Gce Model Questions Vol1 2017 Government Question 43
Practice objective / multiple choice question 43 from the 2017 Gce Model Questions Vol1 Government examination.
In a single‑transferable‑vote (STV) election for a council of 5 seats, there are 12 500 valid votes. The Droop quota is calculated as \( \left\lfloor \frac{\text{total votes}}{\text{seats}+1}\right\rfloor +1 \). Candidate X receives 2 800 first‑preference votes. (a) Compute the Droop quota and state whether Candidate X is elected on the first count. (b) If Candidate X's surplus votes are transferred equally to two remaining candidates, how many additional votes does each of those two candidates receive?
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This is Gce Model Questions Vol1 2017 Government Question 43. It is one of the objective questions from the 2017 Gce Model Questions Vol1 Government examination.
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