stv.vote // Glasgow, Scotland Greater Pollok

The Glasgow, Scotland May 2022 was held on May 5, 2022. 4 seats were filled using Single Transferable Vote from 11 candidates over 9 rounds.

In STV, candidates who reach the quota (1,774 votes) are elected. Surplus votes above the quota are transferred to voters' next preferences. When no candidate reaches the quota, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated and their votes are transferred.

Elected candidates:

  1. Saqib Ahmed
  2. William Graham
  3. Rashid M Hussain
  4. Roza Salih

Votes needed to win: 1,774 votes 8,8694+1+1\left\lfloor \frac{8,869}{4 + 1} \right\rfloor + 1

Votes needed to win: 1,774Saqib AhmedElected in round 1William GrahamElected in round 1Rashid M HussainElected in round 2Roza SalihElected in round 10Matt VentiseiEliminated in round 9Chris McFadyenEliminated in round 8Awais QureshiEliminated in round 7Tahir JameelEliminated in round 6Paul LairdEliminated in round 5Eric StevensonEliminated in round 4Christopher HoEliminated in round 3

STV Rounds

This Sankey diagram shows the votes of each remaining candidate at each round, as well as the breakdown of votes transferred when each candidate was elected (surplus transfers) or eliminated.

Note that the tabulation (but not the winner) may differ from the official count. You can read more about why this is.

Round 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7Round 8Round 9Saqib AhmedWilliam GrahamRashid M HussainRoza SalihMatt VentiseiChris McFadyenAwais QureshiTahir JameelPaul LairdEric StevensonChristopher HoExhausted29.3%28.1%14.4%10.3%9.4%20%20%20.8%15.6%9.9%20%20%20%15.8%10%20%20%20%15.8%10.1%20%20%20%15.9%10.2%20%20%20%16%10.4%20%20%20%16.6%10.5%20%20%20%16.8%10.9%20%20%20%19.6%11.2%9.2%Saqib AhmedWilliam GrahamRashid M HussainRoza SalihMatt VentiseiExhausted

Candidate Clustering

This visualization shows candidates positioned based on second-choice transfers. Candidates whose voters frequently rank each other appear closer together, forming natural "clusters" or voting blocs.

Distance is based on the First Alternate table below — if voters who rank candidate A first often rank candidate B second (and vice versa), they'll appear close together. In STV, proportional representation means winners should be distributed across different clusters, representing diverse voter preferences.

Circle size indicates first-round vote share. Green circles are elected candidates. Hover over candidates to see their top second-choice transfers.

AhmedGrahamHoHussainJameelLairdMcFadyenQureshiSalihStevensonVentiseiLegendElectedNot elected

Pairwise Preferences

For every pair of candidates, this table shows the fraction of voters who preferred one to the other. A preference means that either a voter ranks a candidate ahead of the other, or ranks one candidate but does not list the other. Ballots which rank neither candidate are not counted towards the percent counts.

Note: In multi-seat STV elections, pairwise preferences show overall voter sentiment but don't directly determine outcomes, since votes transfer through multiple elimination and surplus rounds.

Less-preferred Candidate
Preferred Candidate
Saqib Ahmed
William Graham
Rashid M Hussain
Roza Salih
Matt Ventisei
Chris McFadyen
Awais Qureshi
Tahir Jameel
Paul Laird
Eric Stevenson
Christopher Ho
Saqib Ahmed0%54.5%65.8%59.2%84%74%90.2%89.5%92.2%92%95%
William Graham45.5%0%48.2%68.8%72.9%80.5%78.8%90.7%88.7%88%89.4%
Rashid M Hussain34.2%51.8%0%56.9%82%72.4%88.8%88.5%91.6%91.3%94%
Roza Salih40.8%31.2%43.1%0%70.6%74.7%75.9%88.4%86%86.7%87.4%
Matt Ventisei16%27.1%18%29.4%0%40.5%53.3%61.3%68.2%62.4%79.4%
Chris McFadyen26%19.5%27.6%25.3%59.5%0%65.9%76.4%77.6%79.9%81.9%
Awais Qureshi9.8%21.2%11.2%24.1%46.7%34.1%0%61%68.2%66.4%76.3%
Tahir Jameel10.5%9.3%11.5%11.6%38.7%23.6%39%0%57%53%64.8%
Paul Laird7.8%11.3%8.4%14%31.8%22.4%31.8%43%0%46.1%61.3%
Eric Stevenson8%12%8.7%13.3%37.6%20.1%33.6%47%53.9%0%64.7%
Christopher Ho5%10.6%6%12.6%20.6%18.1%23.7%35.2%38.7%35.3%0%

First Alternate

For every pair of candidates, this table shows the fraction of voters who ranked one candidate first ranked the other candidate second.

Second Choice
First Choice
Saqib Ahmed
William Graham
Rashid M Hussain
Roza Salih
Matt Ventisei
Chris McFadyen
Awais Qureshi
Tahir Jameel
Paul Laird
Eric Stevenson
Christopher Ho
Exhausted
Saqib Ahmed0%6%79.3%1.2%3.2%1%1%0.8%0.5%0.4%0.5%6%
William Graham9.4%0%3.3%71.6%0.3%6.3%0.4%1.6%1%0.2%0.4%5.4%
Rashid M Hussain84.1%3.1%0%2.5%1%1.2%0.9%0.2%0.5%0.3%0.3%5.9%
Roza Salih3.1%81%3.5%0%0.3%6.1%0.7%1.5%0.2%0.5%0.1%2.9%
Matt Ventisei25.7%0.7%14.9%0.7%0%1.4%10.6%1%6.1%2.5%11%25.3%
Chris McFadyen11.7%23.5%6.3%27.8%0.9%0%6.3%1.7%2%6%0.6%13.2%
Awais Qureshi24.2%5.8%13.3%11.7%12.5%11.7%0%2.5%0%2.5%0.8%15%
Tahir Jameel14.1%25%9.8%13%2.2%8.7%1.1%0%5.4%7.6%1.1%12%
Paul Laird8.8%7.7%4.4%2.2%15.4%17.6%2.2%2.2%0%7.7%8.8%23.1%
Eric Stevenson3.9%11.8%5.9%2%9.8%17.6%5.9%3.9%13.7%0%2%23.5%
Christopher Ho13%10.9%2.2%2.2%10.9%6.5%4.3%6.5%10.9%8.7%0%23.9%

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