Count Summary

Insert school name

Insert election name

Formal Votes
Informal Votes Elected Candidate:
Total Votes
Absolute majority (votes
needed to be elected)
= (formal votes ÷
2) + 1

Candidates

Exhausted Total votes Total Valid

Name Name Name Name Name Name Name Name Name Name Votes distributed Votes
First Preference Votes
First distribution
Progressive Total
Second distribution
Progressive Total
Third distribution
Progressive Total
Fourth distribution
Progressive Total
Fifth distribution
Progressive Total
Sixth distribution
Progressive Total
Seventh distribution
Progressive Total
Eighth distribution
Progressive Total
Ninth distribution
TOTAL
 Count Summary
Insert school name
Insert election name

Formal Votes Elected Candidate:

Informal Votes
Total Votes
Absolute majority (votes
needed to be elected)
= (formal votes ÷
2) + 1

Candidates

Exhausted Total votes Total Valid

Name Name Name Name Name Name Name Name Name Name Name Name Name Name Name Name Name Name Name Name Name Name Name Name Name Name Name Name Name Name Votes distributed Votes
First Preference Votes
First distribution
Progressive Total
Second distribution
Progressive Total
Third distribution
Progressive Total
Fourth distribution
Progressive Total
Fifth distribution
Progressive Total
Sixth distribution
Progressive Total
Seventh distribution
Progressive Total
Eighth distribution
Progressive Total
Ninth distribution
Progressive Total
10th distribution
Progressive Total
11th distribution
Progressive Total
12th distribution
Progressive Total
13th distribution
Progressive Total
14th distribution
Progressive Total
15th distribution
Progressive Total
16th distribution
Progressive Total
17th distribution
Progressive Total
18th distribution
Progressive Total
19th distribution
Progressive Total
20th distribution
Progressive Total
21st distribution
Progressive Total
22nd distribution
Progressive Total
22nd distribution
Progressive Total
23rd distribution
Progressive Total
24th distribution
Progressive Total
25th distribution
Progressive Total
26th distribution
Progressive Total
27th distribution
Progressive Total
28th distribution
Progressive Total
29th distribution
TOTAL
 Count Summary - Example

Formal Votes 20 Elected Candidate: Candidate 1

Informal Votes 2
Total Votes 22
Absolute majority (votes
needed to be elected)
= (formal votes ÷ 2) + (20÷2)+1 =
1 11 Total valid votes is the sum of all
candidate votes and exhausted
votes, and should always equal the
number of formal votes.

Exhausted Total votes Total Valid

Candidate 1 Candidate 2 Candidate 3 Candidate 4 Votes distributed Votes
First Preference 7 6 2 5 20
First distribution 1 1 -2 0 0 2
Progressive Total 8 7 5 0 20
Second distribution 4 1 -5 0 5
Total 12 8 0 20

Progressive totals are the sum of the Candidate is elected

previous total and the distribution (the two
values above). In this case, 7 + 1 = 8.
with absolute majority.
Candidate with the fewest votes is excluded. The
number of votes to be distributed is recorded as a
negative for the distribution for that candidate and is
also the 'total votes distributed'. In this case,
Candidates 1 and 2 received one preference each
from Candidate 3.