ranked.vote // Minneapolis City Council Ward 12

The Minneapolis Municipal Election was held on May 13, 2025. Aurin Chowdhury was the winner out of 3 candidatesafter 1 elimination round.

Aurin Chowdhury was also the Condorcet winner.

Aurin ChowdhuryBecka ThompsonEdward Bear StopsEliminated in round 1Undeclared Write-insEliminated 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 2Aurin ChowdhuryBecka ThompsonEdward Bear StopsUndeclared Write-insExhaustedAurin ChowdhuryBecka ThompsonExhausted

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
Aurin Chowdhury
Becka Thompson
Edward Bear Stops
Undeclared Write-ins
Aurin Chowdhury65.3%85.8%98.5%
Becka Thompson34.7%78.1%97.7%
Edward Bear Stops14.2%21.9%96.1%
Undeclared Write-ins1.5%2.3%3.9%

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
Aurin Chowdhury
Becka Thompson
Edward Bear Stops
Undeclared Write-ins
Exhausted
Aurin Chowdhury30.3%14.2%0.9%54.6%
Becka Thompson31.1%19.7%1%48.2%
Edward Bear Stops32.2%30.9%1.7%35.2%
Undeclared Write-ins4.2%14.6%4.2%77.1%

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
(16,482 voters)
51.5%25.3%23.2%
Aurin Chowdhury
(10,218 voters)
54.6%23.9%21.5%
Becka Thompson
(5,308 voters)
48.2%27.8%24.0%
Edward Bear Stops
(908 voters)
35.2%26.7%38.1%
Undeclared Write-ins
(48 voters)
77.1%18.8%4.2%

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
Aurin Chowdhury
Becka Thompson
Exhausted
Edward Bear Stops32.3%31.1%36.7%
Undeclared Write-ins4.2%14.6%81.3%

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