Counts the number of votes for each Candidates and shows the winner

VoteCount.java

import java.util.*;
import java.util.concurrent.*;
import java.util.Map.Entry;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;

public class VoteCount{
    public static void main(String[] args) {
       	
       	// Populate Data
		String[] votes = {"Jon", "Bonso", "Stacey", "Jon", "Bonso", "Stacey", "Jon", "Bonso", "Brie", "Jon", "Bonso", "Jon"};
		System.out.println("Votes: \t\t\t\t" + Arrays.toString(votes));
		
		System.out.println("The winner: " + getCandidateWithTheHighestVote(votes));
				
    }
    
    public static String getCandidateWithTheHighestVote(String[] votes){
        
        // 1. Populate the Map
		ConcurrentMap<String, Integer> leaderboard = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, Integer>();
		
		for (String candidate : votes) {
			leaderboard.putIfAbsent(candidate, 0);
			leaderboard.replace(candidate, leaderboard.get(candidate) + 1);
		}
		
		System.out.println("Populated Map (Unsorted): \t" + leaderboard.toString());
		
		// 2. Arrange from Highest to Lowest
		
		Map<String, Integer> sortedMap = 
				leaderboard.entrySet().stream()
			 // .sorted(Entry.comparingByValue()) // Ascending
			    .sorted(Entry.comparingByValue(Comparator.reverseOrder())) // Descending
			    .collect(Collectors.toMap(Entry::getKey, Entry::getValue,
			                              (e1, e2) -> e1, LinkedHashMap::new)); // order by insert
		
		System.out.println("Populated Map (Sorted): \t" + sortedMap.toString() + "\n");
		
 		System.out.println("1st : "                + sortedMap.keySet().toArray()[0]
 				          	+ "\t | # of Votes:  " + sortedMap.values().toArray()[0]);
	
 		System.out.println("2nd : "                + sortedMap.keySet().toArray()[1]
 		          			+ "\t | # of Votes:  " + sortedMap.values().toArray()[1]);
		
 		System.out.println("3rd : "                + sortedMap.keySet().toArray()[2]
 							+ "\t | # of Votes:  " + sortedMap.values().toArray()[2]);

			return String.valueOf(sortedMap.keySet().toArray()[0]);				
        
    }
}

Result:

Votes: [Ana, Lorna, Fe, Ana, Lorna, Fe, Ana, Lorna, Fe, Ana, Lorna, Ana]
Populated Map (Unsorted): {Lorna=4, Ana=5, Fe=3}
Populated Map (Sorted): {Ana=5, Lorna=4, Fe=3}

1st : Ana | # of Votes: 5
2nd : Lorna | # of Votes: 4
3rd : Fe | # of Votes: 3

Demo: https://www.online-ide.com/oMGKHPtUC0