Consider an election with 129 votes If there are 4 candidate

Consider an election with 129 votes.

-If there are 4 candidates, what is the smallest number of votes that a plurality candidate could have?

-If there are 8 candidates, what is the smallest number of votes that a plurality candidate could have?

Consider an election with 953 votes.

-If there are 7 candidates, what is the smallest number of votes that a plurality candidate could have?

-If there are 8 candidates, what is the smallest number of votes that a plurality candidate could have?

total votes are 129

if there are 4 candidates , we need 129 / 4 = 32.25

so the smallest number of votes that a plurality candidate can have is 33 votes approx

if there are 8 candidates , we need 129 / 8 = 16.125

so the smallest number of votes that a plurality candidate can have is 17 votes approx