ranked.vote // London, Ontario Ward 4 Councilor

The London, Ontario Municipal Election was held on October 22, 2018. Jesse Helmer was the winner out of 5 candidatesafter 2 elimination rounds.

Jesse Helmer was also the Condorcet winner.

Jesse HelmerStephen William OrserTricia LystarEliminated in round 2Connor GarrettEliminated in round 1Xuemei JiangEliminated in round 1

Runoff 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 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 3Jesse HelmerStephen William OrserTricia LystarConnor GarrettXuemei JiangExhaustedJesse HelmerStephen William OrserExhausted

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.

Less-preferred Candidate
Preferred Candidate
Connor Garrett
Jesse Helmer
Xuemei Jiang
Tricia Lystar
Stephen William Orser
Connor Garrett14.3%62.9%20.9%33.3%
Jesse Helmer85.7%89%67.8%67.2%
Xuemei Jiang37.1%11%14.8%24.9%
Tricia Lystar79.1%32.2%85.2%58.5%
Stephen William Orser66.7%32.8%75.1%41.5%

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
Connor Garrett
Jesse Helmer
Xuemei Jiang
Tricia Lystar
Stephen William Orser
Exhausted
Connor Garrett25%12.2%17.8%11.1%33.9%
Jesse Helmer7.3%4.8%35%9%43.9%
Xuemei Jiang8.5%17.7%26.9%12.3%34.6%
Tricia Lystar11.3%29.4%8.9%15.6%34.9%
Stephen William Orser7.7%17.8%5.5%18.1%51%

Ranking Distribution

This shows how many candidates voters ranked, both overall and broken down by each candidate's first-choice supporters. This reveals whether some candidates attracted voters who ranked multiple candidates versus those who ranked fewer candidates.

Number of Candidates Ranked
Candidate
1
2
3
All Candidates
(5,063 voters)
43.2%18.7%38.1%
Jesse Helmer
(2,559 voters)
43.9%20.1%36.0%
Stephen William Orser
(1,191 voters)
51.0%15.4%33.7%
Tricia Lystar
(1,003 voters)
34.9%21.3%43.8%
Connor Garrett
(180 voters)
33.9%11.7%54.4%
Xuemei Jiang
(130 voters)
34.6%10.0%55.4%

Final Vote by First Choice

This table tracks which candidate ballots were ultimately allocated to, among ballots that ranked an eliminated candidate first.

Final Round Choice
First Round Choice
Jesse Helmer
Stephen William Orser
Exhausted
Connor Garrett33.9%17.8%48.3%
Xuemei Jiang28.5%19.2%52.3%
Tricia Lystar33.4%21.2%45.4%

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