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== Example ==
{{main|2009 Burlington mayoral election}}
The city of [[W:Burlington, Vermont|Burlington, Vermont]] held a mayoral election on March 3, 2009. This was the second mayoral election since the city's 2005 approval of [[instant-runoff voting]] (IRV).<ref name="burlington_votes">[http://www.burlingtonvotes.org/faq 4. How did this change to IRV come about?] ''Over 64% of Burlington voters voted in favor of the IRV Charter amendment in March, 2005, and it went into effect on May 12, 2005, when the governor signed the ratification bill, H.505, which had been passed by both the House and Senate.''</ref> A candidate from the [[Vermont Progressive Party]] (Bob Kiss) had won the first election under the system in 2006. In 2009, he was running for reelection.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.burlington.vt.us/mayor/|title=Mayor Bob Kiss|website=City of Burlington|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071129081028/http://www.ci.burlington.vt.us/mayor/|archive-date=2007-11-29|access-date=2007-11-16}}</ref>
The official results of the 2009 election were as follows:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.burlingtonvotes.org/20090303/2009%20Burlington%20Mayor%20Round.htm|title=ChoicePlus Pro 2009 Burlington Mayor Round Detail Report|date=2011-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725111725/http://www.burlingtonvotes.org/20090303/2009%20Burlington%20Mayor%20Round.htm|archive-date=2011-07-25|access-date=2018-01-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.burlingtonvotes.org/20090303/2009%20Burlington%20Mayor%20Round4.htm|title=ChoicePlus Pro 2009 Burlington Mayor Round 4 Report|date=March 3, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725111051/http://www.burlingtonvotes.org/20090303/2009%20Burlington%20Mayor%20Round4.htm|archive-date=2011-07-25|url-status=dead|access-date=2011-02-28}}</ref>
===First round===
In the first round, Dan Smith and Jason Simpson were eliminated, as well as the all of the write-in candidates. There were four ballots that did not have preferences listed, so they were placed in the "exhausted pile" to indicate that those ballots would play no active role in later rounds. Ballots for Smith, Simpson and the write-in candidates were transferred to the second preference on those ballots for the second round (or were moved into the "exhausted pile" in the second round).
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Candidate
!Party
!First round
votes
!First round
pct. (%)
!Comments
|-
|Kurt Wright
|[[File:Republican Disc.svg|30x30px]] [[Republican Party]]
| align="right" |2,951
| align="right" |32.9%
| rowspan="3" |Ballots preferring Kiss, Wright, and Montroll advance to the second round.
|-
|Bob Kiss
|[[File:Moose_icon_(Noun_Project).svg|30x30px]][[Vermont Progressive Party|Progressive Party]]
| align="right" |2,585
| align="right" |28.8%
|-
|Andy Montroll
|[[File:Democratic Disc.svg|30x30px]] [[Democratic Party]]
| align="right" |
2,063
| align="right" | 23.0%
|-
|Dan Smith
|[[File:NeutralPartyPlaceholder.svg|30x30px]](independent)
| align="right" |1,306
| align="right" |14.5%
| rowspan="3" |Ballots preferring Smith, Simpson and the write-in candidate were distributed to Kiss, Wright, and Montroll in the second round according to the first remaining preference on these ballots.
|-
|James Simpson
|[[File:Green Disc.svg|30x30px]] [[Green Party]]
| align="right" |35
| align="right" |0.4%
|-
| colspan="2" |Write-in
| align="right" | 36
| align="right" |0.4%
|-
| colspan="2" |''(exhausted pile)''
| align="right" |4
| align="right" |0.0%
| rowspan="2" align="right" |
|-
| colspan="2" |'''Totals'''
| align="right" | 8,980
| align="right" |100.0%
|}
===Second round===
In the second round, Simpson's, Smith's and the write-in candidates' ballots were transferred to Kiss, Wright, or Montroll (depending on the voter's greatest remaining preference). Montroll had the fewest first-remaining preferences, and thus was eliminated prior to the third round, with Montroll's ballots being distributed to Kiss and Wright according to the final remaining preference on ballots preferring Montroll.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Candidate
!Party
!Transfers from
first round
!Second round
votes
!Second round
pct. (%)
!Comment
|-
| Kurt Wright
|[[File:Republican Disc.svg|20x20px]] [[Republican Party]]
| align="right" | +343
| align="right" |3,294
| align="right" |36.7%
| rowspan="2" |Ballots preferring Kiss and Wright advanced to the third round.
|-
|Bob Kiss
|[[File:Moose_icon_(Noun_Project).svg|20x20px]][[Vermont Progressive Party|Progressive Party]]
| align="right" | +396
| align="right" |2,981
| align="right" |33.2%
|-
|Andy Montroll
|[[File:Democratic Disc.svg|20x20px]] [[Democratic Party]]
| align="right" | +491
| align="right" |2,554
| align="right" |28.4%
|Ballots preferring Montroll were distributed to Kiss and Wright in the third round according to final remaining preference on these ballots.
|-
| colspan="2" |''(exhausted pile)''
| align="right" | +147
| align="right" |151
| align="right" |1.7%
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Totals'''
| align="right" |8,980
| align="right" |100.0%
|}
===Third round ===
In the third round, Montroll's ballots from the second round were distributed to Kiss and Wright. Since many Montroll voters supported Kiss rather than Wright as their final remaining preference, Kiss pulled into the lead in the third round. Because 6.7% of voters didn't express a preference between Kiss and Wright (with their preferred candidate eliminated in prior rounds, and their ballots placed in the "exhausted pile"), Kiss prevailed over Wright with a plurality of 48.0%.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Candidate
!Party
!Transfers from
second round
!Third round
votes
!Third round
pct. (%)
|- {{Party shading/Vermont Progressive}}
|Bob Kiss
|[[File:Moose_icon_(Noun_Project).svg|20x20px]][[Vermont Progressive Party|Progressive Party]]
| align="right" | +1332
| align="right" |'''4,313'''
| align="right" |'''48.0%'''
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|Kurt Wright
|[[File:Republican Disc.svg|20x20px]] [[Republican Party]]
| align="right" | +767
| align="right" |4,061
| align="right" |45.2%
|-
| colspan="2" |''(exhausted pile)''
| align="right" | +455
| align="right" |606
| align="right" |6.7%
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Totals'''
| align="right" |8,980
| align="right" |100.0%
|}
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