Electoral systems - Proportional systems - List PR
11 important questions on Electoral systems - Proportional systems - List PR
What is the general gist of proportional party systems?
How does a quota-list-PR-system divide seats?
How does the Hagenbach-Bischoff-quota set the 'price-per-seat' (vote per seat)?
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Which quota system benefits smaller parties more?
Why would a country opt to go for the reinforced imperiali-quota?
What is the difference between quota- and divider list-PR-systems? Explain with an example of ten seats to distribute?
Eventually you get remainders. If there are 10 seats to distributes we look at the 10 highest remainders, they get the seats!
We have seen three divider-systems, namely: d'Hondt, Sainte-Laguë, Modified Saint-Laguë.
Rank them from most to least proportional
- D'Hondt
- Modified Saint-Laguë
- Saint-Laguë
What is the difference between d'Hondt and Imperiali divider system?
What is the difference between Modified Saint-Laguë and Saint-Laguë-system?
Normal: slightly less proportional: starts from 1 and follows all odd numbers
What are the two general steps in seat-allocation in list-PR-systems?
Step 2: seats per candidate
What are the two general steps in seat-allocation in list-PR-systems?
Step 2: seats per candidate
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