elections.election.Election

Class Election

object --+ | Election

This class holds all of the information about an election.

When unpickling an Election object e, check that e.version is the same as Election.VERSION.

Instance Methods

__init__(self, names, profile, ranks, seats, description)
Create a new Election

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Inherited from object: __delattr__, __format__, __getattribute__, __hash__, __new__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __repr__, __setattr__, __sizeof__, __str__, __subclasshook__

Class Variables

number

VERSION = 1
The version of this class.

Instance Variables

string

description
Description of the election.

dict

names
Mapping between candidate indices and candidate names.

Node

profile
The root of the tree representation of the profile.

number

ranks
The maximum number of candidates that can be ranked on a ballot.

number

seats
The number of candidates to be elected.

number

version
The version of this instance.

Properties

Inherited from object: __class__

Method Details

init(self, names, profile, ranks, seats, description)
(Constructor)

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Create a new Election

Parameters:

names (dict) - Mapping between candidate indices and candidate names.
profile (Node) - The root of the tree representation of the profile.
ranks (number) - The maximum number of candidates that can be ranked on a ballot.
seats (number) - The number of candidates to be elected.
description (string) - Description of the election.

Overrides: object.__init__

Class Election

__init__(self, names, profile, ranks, seats, description) (Constructor)

init(self, names, profile, ranks, seats, description)
(Constructor)