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Sainte-Laguë works like [[D'Hondt method]], except that you use divisors 1, 3, 5, 7, ... instead of 1, 2, 3, 4, ... |
Webster/Sainte-Laguë works like [[D'Hondt method]], except that you use divisors 1, 3, 5, 7, ... instead of 1, 2, 3, 4, ... |
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In the modified Sainte-Laguë method, the first divisor is modified to 1.4. The sequence of divisors is then 1.4, 3, 5, 7, ... |
In the modified Sainte-Laguë method, the first divisor is modified to 1.4. The sequence of divisors is then 1.4, 3, 5, 7, ... |
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There is a longer article on Wikipedia on the same subject. |
There is a longer article on Wikipedia on the same subject. |
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== Notes == |
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Webster, unlike D'Hondt, doesn't guarantee that a majority of voters will get at least half of the seats.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://userpages.umbc.edu/~nmiller/RESEARCH/NRMILLER.PCS2013.pdf|title=ELECTION INVERSIONS |
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|+35-seat example |
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!Party |
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!Votes |
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!Votes % |
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!2nd-to-last round seats |
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!2nd-to-last round divisors |
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!Final seats |
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!Final divisors |
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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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|16 |
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|15.2424 (503/33) |
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|17 |
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|14.3714 (503/35) |
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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 |
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|14.4762 (304/21) |
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|11 |
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|13.2174 (304/23) |
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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 |
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|14.8461 (193/15) |
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|7 |
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|12.8666 (193/15) |
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|20% |
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|Total seats awarded |
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|32 |
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|35 |
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If D'Hondt had been used, the final divisor would've been 27.944, with (results calculated by rounding down to the nearest number) Party A getting 18 seats out of 35, a 51.42% majority (503/27.944), B 10 seats (304/27.944), and C 6 seats. |
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[[Category:Party list theory]] |
[[Category:Party list theory]] |