Election Results — LeetCode 2820 Python Solution

MediumLeetCode PremiumDatabase
Problem
#2820
Reading time
6 min

Table schema

SQL
Table: Votes +-------------+---------+ | Column Name | Type | +-------------+---------+ | voter | varchar | | candidate | varchar | +-------------+---------+ (voter, candidate) is the primary key (combination of unique values) for this table. Each row of this table contains name of the voter and their candidate.

Example

SQL
+-------------+---------+ 
| Column Name | Type    | 
+-------------+---------+ 
| voter       | varchar | 
| candidate   | varchar |
+-------------+---------+
(voter, candidate) is the primary key (combination of unique values) for this table.
Each row of this table contains name of the voter and their candidate.

Python solution

Python
import duckdb
import pandas as pd

# Pass input tables as keyword arguments matching the SQL table names.
def solution(**tables) -> pd.DataFrame:
    con = duckdb.connect()
    for name, df in tables.items():
        con.register(name, df)
    return con.execute("""WITH
    T AS (
        SELECT candidate, SUM(vote) AS tot
        FROM
            (
                SELECT
                    candidate,
                    1 / (COUNT(candidate) OVER (PARTITION BY voter)) AS vote
                FROM Votes
                WHERE candidate IS NOT NULL
            ) AS t
        GROUP BY 1
    ),
    P AS (
        SELECT
            candidate,
            RANK() OVER (ORDER BY tot DESC) AS rk
        FROM T
    )
SELECT candidate
FROM P
WHERE rk = 1
ORDER BY 1;""").df()

Complexity

MeasureComplexity
TimeO(n log n) (typical)
SpaceO(n) auxiliary

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