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Roland Perry · May 3rd 08, 05:18 PM posted to uk.transport.london,misc.transport.urban-transit

In message , at 15:44:27 on
Sat, 3 May 2008, remarked:
Turnout was 45% (biggest ever apparently), so with 2.20 million voting
that gives an electorate of 4.88 million.

2,456,990 papers counted out of an electorate of 5,419,913 - giving a
turnout of 45.33% according to 'London Elects'.

There were 2,415,958 'good' votes after 41,032 had been rejected and
13,034 seen to be blank papers.

Hmm, I was adding up the "1st and 2nd" preference votes, so it seems
around 215,000 people didn't have either Ken or Boris as first or second
preference [1], and Boris's share of the vote was therefore 46% and not
the 51% that it appears.

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Roland Perry