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SOURCE FILE:     bpv_bakery_stv_c4_b12.yaml
TABULATED FILE:  bpv_bakery_stv_c4_b12_tabulated.txt
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election_title: "The same ballots under STV — 2 seats, and the minority gets one"

scenario_description: |-
  The control for the block-preferential pair: identical ballots, identical two
  seats, counted PROPORTIONALLY instead.
  STV's Droop quota here is 12 / (2 + 1) = 4 (the engine's exact form; the
  hand-count rule floor(12/3) + 1 = 5 is the other standard reading, and both
  land in the same place on these ballots). Almond has 5 and Croissant has 5 —
  both clear quota in the first round, both are seated, and the board splits 1-1
  between the 7-voter majority and the 5-voter minority.
  Block preferential voting on these same ballots elects Almond AND Brioche — a
  clean sweep for the majority (bpv_bakery_seat1_c4_b12.yaml +
  bpv_bakery_seat2_c3_b12.yaml). Same ranked ballot, same voters, opposite
  philosophy: the ballot decides what voters can say, the COUNT decides how the
  seats are shared.
  Lesson: 06_Other/RCV_IRV/concepts/variants/RCV-IRV-block-preferential.md

voting_method: STV
num_winners: 2

ballots: |-
  5:Almond>Brioche>Croissant>Danish
  2:Brioche>Almond>Croissant>Danish
  5:Croissant>Danish>Almond>Brioche

expected_winners:
- Almond
- Croissant

# file: bpv_bakery_stv_c4_b12.yaml

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TABULATION RESULTS
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--- STV / Single Transferable Vote (multi-winner — 2 seats) ---
  The same ballots under STV — 2 seats, and the minority gets one
 Tabulating 12 ballots (ranked ballots).
 2 seats; quota = 4.00 (exact Droop, votes/(seats+1)) — 33.3% of 12.
 Elected at >= quota, and every surplus is measured from it.
 (Hand-count Droop, floor(12/3)+1 = 5, is a different but equally standard rule.)

FINAL RESULT
Candidate      Votes  Status
-----------  -------  --------
Almond             5  Elected
Croissant          5  Elected
Brioche            2  Rejected
Danish             0  Rejected


Winner(s) — STV / Single Transferable Vote (multi-winner — 2 seats)
  Almond
  Croissant

--- Smith Set (the generalized Condorcet winner) ---
The smallest group whose every member beats every candidate outside it —
the honest answer to "who is even in contention?".
   Smith set (1 of 4): Almond
   Outside (3):        Brioche, Croissant, Danish
   One member ⇒ Almond is the Condorcet winner, beating every rival head-to-head.
   More: 07_Concepts/topics/smith_set.md