How to say "tally" in Japanese

• 開票かいひょうCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbCovers 'tally' in the vote-counting sense: the counting of ballots in an election. It names the act of counting ballots, so it is the natural choice for election tallies.
  開票かいひょうは予想よそうした通とおりだ。↗

  Election returns were what we had expected.
• 集計しゅうけいJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers 'tally' as a total or aggregate of figures, e.g. of votes. It is about totalling numbers up, so it suits the resulting count or sum rather than the counting of ballots themselves.
  当社とうしゃはアンケート入力にゅうりょく、アンケート集計しゅうけいのお手伝てつだいをする少数しょうすう精鋭せいえいのベンチャーです。↗

  Our company is a small but elect venture business that assists in entry and totalling of questionnaires.
• 突き合わせるつきあわせるCommon
  ichidan verb, transitive verbCovers the verb 'tally' meaning to check that things match: you tally one set of figures against another. Its core nuance is comparing two things to see whether they agree.

Use 開票 for the tally of votes, i.e. counting ballots in an election; use 集計 for totalling or aggregating figures; and use 「突き合わせる」 when 'tally' is a verb meaning to match or check against.

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• 開票かいひょうcounting ballots
• 集計しゅうけいtotalization
• 割符わりふtally
• 符節ふせつtally
• タリーtally
• 検数けんすうtally
• 合い印あいいんverification seal
• 契印けいいんimpression of a seal over the joint of two papers
• 突き合わせるつきあわせるto compare (with)
• 符ふtally
• 合札あいふだtally
• 合印あいじるしverification seal