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ranking_ballot = ('GREEN','LIBERAL','CPC','NDP',)
ranking_ballot2 = ('CPC','NDP','LIBERAL','GREEN',)
ranking_ballot3 = ('NDP','CPC','LIBERAL','GREEN',)
ranking_ballot4 = ('NDP','CPC','LIBERAL','GREEN',)
rankings = {ranking_ballot4 : 2,ranking_ballot2 : 1, ranking_ballot : 1}
print rankings[ranking_ballot4]

NAME_TO_INDEX = {'NDP': 0,'GREEN': 1,'LIBERAL': 2,'CPC': 3}
INDEX_TO_NAME = {0: 'NDP',1: 'GREEN',2: 'LIBERAL',3: 'CPC'}
    
def voting_borda(dict_list_str):
    print dict_list_str
    rank = [0,0,0,0]
    sum_of_votes = 2
    winner_name = INDEX_TO_NAME[0]
    while(rank[NAME_TO_INDEX[winner_name]] < sum_of_votes/2):
        for x in xrange(0,len(rank)):
            rank[x] = 0        
        for x in dict_list_str :
            current_list = x
            indice = 0
            for y in current_list :
                rank[NAME_TO_INDEX[y]] += (3 - indice)*dict_list_str[current_list]
                indice+=1 
        max = 0
        ply = 0
        while rank[ply] == 0 : 
              ply+=1
        min = rank[ply]
        indice = 0
        winner_name = ''
        loser_name = ''
        sum_of_votes = 0
        print rank
        for key in rank:
            if key != 0 :
                print (INDEX_TO_NAME[indice], 'has a score of', key)
                if(key > max):
                    max = key
                    winner_name = INDEX_TO_NAME[indice]
                if(key < min):
                    min = key
                    loser_name=INDEX_TO_NAME[indice]
                sum_of_votes += key
            indice+=1
        print loser_name
        current_key = ''
        current_value = 0
        tempdict = {}
        if loser_name != '' :
            for x in dict_list_str:
                current_key = list(x)
                current_value = dict_list_str[x]
                current_key.remove(loser_name)
                tempdict.update({tuple(current_key):current_value})
            dict_list_str = tempdict
            print rank
        print(dict_list_str)
        print(rank) 
       
    
        
    return(winner_name,'None')
print voting_borda(rankings)

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