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AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY (ELECTORAL) ACT 1988 No. 107 of 1988 - SCHEDULE 2

SCHEDULE 2
Section  23 
EXAMPLE OF DISTRIBUTION OF SEATS AMONG PARTIES AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES
(17 seats to be distributed)
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                   Party       Party      Party   Independent   Independnt

                     A           B          C          X             Y

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__ Base nos. of      12,000       8,000      5,000      2,800        2,200
votes cast
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__ 1st rank:base  12,000 1st  8,000 2nd  5,000 4th  2,800 8th      2,200 12th

nos. divided          seat       seat       seat       seat           seat
by 1
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__ 2nd rank:base   6,000 3rd  4,000 5th  2,500 10th 1,400 (see     1,100

nos. divided          seat       seat       seat       note

by 2                                                  below)

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__ 3rd rank:base   4,000 6th  2,666 9th  1,666 16th   933 (see       733

nos. divided          seat       seat       seat       note

by 3                                                  below)

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__ 4th rank:base   3,000 7th  2,000 13th 1,250        700            550

nos. divided          seat       seat
by 4
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__ 5th rank:base   2,400 11th 1,600 17th 1,000        560            444

nos. divided          seat       seat
by 5
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__ 6th rank:base   2,000 14th 1,333        833        466            366

nos. divided          seat
by 6
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__ 7th rank:base   1,714 15th 1,142        714        400            314

nos. divided          seat
by 7
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                  7 seats    5 seats   3 seats    1 seat         1 seat
Note- Independent X can only receive 1 seat, so the quotients on the 2nd and
3rd rank are disregarded.