function makeBarChart(data, width, height, barcolor,barname, totalvotes) {
    // Provide default values for the optional arguments
		var ni=document.getElementById(barname);
		if (!width) width = 87;
		if (!height) height = 350;
		if (!barcolor) barcolor = "blue";
		
		// The width and height arguments specify the overall size of the
		// generated chart. We have to subtract the border and padding
		// sizes from this to get the size of the element we create.
		width -= 10;  // subtract 10px padding and 2px border left and right
		height -= 14; // Subtract 10px top padding and 2px top and bottom border
	
		// Now create an element to hold the chart.  Note that we make the chart
		// relatively positioned so that can have absolutely positioned children,
		// but it still appears in the normal element flow.
		var chart = document.createElement("DIV");
		chart.style.position = "relative";          // Set relative positioning
		chart.style.width = width + "px";           // Set the chart width
		chart.style.height = height + "px";         // Set the chart height
		chart.style.border = "solid #244E8A 1px";     // Give it a border
		chart.style.paddingLeft = "10px";           // Add padding on the left
		chart.style.paddingRight = "10px";          // and on the right
		chart.style.paddingTop = "10px";            // and on the top
		chart.style.paddingBottom = "0px";          // but not on the bottom
		chart.style.backgroundColor = "#D9E7F0";      // Make chart background white
	
		// Compute the width of each bar
		var barwidth = Math.floor(width/data.length);
		// Find largest number in data[].  Note clever use of Function.apply()
		var maxdata = Math.max.apply(this, data);
		// The scaling factor for the chart: scale*data[i] gives height of a bar
////		var scale = height/maxdata;
		////var scale = height/50;
		//var scale = 2;
	
// Now loop through the data array and create a bar for each datum
		for(var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
			var bar = document.createElement("div");
			bar.setAttribute('id',"BarDisp"+i); // Create div for bar
			////var barheight = data[i] * scale;         // Compute height of bar
			///var barheight = (data[i]/totalvotes);         // Compute height of bar
			var barheight = data[i] ;         // Compute height of bar
			///alert(data[i] + ":" + totalvotes) ;
			//alert(data[i] + ":" + scale) ;
			bar.style.position = "absolute";         // Set bar position and size
			bar.style.left = (barwidth*i+1)+"px"; // Add bar border & chart pad
			bar.style.bottom = 0+"px";// Add chart padding
			bar.style.width = (barwidth-2) + "px";   // -2 for the bar border
			barheight = (barheight == 0) ? 1 : barheight ;
			bar.style.height = (barheight-1) + "px"; // -1 for the bar top border
			//bar.style.border = "solid white 1px";    // Bar border style
			bar.style.backgroundColor = barcolor;    // Bar color
			bar.style.fontSize = "1px";              // IE bug workaround
			chart.appendChild(bar);                  // Add bar to chart
		}
		// Now add the chart we've built to the document body
		ni.appendChild(chart);
	
		// Finally, return the chart element so the caller can manipulate it
		return chart;

}