[EM] Debian Project Election Results

[Norman Petry]

There was some mention here earlier about the pairwise voting system that
the Debian Project (http://www.debian.org) uses to choose their Project
Leader.  The preliminary election results have been announced, so I thought
I'd post them here in case anyone is interested.  It's not often that we
have *actual* election data from a pairwise count to analyse!  Apply your
favourite counting method and let us know if you find anything interesting.

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To: debian-devel-announce at lists.debian.org
Subject: [Results] Leader Election 2000 (preliminary)
From: Debian Project Secretary <secretary at debian.org>
Date: 17 Mar 2000 00:47:05 -0000
Cc: debian-vote at lists.debian.org

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Choice #1: Wichert Akkerman
 is prefered to Choice #2: Joel Klecker (114-22)
 is prefered to Choice #3: Ben Collins (133-39)
 is prefered to Choice #4: Matthew Vernon (117-17)
 is prefered to Choice #5: Further Discussion (113-7)
Choice #2: Joel Klecker
 is prefered to Choice #4: Matthew Vernon (63-54)
 is prefered to Choice #5: Further Discussion (66-31)
Choice #3: Ben Collins
 is prefered to Choice #2: Joel Klecker (92-33)
 is prefered to Choice #4: Matthew Vernon (92-33)
 is prefered to Choice #5: Further Discussion (89-15)
Choice #4: Matthew Vernon
 is prefered to Choice #5: Further Discussion (70-23)
Choice #5: Further Discussion

The winner is Wichert, followed by Ben, Joel, Matthew and finally, Further
Discussion.


These results have not been checked against the hand count but I thought
you'd all like the exit poll results ;)

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As you can see, the Debian Project's voters must have approved of the choice
of candidates, since "Further Discussion" was the Condorcet Loser.  The
incumbent (Wichert Akkerman) was the Condorcet Winner by a fairly wide
margin.


-- Norm Petry