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Round 1  Votes  7497 1/60 (25%) Max Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil)     8086    (27.0%)  1 Higgins, Joe (Socialist)     6442    (21.5%)  1 Burton, Joan (Labour)     3810    (12.7%)  1 Terry, Sheila (Fine Gael)     3694    (12.3%)  1 Mc Donald, Mary Lou (Sinn Féin)     2404    (8.0%)  1 Morrissey, Tom (Progressive Democrat)     2370    (7.9%)  1 Doherty Ryan, Deirdre (Fianna Fáil)     2300    (7.7%)  1 Bonnie, Robert (Green)     748    (2.5%)  1 Smyth, John Thomas (Christian Solidarity)     134    (0.4%)  1           Results       Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil) Elected               Transfers (to these colors):               Histograms  Surplus   New Max  Votes: Ballots   Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil) 588 59/60 56/60 1: 7798

Each ballot initially counts toward its highest-ranked eligible choice. However, in future rounds, a maximum fraction of a ballot may be imposed on a candidate. This allows voters for popular winners (or for eliminated losers) to help unelected candidates or candidates elected later. If there are no such candidates, the leftover fraction goes back to the first winner, or count toward "none of these" if there are no ranked winners.

The ballot fraction precision is equal to 1/Seats(Seats+1), which ensures that winners can always be kept between Enough votes to win, more than (Total Votes for Candidates)/(Seats+1), and the Ideal Number of votes, (Total Votes for Candidates)/Seats.
If all winners have at least "Enough" votes, it is impossible to elect too many candidates. This number is Ballots/(Seats+1) plus the smallest fraction.
If all winners have exactly the Ideal Number of votes, and they each have an equal voice, everyone who voted for a winner is equally represented.
The dotted line on the graph represents Enough votes.
The histogram shows how many ballots count a given fraction of a vote toward a winner. It is used to determine how much to lower the maximum. Ballots that cannot count for a lower-ranked candidate are not included in the histogram. The maximum is reduced in steps of the defined fractional precision, reducing the surplus by the number of ballots in the affected histogram bins divided by that precision. This process stops just before too many would be transferred. At this point, the affected bins are shown in red.
When only winners remain, they may reduce their maxima toward the Ideal Number.

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Round 2  Votes  7497 1/60 (25%) Max Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil)     7566 8/60  (25.2%)  56/60 Higgins, Joe (Socialist)     6504    (21.7%)  1 Burton, Joan (Labour)     3860 20/60  (12.9%)  1 Terry, Sheila (Fine Gael)     3733 48/60  (12.5%)  1 Mc Donald, Mary Lou (Sinn Féin)     2426    (8.1%)  1 Morrissey, Tom (Progressive Democrat)     2434 16/60  (8.1%)  1 Doherty Ryan, Deirdre (Fianna Fáil)     2573 4/60  (8.6%)  1 Bonnie, Robert (Green)     755 24/60  (2.5%)  1 Smyth, John Thomas (Christian Solidarity)     135    (0.5%)  1           Results       Smyth, John Thomas (Christian Solidarity) Defeated               Transfers (to these colors):

No elected candidates could reduce their maxima, so candidates were eliminated instead.
The last-place candidate is eliminated.
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Round 3  Votes  7494 16/60 (25%) Max Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil)     7588    (25.3%)  56/60 Higgins, Joe (Socialist)     6522 16/60  (21.8%)  1 Burton, Joan (Labour)     3864 24/60  (12.9%)  1 Terry, Sheila (Fine Gael)     3753 56/60  (12.5%)  1 Mc Donald, Mary Lou (Sinn Féin)     2443 12/60  (8.2%)  1 Morrissey, Tom (Progressive Democrat)     2447 20/60  (8.2%)  1 Doherty Ryan, Deirdre (Fianna Fáil)     2584 20/60  (8.6%)  1 Bonnie, Robert (Green)     773 32/60  (2.6%)  1 None of these     11                Results       Bonnie, Robert (Green) Defeated               Transfers (to these colors):

No elected candidates could reduce their maxima, so candidates were eliminated instead.
The last-place candidate is eliminated.
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Round 4  Votes  7482 1/60 (25%) Max Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil)     7649 56/60  (25.6%)  56/60 Higgins, Joe (Socialist)     6715 16/60  (22.4%)  1 Burton, Joan (Labour)     4060 24/60  (13.6%)  1 Terry, Sheila (Fine Gael)     3820 4/60  (12.8%)  1 Mc Donald, Mary Lou (Sinn Féin)     2516 28/60  (8.4%)  1 Morrissey, Tom (Progressive Democrat)     2538 32/60  (8.5%)  1 Doherty Ryan, Deirdre (Fianna Fáil)     2627 20/60  (8.8%)  1 None of these     60                Results       Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil) Equalized               Transfers (to these colors):               Histograms  Surplus   New Max  Votes: Ballots   Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil) 167 55/60 55/60 56/60: 7846

The histogram shows how many ballots count a given fraction of a vote toward a winner. It is used to determine how much to lower the maximum. Ballots that cannot count for a lower-ranked candidate are not included in the histogram. The maximum is reduced in steps of the defined fractional precision, reducing the surplus by the number of ballots in the affected histogram bins divided by that precision. This process stops just before too many would be transferred. At this point, the affected bins are shown in red.
When only winners remain, they may reduce their maxima toward the Ideal Number.

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Round 5  Votes  7482 1/60 (25%) Max Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil)     7519 10/60  (25.1%)  55/60 Higgins, Joe (Socialist)     6731 5/60  (22.5%)  1 Burton, Joan (Labour)     4073 30/60  (13.6%)  1 Terry, Sheila (Fine Gael)     3830 20/60  (12.8%)  1 Mc Donald, Mary Lou (Sinn Féin)     2522 20/60  (8.4%)  1 Morrissey, Tom (Progressive Democrat)     2554 55/60  (8.5%)  1 Doherty Ryan, Deirdre (Fianna Fáil)     2696 40/60  (9.0%)  1 None of these     60                Results       Mc Donald, Mary Lou (Sinn Féin) Defeated               Transfers (to these colors):

No elected candidates could reduce their maxima, so candidates were eliminated instead.
The last-place candidate is eliminated.
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Round 6  Votes  7377 16/60 (25%) Max Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil)     7814 5/60  (26.5%)  55/60 Higgins, Joe (Socialist)     7799 20/60  (26.4%)  1 Burton, Joan (Labour)     4343 40/60  (14.7%)  1 Terry, Sheila (Fine Gael)     3968    (13.4%)  1 Morrissey, Tom (Progressive Democrat)     2650 25/60  (9.0%)  1 Doherty Ryan, Deirdre (Fianna Fáil)     2933 30/60  (9.9%)  1 None of these     479                Results       Higgins, Joe (Socialist) Elected     Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil) Equalized               Transfers (to these colors):     Transfers (from these colors):               Histograms  Surplus   New Max  Votes: Ballots   Higgins, Joe (Socialist) 422 4/60 56/60 1: 6169 5/60: 887   Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil) 436 49/60 51/60 55/60: 8027

The histogram shows how many ballots count a given fraction of a vote toward a winner. It is used to determine how much to lower the maximum. Ballots that cannot count for a lower-ranked candidate are not included in the histogram. The maximum is reduced in steps of the defined fractional precision, reducing the surplus by the number of ballots in the affected histogram bins divided by that precision. This process stops just before too many would be transferred. At this point, the affected bins are shown in red.
When only winners remain, they may reduce their maxima toward the Ideal Number.

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Round 7  Votes  7377 16/60 (25%) Max Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil)     7382 57/60  (25.0%)  51/60 Higgins, Joe (Socialist)     7460 20/60  (25.3%)  56/60 Burton, Joan (Labour)     4574 24/60  (15.5%)  1 Terry, Sheila (Fine Gael)     4068 56/60  (13.8%)  1 Morrissey, Tom (Progressive Democrat)     2758 17/60  (9.3%)  1 Doherty Ryan, Deirdre (Fianna Fáil)     3264 6/60  (11.1%)  1 None of these     479                Results       Morrissey, Tom (Progressive Democrat) Defeated               Transfers (to these colors):

No elected candidates could reduce their maxima, so candidates were eliminated instead.
The last-place candidate is eliminated.
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Round 8  Votes  7340 1/60 (25%) Max Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil)     8116 55/60  (27.6%)  51/60 Higgins, Joe (Socialist)     7774 35/60  (26.5%)  56/60 Burton, Joan (Labour)     5114 53/60  (17.4%)  1 Terry, Sheila (Fine Gael)     4753    (16.2%)  1 Doherty Ryan, Deirdre (Fianna Fáil)     3600 37/60  (12.3%)  1 None of these     628                Results       Higgins, Joe (Socialist) Equalized     Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil) Equalized               Transfers (to these colors):     Transfers (from these colors):               Histograms  Surplus   New Max  Votes: Ballots   Higgins, Joe (Socialist) 434 34/60 51/60 56/60: 6259 9/60: 971   Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil) 776 54/60 45/60 51/60: 8585 4/60: 1191

The histogram shows how many ballots count a given fraction of a vote toward a winner. It is used to determine how much to lower the maximum. Ballots that cannot count for a lower-ranked candidate are not included in the histogram. The maximum is reduced in steps of the defined fractional precision, reducing the surplus by the number of ballots in the affected histogram bins divided by that precision. This process stops just before too many would be transferred. At this point, the affected bins are shown in red.
When only winners remain, they may reduce their maxima toward the Ideal Number.

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Round 9  Votes  7340 1/60 (25%) Max Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil)     7400 30/60  (25.2%)  45/60 Higgins, Joe (Socialist)     7380 54/60  (25.1%)  51/60 Burton, Joan (Labour)     5470 51/60  (18.6%)  1 Terry, Sheila (Fine Gael)     4943    (16.8%)  1 Doherty Ryan, Deirdre (Fianna Fáil)     4164 45/60  (14.2%)  1 None of these     628                Results       Doherty Ryan, Deirdre (Fianna Fáil) Defeated               Transfers (to these colors):

No elected candidates could reduce their maxima, so candidates were eliminated instead.
The last-place candidate is eliminated.
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Round 10  Votes  7267 46/60 (25%) Max Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil)     9426 57/60  (32.4%)  45/60 Higgins, Joe (Socialist)     8031 9/60  (27.6%)  51/60 Burton, Joan (Labour)     6174    (21.2%)  1 Terry, Sheila (Fine Gael)     5438 54/60  (18.7%)  1 None of these     917                Results       Higgins, Joe (Socialist) Equalized     Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil) Equalized               Transfers (to these colors):     Transfers (from these colors):               Histograms  Surplus   New Max  Votes: Ballots   Higgins, Joe (Socialist) 763 23/60 44/60 51/60: 6284 15/60: 1321   Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil) 2159 11/60 28/60 45/60: 7605 9/60: 1115

The histogram shows how many ballots count a given fraction of a vote toward a winner. It is used to determine how much to lower the maximum. Ballots that cannot count for a lower-ranked candidate are not included in the histogram. The maximum is reduced in steps of the defined fractional precision, reducing the surplus by the number of ballots in the affected histogram bins divided by that precision. This process stops just before too many would be transferred. At this point, the affected bins are shown in red.
When only winners remain, they may reduce their maxima toward the Ideal Number.

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Round 11  Votes  7267 46/60 (25%) Max Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil)     7511 8/60  (25.8%)  28/60 Higgins, Joe (Socialist)     8046 52/60  (27.7%)  44/60 Burton, Joan (Labour)     7291 12/60  (25.1%)  1 Terry, Sheila (Fine Gael)     6221 48/60  (21.4%)  1 None of these     917                Results       Burton, Joan (Labour) Elected               Histograms  Surplus   New Max  Votes: Ballots   Burton, Joan (Labour) 23 26/60 1 1: 4443 32/60: 1660 16/60: 1838

The histogram shows how many ballots count a given fraction of a vote toward a winner. It is used to determine how much to lower the maximum. Ballots that cannot count for a lower-ranked candidate are not included in the histogram. The maximum is reduced in steps of the defined fractional precision, reducing the surplus by the number of ballots in the affected histogram bins divided by that precision. This process stops just before too many would be transferred. At this point, the affected bins are shown in red.
When only winners remain, they may reduce their maxima toward the Ideal Number.

There is a newly elected candidate whose maximum could not be reduced. The surplus is lower than the number of ballots in the first histogram bin (the ballots counting the largest fraction toward the candidate) times the smallest fraction, so they cannot all transfer that fraction without exceeding the surplus.
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Round 12  Votes  7267 46/60 (25%) Max Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil)     7511 8/60  (25.8%)  28/60 Higgins, Joe (Socialist)     8046 52/60  (27.7%)  44/60 Burton, Joan (Labour)     7291 12/60  (25.1%)  1 Terry, Sheila (Fine Gael)     6221 48/60  (21.4%)  1 None of these     917                Results       Terry, Sheila (Fine Gael) Defeated               Transfers (to these colors):

No elected candidates could reduce their maxima, so candidates were eliminated instead.
The last-place candidate is eliminated.
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Round 13  Votes  9480 40/60 (33.3%) Max Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil)     8770 4/60  (30.8%)  28/60 Higgins, Joe (Socialist)     9013 12/60  (31.7%)  44/60 Burton, Joan (Labour)     10658 44/60  (37.5%)  1 None of these     1546                Results       Burton, Joan (Labour) Equalized     Higgins, Joe (Socialist) Equalized               Transfers (to these colors):     Transfers (from these colors):               Histograms  Surplus   New Max  Votes: Ballots   Burton, Joan (Labour) 1178 4/60 46/60 1: 5282 32/60: 1767 16/60: 1622   Higgins, Joe (Socialist)     42/60 44/60: 6453 32/60: 1441 13/60: 1394

The histogram shows how many ballots count a given fraction of a vote toward a winner. It is used to determine how much to lower the maximum. Ballots that cannot count for a lower-ranked candidate are not included in the histogram. The maximum is reduced in steps of the defined fractional precision, reducing the surplus by the number of ballots in the affected histogram bins divided by that precision. This process stops just before too many would be transferred. At this point, the affected bins are shown in red.
When only winners remain, they may reduce their maxima toward the Ideal Number.

Only winners remain, so the dotted line is raised to the Ideal Number.
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Round 14  Votes  9480 40/60 (33.3%) Max Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil)     9294 40/60  (32.7%)  28/60 Higgins, Joe (Socialist)     9584 40/60  (33.7%)  42/60 Burton, Joan (Labour)     9562 40/60  (33.6%)  46/60 None of these     1546                Results         Burton, Joan (Labour) Elected     Higgins, Joe (Socialist) Elected     Lenihan, Brian (Fianna Fáil) Elected

No further maximum reductions are allowed, so the count is complete. All winners should be near the Ideal Number of votes. Usually most ballots count toward their highest-ranked winner. Some count for two winners, but rarely more than that. See the slice report. The depth report shows the contribution of lower choices to the result. The "none of these" pile is an accurate measure of unsatisfied voters.

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Rank	Fraction of votes for winners
1st	47.5%
2nd	27.8%
3rd	14.8%
4th	6.2%
5th	2.6%
6th	0.9%

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Slices	Percentage of ballots with that many slices
1	33.4%
2	66.6%