Sainte-Laguë method

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electoral system highest-averages method party-list proportional representation method

The Sainte-Laguë method is a highest-averages system of party-list proportional representation that allocates seats more evenly between large and small parties than the d’Hondt method.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Sainte-Laguë method canonical 3
Webster method 2
Webster/Sainte-Laguë method 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf electoral system ⓘ
highest-averages method ⓘ
party-list proportional representation method ⓘ
allocates parliamentary seats ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sainte-Laguë method ⓘ
surface form: Webster method

Sainte-Laguë method ⓘ
surface form: Webster/Sainte-Laguë method

method of major fractions ⓘ
appliesTo party lists ⓘ
canBeCombinedWith electoral thresholds ⓘ
comparedWith d’Hondt method ⓘ
computes quotients by dividing party votes by odd-number divisors ⓘ
contrastsWith Droop quota ⓘ
largest remainder method ⓘ
surface form: Hare quota

largest remainder methods ⓘ
field electoral studies ⓘ
political science ⓘ
social choice theory ⓘ
hasAdvantage reduces bias toward large parties compared with d’Hondt ⓘ
hasDisadvantage can lead to more fragmented party systems than d’Hondt ⓘ
hasGoal proportional representation ⓘ
hasProperty house monotonicity ⓘ
population monotonicity (in apportionment context) ⓘ
hasVariant Webster/Sainte-Laguë with first divisor 1.4 ⓘ
Sainte-Laguë method self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: modified Sainte-Laguë method
isBasedOn successive quotients ⓘ
isTypeOf divisor method ⓘ
isUsedFor legislative elections ⓘ
parliamentary elections ⓘ
isUsedIn Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
Denmark ⓘ
surface form: Denmark (for some allocations and variants)

Germany (for some elections and levels) ⓘ
Latvia ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
isUsedUnder Mixed-Member Proportional ⓘ
surface form: New Zealand MMP system

mixed-member proportional systems (for list seats) ⓘ
mathematicallyEquivalentTo rounding to nearest integer in divisor apportionment ⓘ
namedAfter André Sainte-Laguë ⓘ
originatedIn 20th century ⓘ
seatAllocationRule seats are assigned to the highest quotients across parties ⓘ
tendsTo allocate seats more evenly between large and small parties than the d’Hondt method ⓘ
be more proportional than d’Hondt for small parties ⓘ
favor medium-sized parties compared with d’Hondt ⓘ
usedFor apportionment of seats among states or regions ⓘ
usesDivisors 1, 3, 5, 7, ... ⓘ
usesDivisorSequenceType odd numbers ⓘ
usesMechanism highest averages ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

d’Hondt method → comparedWith → Sainte-Laguë method ⓘ
Norwegian party system → usesElectoralFormula → Sainte-Laguë method ⓘ
this entity surface form: modified Sainte‑Laguë method
United States congressional apportionment → previouslyUsedMethod → Sainte-Laguë method ⓘ
this entity surface form: Webster method
Mixed-Member Proportional → oftenUses → Sainte-Laguë method ⓘ
Sainte-Laguë method → alsoKnownAs → Sainte-Laguë method ⓘ
this entity surface form: Webster method
Sainte-Laguë method → alsoKnownAs → Sainte-Laguë method ⓘ
this entity surface form: Webster/Sainte-Laguë method
Sainte-Laguë method → hasVariant → Sainte-Laguë method self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: modified Sainte-Laguë method
largest remainder method → isAlternativeTo → Sainte-Laguë method ⓘ