Talk:1920 New South Wales state election

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How many votes did each elector have?

Dunno if anyone's watching this page, but I'm wondering about the results. At the moment we seem to be assuming that each elector cast three (country) or five (metro) votes, and calculating the turnout / results based on that, i.e. dividing the total number of votes in each seat by three or five. I'm not sure this is correct - it produces quite strange figures for turnout and informal voting ... surely turnout couldn't have dropped by 40% and informal voting increased by 27%! I think it's more likely that each elector cast one vote, so the total number of voters should match the number of electors. (I don't quite have the terminology to describe what this is called, but I think it's more akin to the current Tasmanian system rather than the 1901+ Senate system). This is what this source uses. Can anyone shed any light on this? Otherwise I can probably take a look at some of the book sources at some point. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 09:51, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Ivar the Boneful: 3 years later & the only difference between us is that I'm sure this is not correct - there is an error in the New South Wales Election Results database: Antony Green is good, not god. The district page [1] has every district around 50-60% turnout, but the totals page [2] gives a turnout of 19%. The same error infects the informal votes & party totals. The party % are just a little out. I don't trust the UWA site as it has had too many errors to be considered reliable. I have gone back to the district results & added up the party votes to get the accurate totals. Same issue in 1922 & 1925 so will sort those out next. Any editor is free to correct any mistakes I may have made or discuss them here if unsure. Oh and the phrase you were looking for is single transferable vote. --Find bruce (talk) 12:20, 16 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]