Maybe someone can give us a report to the contrary? The realms I'm in don't typically have elections, except Sirion, and that is...Hang on
Referendum Results (9 days, 8 hours ago)
The referendum "Vote for the Ruler" has ended. Here is the final tally:
148 votes for Meristenzio
16 votes for Ecthelion
12 abstentions
204 votes were not cast
The winning choice therefore is Meristenzio, with 148 votes. A simple majority was required, i.e. 1 vote.
Therefore, Sir Meristenzio Peristaltico, Prime Minister of Sirion, Ambassador of Sirion has been confirmed in office.
As a reminder, the full text of the referendum was:
This is the monthly election for the position of Ruler (Prime Minister).
All nobles of the realm will vote, each vote having the same weight.
So that's 380 total votes, or 95 characters who can vote (enough time in realm). When we look at how there are currently 92 nobles in Sirion, that makes sense.
Also, the world news states: Ruler Re-elected (2011-05-05 06:06:16)
The realm of Sirion has reconfirmed Meristenzio Peristaltico as its Prime Minister.He received 38% of the valid votes cast.
(148/380)*100 = 38.947368421 you get the point
But why didn't it say 39% then, since it was 38.947? Either we are using the old-style rules for rounding significant figures (doubtful) or we're using the integer division. In that case:
(148//380)*100 = 38, so 38%, and this makes sense in the context of valid votes being 4 * (number of eligible voters)
As the first vote counts as 4, in this case, everyone seems to have voted first choice. Now, we need an example where there are second choices. Preferably, ruler elections, because those have a % in the world news to use as comparison.
