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The San Francisco Consolidated Municipal Election was held on November 8, 2011. Ross Mirkarimi was the winner out of 4 candidatesafter 2 elimination rounds.

Ross Mirkarimi was also the Condorcet winner.

Ross MirkarimiPaul MiyamotoChris CunnieEliminated in round 2David WongEliminated 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 3Ross MirkarimiChris CunniePaul MiyamotoDavid WongExhaustedRoss MirkarimiPaul MiyamotoExhausted

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
Chris Cunnie
David Wong
Paul Miyamoto
Ross Mirkarimi
Chris Cunnie78.8%49.5%45.9%
David Wong21.2%17.5%21.7%
Paul Miyamoto50.5%82.5%46.5%
Ross Mirkarimi54.1%78.3%53.5%

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
Chris Cunnie
David Wong
Paul Miyamoto
Ross Mirkarimi
Exhausted
Chris Cunnie5.7%35.6%24.9%33.8%
David Wong14.2%39.9%17.8%28.1%
Paul Miyamoto34.2%12.8%23.8%29.2%
Ross Mirkarimi23.2%5%22.3%49.5%

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
(183,233 voters)
38.2%19.7%42.0%
Ross Mirkarimi
(70,457 voters)
49.5%16.4%34.1%
Chris Cunnie
(51,602 voters)
33.8%24.3%41.9%
Paul Miyamoto
(49,814 voters)
29.2%21.0%49.7%
David Wong
(11,360 voters)
28.1%13.9%57.9%

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
Paul Miyamoto
Ross Mirkarimi
Exhausted
Chris Cunnie38.8%26.3%34.9%
David Wong46.7%22.6%30.7%

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