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== Notes == |
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Hamilton doesn't guarantee that a majority of voters will always win at least half of the seats (though LR-Hagenbach-Bischoff does, since a majority always has more votes than a majority of [[Hagenbach-Bischoff quota|Hagenbach-Bischoff quotas]]). |
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!Votes |
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!Votes % |
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!Fraction |
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!Automatic seats |
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!Remainders |
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!Additional seats |
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!Final seats |
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!Seats % |
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|A |
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|'''503''' |
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|'''50.3%''' |
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|17.605 |
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|17 |
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|0.605 |
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|17 |
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|'''48.57%''' |
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|B |
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|304 |
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|30.4% |
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|10.640 |
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|10 |
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|0.640 |
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|11 |
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|31.43% |
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|C |
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|193 |
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|19.3% |
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|6.755 |
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|6 |
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|0.755 |
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|7 |
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|20% |
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|Total seats awarded |
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|33 |
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|35 |
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Party A, with 50.3% of the votes, only gets 17 out of 35 seats, which is 48.57% of the seats, a minority.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://userpages.umbc.edu/~nmiller/RESEARCH/NRMILLER.PCS2013.pdf|title=ELECTION INVERSIONS |
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UNDER PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION|last=|first=|date=|website=|page=16|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |