Election Docs
Fall 2026
API

# Candidate

o1.election.Candidate
class Candidate(val `name`: String, val `votes`: Int, val `party`: String)

Represents a candidate in an election results application.

A candidate object is immutable.

## Parameters

name

  the candidate’s name

party

  the name (or abbreviation) of the candidate’s party

votes

  the number of votes received by the candidate

## Attributes

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## Members list

### Value members

#### Concrete methods

infix def >(`another`: Candidate): Boolean

Determines if the candidate has more votes than the other, given candidate.

Determines if the candidate has more votes than the other, given candidate.

## Attributes

override def toString: String

Returns a short textual description of the candidate.

Returns a short textual description of the candidate.

## Attributes

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#### Concrete fields

val name: String
val party: String
val votes: Int