my ($choice1,$choice2,$choice3,$choice4,$choice5,$choice6);
my ($votes1,$votes2,$votes3,$votes4,$votes5,$votes6);

while( ($choice1, $choice2, $choice3, $choice4, $choice5, $choice6, $votes1, $votes2, $votes3, $votes4, $votes5, $votes6) = $sth_1->fetchrow_array )
{
 .
 .