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VIDEO: At last... Election Tortoise picks his winner!

VIDEO: At last... Election Tortoise picks his winner!

Wednesday 07 September 2016

VIDEO: At last... Election Tortoise picks his winner!

Wednesday 07 September 2016


It's dragged on longer than expected - both the run up to today's by-election and Election Tortoise's choice - but, at last we're there.

Election Tortoise took his time to make up his mind, and it won't be until around 22:00 that we'll find out if he was right, but if you want to discover who he did choose, watch the video now.

Pundits might disagree with Election Tortoise's choice saying he's relatively new to the game, slow, and maybe short-sighted. Others though would argue he's wise and considered. Time will tell.

He's also been looking at the stats over the past 20 to 30 years, and whilst he's not 100% sure of his facts, here's some interesting figures that he thinks might get broken today.

The person with the fewest number of votes to be successfully elected as a Senator is Jerry Dorey. That was in a by-election in February 1999. He polled 3,320.

The person with the fewest number of votes to be successfully elected to the States is Judy Martin. She polled just 190 votes, when she was elected as a Deputy for St Helier in a by-election in May 2000.

And the award for the person to have ever polled the fewest number of votes goes to Peter Remon-Whorral. He polled 27 votes when he stood for Senator in a by-election in 2010.

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