time
candidate Ethridge King's votes will decide the ninth councillor.
Bar Graphs after
Count #: 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 13
Transfers from King were sufficient to elect Denise Simmons and
reelect Councillor Toomey. Pitkin pulled to within 59 votes of
Councillor Reeves (160 transfers from King to Pitkin, 120 transfers
from King to Reeves), but after thirteen rounds, Pitkin has the fewest
votes of the continuing candidates and is delcared defeated.
In the transfer of Pitkin's votes in the fourteenth round, both Maher
and Reeves reach quota and are reelected.
Bar Graphs after
Count #: 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 13
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