def PluRunOff_cowinners(self, profile):
        elecType = profile.getElecType()
        if elecType != "soc" and elecType != "toc" and elecType != "csv":
            print("ERROR: unsupported election type")
            exit()
        prefcounts = profile.getPreferenceCounts()
        len_prefcounts = len(prefcounts)
        rankmaps = profile.getRankMaps()
        ranking = MechanismPlurality().getRanking(profile)
        known_winners = set()
        top_2_combinations = []
        if len(ranking[0][0]) > 1:
            for cand1, cand2 in itertools.combinations(ranking[0][0], 2):
                top_2_combinations.append([cand1, cand2])
        else:
            max_cand = ranking[0][0][0]
            if len(ranking[0][1]) > 1:
                for second_max_cand in ranking[0][1]:
                    top_2_combinations.append([max_cand, second_max_cand])
            else:
                second_max_cand = ranking[0][1][0]
                top_2_combinations.append([max_cand, second_max_cand])
        for top_2 in top_2_combinations:
            dict_top2 = {top_2[0]: 0, top_2[1]: 0}
            for i in range(len_prefcounts):
                vote_top2 = {key: value for key, value in rankmaps[i].items() if key in top_2}
                top_position = min(vote_top2.values())
                keys = [x for x in vote_top2.keys() if vote_top2[x] == top_position]
                for key in keys:
                    dict_top2[key] += prefcounts[i]
            max_value = max(dict_top2.values())
            winners = [y for y in dict_top2.keys() if dict_top2[y] == max_value]
            known_winners = known_winners | set(winners)
        return sorted(known_winners)