GROUP BY is not calculated correctly

I have this statement:

SELECT COUNT(ID) AS numberVote, AWARD_ID, NOMINEE_ID, VOTER_ID, MULTI_CODE 
FROM b_awards_vote 
WHERE AWARD_ID = 8 
GROUP BY MULTI_CODE

      

        
        
        
      

    

My table looks like this:

ID   |  AWARD_ID  | NOMINEE_ID  | VOTER_ID  | MUTLI_CODE
1    |  8         | 3           | 1         | 4837
2    |  8         | 4           | 1         | 4837
3    |  8         | 5           | 1         | 4837

      

        
        
        
      

    

However, returning to php:

$numberVote = $row['numberVote'];

      

        
        
        
      

    

This statement returns 3. Here are some details on what I want:

• All entries with the same MULTI_CODE are actually 1 voice.

• So this example in the table above, I want to count 1 vote. In the following table:

  ID   |  AWARD_ID  | NOMINEE_ID  | VOTER_ID  | MUTLI_CODE
  1    |  8         | 3           | 1         | 4837
  2    |  8         | 4           | 1         | 4837
  3    |  8         | 5           | 1         | 4837
  4    |  8         | 4           | 3         | 7480
  5    |  8         | 5           | 3         | 7480
  
        
  
          
          
          
        
  
      

• I would like this count to return: 2 as there are two different MULTI_CODEs as there are two different voice groups.