A simulation, not a VoteLab prediction. No candidates are nominated yet, so each line on the ballot is a party. The vote shares and first-past-the-post seat totals are from The Northern Vibe Project’s Prince Edward Island projection as of October 11, 2026: its polling average for the vote, and its projected seat count for FPTP. VoteLab counts those same votes under each of the other voting systems.
What this simulation assumes
- No candidates are named yet. Each party’s line is a placeholder until nominations close.
- Each district starts from Northern Vibe’s own projected vote there, at that district’s 2023 turnout, on the same 27 districts. Added up, those figures land within a fraction of a point of Northern Vibe’s island-wide average, which the baseline is then set to exactly.
- Where that would elect a different party than Northern Vibe’s seat projection, just enough votes are moved to the projected winner to put it one point ahead. A district or two are close races by construction, not by measurement.
- Northern Vibe’s average across simulations is not a whole number, so it is rounded to whole seats, and each seat goes to the district where Northern Vibe gives that party its best chance. In a district or two that is a party Northern Vibe rates as less likely than another.
- The polling average has one “Others” line. It is split between independents and other parties in the proportion Northern Vibe’s own projection gives them.
- Turnout is held at each district’s 2023 level. The adjustment moves votes between parties but never changes how many were cast.
- VoteLab’s own average of published PEI polls is kept as a cross-check. It no longer sets the baseline.
- The ranked counts (AV and STV) use an estimated table of second preferences, not a measured one: no PEI poll asks for a second choice.
What if people vote differently?
How this election might play out overall
Explore how different ways of voting might affect the results.
How we vote now:
FPTP
A different way:How we vote now:FPTP
A different way:
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| seats won | vote share | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| PEGRN | 19(70%) | 43% | |
| PELIB | 5(19%) | 27% | |
| PEPC | 3(11%) | 22% | |
| PENDP | 0(0%) | 7% |
Seat vs Vote Shareseats wonvote share
| seats won | vote share | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| PEGRN | 14(52%) | 43% | |
| PELIB | 9(33%) | 27% | |
| PEPC | 4(15%) | 22% | |
| PENDP | 0(0%) | 7% |
Seat vs Vote Shareseats wonvote share
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