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First Referendum on the New Zealand Flag

Final Results by Count Report
15 December 2015
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Option
 Count 1
 Count 2
 Count 3
 Count 4
 Outcome
 % of Total Votes in Count
First Preference Votes
 Votes distributed
 Progressive Vote Totals
 Votes distributed Progressive Vote Totals Votes distributed Progressive Vote Totals
Count 1
 Count 2
 Count 3
 Count 4
Option A: Silver Fern (Black, White and Blue)
 Silver Fern (Black, White and Blue)
559,587
 5,073
 564,660
 48,499
 613,159
 57,631
 670,790
 SUCCESSFUL 40.15%
 40.85%
 44.77%
 50.58%
Option E: Silver Fern (Red, White and Blue) Silver Fern (Red, White and Blue)
580,241
 4,201
 584,442
 22,628
 607,070
 48,396
 655,466
 UNSUCCESSFUL 41.64%
 42.28%
 44.33%
 49.42%
Option B: Red Peak Red Peak
122,152
 12,409
 134,561
 14,760
 149,321
Excluded
 Excluded Count 3
 8.77%
 9.73%
 10.90%
 Excluded
Option D: Silver Fern (Black and White)
 Silver Fern (Black and White)
78,925
 19,670
 98,595
 Excluded
 Excluded Count 2 5.66% 7.13% Excluded
Option C: Koru
 Koru
52,710
 Excluded
 Excluded Count 1 3.78% Excluded
Total Votes in Count
 1,393,615
1,382,258
1,369,550
1,326,256




Transferable Votes
 -
 41,353
 -
 85,887
 -
 106,027
 -




Non-transferable Votes
 -
 11,357
 11,357 12,708
 24,065
 43,294
 67,359




Informal Votes
 149,747
 -
 149,747 -
 149,747 -
 149,747




Invalid Votes
 3,372
 -
 3,372 -
 3,372 -
 3,372




Total Votes Received
 1,546,734
 52,710
 1,546,734 98,595
 1,546,734 149,321
 1,546,734




Absolute Majority Required per Count
 696,808
691,129
684,775
663,128





Legend:
Absolute Majority
 The absolute majority is 50% of valid votes.  This number is determined at every count.
Non-transferable Votes
 The number of votes that are no longer able to be transferred as all of the preferences given on the voting paper have been exhausted.
Informal Votes
 An informal vote is where the voter has not clearly indicated their first preference.
Invalid Votes
 Invalid votes are excluded from the count and include, for example, voting papers that cannot be processed because the voter has made the QR code unreadable, or voting papers cancelled as a result of replacement voting papers being issued.


 
 
 

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