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How Preferential Voting System works in ICAI Election :As you are aware that ICAI Elections for Central Council & Regional Councils are scheduled on 07th and 8th December 2018 and therefore I feel it appropriate to share with you information on Preferential voting system being followed by our esteemed Institute. In other words, it's called a Preferential Voting System. Each Voter (a member of the ICAI irrespective of whether he holds Certificate of Practice ' COP ' or works in Industry) can vote for Central as well as Regional Council Elections.

How Preferential Voting System works in ICAI Election |Counting of votes in Preferential system of voting ICAI Elections

For Central Region, In all 6 candidates will be elected to Central Council from Central Region and 11 candidates will be elected to CIRC (Regional Council). On the ballot paper, to cast a formal vote

• place a one (1) in the box beside your first preference;
• a two (2) in the box beside your second preference;
• a three (3) in the box beside your third preference;

And continue numbering until all of the boxes are numbered. ILLUSTRATION:No. Of candidates-10 No. Of candidates to be selected-5 No. Of valid votes cast-3,000 Quota for election- 3,000 x 100 + 1 = 50,001 5 + 1 For the purpose of simplification the quota for this illustration is taken to be 500 votes

Distribution of votes:

Candidates	Original Votes
A	550
B	475
C	375
D	350
E	325
F	320
G	300
H	150
I	100
J	55
TOTAL	3000

First Count:

(i) Candidate A will be declared elected as he gets more than 500 votes. (ii) Surplus of 50 votes will be distributed to other candidates. For this purpose the value of surplus votes will be worked out and distributed will be worked out and distributed to candidates who have been marked second preferences. (iii) If only 500 out of 550 voters have exercised their second preferences, the value of each surplus vote will work out to 50 divided by 500 i.e. 10%. On distribution of second preference votes, the position of the other candidates will be as under, if these preferences are received by B, C D and E only.

Candidates	Original Votes	Distribution of Votes	Votes distribution after Second preference
B	475	(250) 25	500
C	375	(100) 10	385
D	350	(100) 10	360
E	325	(50) 5	330

On the above basis, candidate B will be declared as elected as he gets 500 votes on distribution of surplus of A.

Elimination candidates:

(i) Since there are no surpluses with other candidates, the candidate who has got the lowest number of votes will be eliminated. (ii)In the given case J will be the first to be eliminated. 55 votes in his packet will be distributed to candidates who have been marked second or subsequent preferences at full value. If only 50 voters have marked second or subsequent preferences the distribution will be as under:

Candidates	Votes distribution after Second preference	Votes of J	Votes distribution after elimination of J
C	385	0	385
D	360	0	360
E	330	0	330
F	320	5	325
G	300	45	345
H	150	0	150
I	100	0	100

(iii) The next candidate to be eliminated will be I with 100 votes. I all the voters have exercised subsequent preferences, the position will be as under:

Candidates	Votes distribution after Second preference	Votes of I	Votes distribution after elimination of I
C	385	0	385
D	360	40	400
E	330	10	340
F	325	10	335
G	345	40	385
H	150	0	150

(iv) The next candidate to be eliminated will be H. If all the 150 candidates have expressed their subsequent preferences, the position will be as under:

Candidates	Votes distribution after Second preference	Votes of H	Votes distribution after elimination of H
C	385	20	405
D	400	100	500
E	340	0	340
F	335	0	335
G	385	30	415

On this basis D will be declared elected and F who has got the least votes of 335 gets eliminated. Out of this 33 if only 275 voters have expressed their subsequent preferences the distribution will be as follows:

Candidates	Votes distribution after Second preference	Votes of F	Votes distribution after elimination of F
C	405	50	455
E	340	130	470
G	415	95	510

Here G gets elected. (v) The remaining candidates will be C and E. Since the number of votes obtained by E is 470 as against 455 by C, E will be declared elected even though he had secured less than 500 votes. (vi) A, B, D, G and E will be the candidates who are successful in this election. A candidate who gets maximum 1st preference votes and also, crosses "quota" is considered to be elected & the process will be followed as narrated above with an illustration. Note: A qualified Chartered Accountant who is member of ICAI as on 31-03-2018 is entitled to vote at poling booth assigned to him in accordance with his registered office address submitted by him to the Institute. A member will get two Ballot, one for Central Council & one for Regional Council & members has to give their preference (1,2,3....& so on) on both the ballot paper. It is therefore important for the members to cast more than 1st preference to get atleast one candidate elected of his choice. Yours SAARTHI CA.Rohit Ruwatia Agarwal 9571799999

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