rcv.report // New York City DEM Council Member - 8th Council District

The New York City Primary Election was held on June 24, 2025. Elsie Encarnacion was the winner out of 7 candidates after 6 elimination rounds.

No Condorcet winner; multiple candidates form the Smith set: Clarisa M. Alayeto, Wilfredo Lopez, Elsie Encarnacion, Rosa G. Diaz, Raymond Santana .

Elsie EncarnacionWilfredo LopezRaymond SantanaEliminated in round 6Rosa G. DiazEliminated in round 5Clarisa M. AlayetoEliminated in round 4Federico ColonEliminated in round 3Nicholas A. ReyesEliminated in round 2Write-inEliminated in round 1

Runoff Rounds

This Sankey diagram shows the votes of each remaining candidate at each round, as well as the breakdown of votes transferred when each candidate was eliminated.

Note that the tabulation (but not the winner) may differ from the official count. You can read more about why this is.

Round 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7Elsie EncarnacionWilfredo LopezRaymond SantanaRosa G. DiazClarisa M. AlayetoFederico ColonNicholas A. ReyesWrite-inExhaustedElsie EncarnacionWilfredo LopezExhausted

Pairwise Preferences

For every pair of candidates, this table shows the fraction of voters who preferred one to the other. A preference means that either a voter ranks a candidate ahead of the other, or ranks one candidate but does not list the other. Ballots which rank neither candidate are not counted towards the percent counts.

Less-preferred Candidate
Preferred Candidate
Elsie Encarnacion
Wilfredo Lopez
Raymond Santana
Rosa G. Diaz
Clarisa M. Alayeto
Federico Colon
Nicholas A. Reyes
Write-in
Elsie Encarnacion 61.5% 67.7% 68.1% 72.5% 76.2% 73.5% 98.7%
Wilfredo Lopez 38.5% 56.7% 61.6% 57.5% 68.2% 67.9% 97.9%
Raymond Santana 32.3% 43.3% 53.4% 48.7% 61.1% 61.2% 97.3%
Rosa G. Diaz 31.9% 38.4% 46.6% 50.4% 59.8% 60.4% 97.3%
Clarisa M. Alayeto 27.5% 42.5% 51.3% 49.6% 61.5% 58.1% 97.1%
Federico Colon 23.8% 31.8% 38.9% 40.2% 38.5% 49% 96%
Nicholas A. Reyes 26.5% 32.1% 38.8% 39.6% 41.9% 51% 96.4%
Write-in 1.3% 2.1% 2.7% 2.7% 2.9% 4% 3.6%

First Alternate

For every pair of candidates, this table shows the fraction of voters who ranked one candidate first ranked the other candidate second.

Second Choice
First Choice
Elsie Encarnacion
Wilfredo Lopez
Raymond Santana
Rosa G. Diaz
Clarisa M. Alayeto
Federico Colon
Nicholas A. Reyes
Write-in
Exhausted
Elsie Encarnacion 16.2% 6.9% 6% 15.7% 3.4% 6.6% 0.3% 45%
Wilfredo Lopez 18.4% 10.4% 9.6% 6.7% 6.7% 6.2% 0.1% 41.9%
Raymond Santana 12.6% 15.6% 8% 7.9% 8.8% 6.4% 0.1% 40.6%
Rosa G. Diaz 23.5% 8.5% 6.8% 13.8% 6.5% 6.8% 34.2%
Clarisa M. Alayeto 25.7% 10.9% 11.8% 9.4% 4.5% 6.3% 0.1% 31.4%
Federico Colon 3.6% 10.8% 27.1% 9.6% 2.1% 4.4% 0.1% 42.4%
Nicholas A. Reyes 16.6% 9.3% 9.3% 11.1% 7.2% 5.1% 0.1% 41.4%
Write-in 5% 6.7% 6.7% 6.7% 5% 3.3% 8.3% 58.3%

Final Vote by First Choice

This table tracks which candidate ballots were ultimately allocated to, among ballots that ranked an eliminated candidate first.

Final Round Choice
First Round Choice
Elsie Encarnacion
Wilfredo Lopez
Exhausted
Raymond Santana 24.3% 25.8% 49.9%
Rosa G. Diaz 39.3% 16.8% 43.9%
Clarisa M. Alayeto 37.9% 19% 43.1%
Federico Colon 12.8% 35.4% 51.8%
Nicholas A. Reyes 28.9% 20.1% 51%
Write-in 15% 11.7% 73.3%

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