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The rationale behind this procedure (and the Sainte-Laguë procedure) is to allocate seats in proportion to the number of votes a list received, by maintaining the ratio of votes received to seats allocated as close as possible. This makes it possible for parties having relatively few votes to be represented.
One way to think of the formula is that it first shows who can win the most votes for the first seat, and then if the party that won the first seat can plug more votes per seat for two seats than any other party can for even one seat, it gives that same party two seats; otherwise it gives another party one seat. This logic repeats until all seats have been allocated.
==Example==
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