The final result is that A, G, B, C, and D are elected.

Public Notice of the Result of the Poll and of the Transfer of Votes

Number of valid votes … 6,000
Number of members to be elected … 5
Quota … 1,001

[column names— ]
N: Names of Candidates
V: Votes
TA: Transfer of A's surplus
RA: Result
TK: Transfer of K's Votes
RK: Result
THI: Transfer of H and I's Votes
RHI: Result
TB: Transfer of B's surplus
TB: Result
TF: Transfer of F's Votes
RF: Final Result

N: V: TA: RA: TK: RK: THI: RHI: TB: TB: TF: RF:

A 2,009 -1,007 1,002 — 1,002 — 1,002 — 1,002 — 1,002(E)
B 952 — 952 — 952 +119 1,071 -70 1,001 — 1,001(E)
C 939 — 939 + 4 943 — 943 — 943 +353 1,296(E)
D 746 +129 875 — 875 +107 982 — 982 — 982(E)
E 493 + 5 498 — 498 — 498 +70 568 — 568
F 341 + 14 355 +89 444 — 444 — 444 -444 —
G 157 +859 1,016 — 1,016 — 1,016 — 1,016 — 1,016(E)
H 152 — 152 — 152 -152 — — — — —
I 118 — 118 — 118 -118 — — — — —
K 93 — 93 -93 — — — — — — —
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
Effective votes
6,000 — 6,000 — 6,000 — 5,956 — 5,956 — 5,865
Preferences exhausted
— — — +44 44 — 44 +91 135
Total valid votes
6,000 — 6,000 6,000 — 6,000 — 6,000 — 6,000

[Candidates A, B, C, D, and G are elected.]

[Footnote 1: The rules contained in this schedule were examined and approved by the Select Committee of the House of Lords in 1907. They are substantially identical with those embodied in the Transvaal Municipal Act of 1909, and used in the municipal elections of Pretoria and Johannesburg in 1909, as well as in the model elections conducted by the Proportional Representation Society in 1906, 1908, and 1910.]

APPENDIX VIII

THE SINGLE TRANSFERABLE VOTE