d’Hondt method

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electoral system formula highest averages method proportional representation method seat allocation method

The d’Hondt method is a highest-averages formula used in proportional representation systems to allocate seats or posts among parties based on their share of the vote.

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Label Occurrences
D'Hondt method 15
D’Hondt method 14
Jefferson method 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf electoral system formula ⓘ
highest averages method ⓘ
proportional representation method ⓘ
seat allocation method ⓘ
allocatesSeatsBy selecting highest quotients across parties ⓘ
alternativeName d’Hondt method ⓘ
surface form: Jefferson method
appliesTo party-list proportional representation ⓘ
basedOn highest averages principle ⓘ
canBeCombinedWith electoral thresholds ⓘ
multi-member districts ⓘ
comparedWith Sainte-Laguë method ⓘ
largest remainder method ⓘ
equivalentTo d’Hondt method self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jefferson apportionment method in the United States
field apportionment theory ⓘ
electoral systems ⓘ
political science ⓘ
goal approximate proportionality between votes and seats ⓘ
hasComputationStep divide each party’s vote total by a series of divisors ⓘ
hasProperty encourages party consolidation ⓘ
house monotonicity (no Alabama paradox) ⓘ
monotonicity with respect to votes ⓘ
relatively low disproportionality ⓘ
namedAfter Victor d’Hondt ⓘ
tendsToDisfavor very small parties ⓘ
tendsToFavor larger parties ⓘ
usedFor allocation of committee posts ⓘ
allocation of council seats ⓘ
allocation of parliamentary seats ⓘ
usedInCountry Argentina (in some elections) ⓘ
Belgium ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
surface form: Chile (historically and in reformed systems)

Croatia ⓘ
Czech Republic ⓘ
Finland ⓘ
Hungary (for list tiers) ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
Japan (for some proportional tiers) ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
Serbia ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
usedInInstitution European Parliament elections in many EU states ⓘ
allocation of committee chairs in parliaments ⓘ
some municipal councils ⓘ
some regional assemblies ⓘ
usesDivisors 1,2,3,4,... (natural numbers) ⓘ
usesInput district magnitude ⓘ
party vote totals ⓘ

Referenced by (37)

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Northern Ireland Assembly → usesMinisterialAllocationMethod → d’Hondt method ⓘ
Northern Ireland Executive → selectionMethod → d’Hondt method ⓘ
this entity surface form: d’Hondt method for ministerial allocation
Chamber of Deputies of Chile → electoralSystem → d’Hondt method ⓘ
this entity surface form: D’Hondt method
Congress of Deputies → votingSystem → d’Hondt method ⓘ
this entity surface form: D’Hondt method
d’Hondt method → alternativeName → d’Hondt method ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jefferson method
d’Hondt method → equivalentTo → d’Hondt method self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jefferson apportionment method in the United States
Parliament of Catalonia → votingSystem → d’Hondt method ⓘ
this entity surface form: D'Hondt method
Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic → votingSystemFeature → d’Hondt method ⓘ
this entity surface form: D'Hondt method
Spanish general election, April 2019 → votingSystemCongress → d’Hondt method ⓘ
this entity surface form: D'Hondt method
Portuguese elections → votingSystemUsed → d’Hondt method ⓘ
this entity surface form: D’Hondt method
Lisbon constituency → usesSeatAllocationMethod → d’Hondt method ⓘ
this entity surface form: D'Hondt method
United States congressional apportionment → previouslyUsedMethod → d’Hondt method ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jefferson method
Congreso de los Diputados → electoralSystem → d’Hondt method ⓘ
this entity surface form: D’Hondt method
Madrid constituency in the Congress of Deputies → seatAllocationMethod → d’Hondt method ⓘ
this entity surface form: D’Hondt method
November 2019 Spanish general election → votingSystem → d’Hondt method ⓘ
this entity surface form: D'Hondt method
Mixed-Member Proportional → oftenUses → d’Hondt method ⓘ
this entity surface form: D’Hondt method
2023 Spanish general election → electoralSystem → d’Hondt method ⓘ
this entity surface form: D'Hondt method
European Parliament elections in the Netherlands → electoralFormula → d’Hondt method ⓘ
this entity surface form: D'Hondt method
Basque Parliament → usesVotingSystem → d’Hondt method ⓘ
this entity surface form: D'Hondt method
Victor d’Hondt → familyName → d’Hondt method ⓘ
this entity surface form: d’Hondt
Victor d’Hondt → notableWork → d’Hondt method ⓘ
this entity surface form: D’Hondt method
Victor d’Hondt → developed → d’Hondt method ⓘ
this entity surface form: D’Hondt method
Victor d’Hondt → hasConceptNamedAfter → d’Hondt method ⓘ
this entity surface form: D’Hondt method
Victor d’Hondt → hasConceptNamedAfter → d’Hondt method ⓘ
this entity surface form: D’Hondt electoral formula
Sainte-Laguë method → comparedWith → d’Hondt method ⓘ
largest remainder method → isAlternativeTo → d’Hondt method ⓘ
this entity surface form: D'Hondt method
Parliament of Galicia → electoralSystemFeature → d’Hondt method ⓘ
this entity surface form: D'Hondt method
Flemish Parliament elections → usesElectoralFormula → d’Hondt method ⓘ
this entity surface form: D'Hondt method
European Parliament elections in Belgium → seatAllocationMethod → d’Hondt method ⓘ
this entity surface form: D’Hondt method
Kanagawa proportional representation block (for PR seats) → seatAllocationMethod → d’Hondt method ⓘ
subject surface form: Kanagawa proportional representation block
this entity surface form: D'Hondt method
Scottish Parliament elections → regionalSeatAllocationMethod → d’Hondt method ⓘ
this entity surface form: D'Hondt method
Magallanes Region electoral districts → electoralSystem → d’Hondt method ⓘ
this entity surface form: D'Hondt method
Dutch national elections → electoralFormula → d’Hondt method ⓘ
this entity surface form: D’Hondt method
Knesset elections → representationFormula → d’Hondt method ⓘ
this entity surface form: D’Hondt method
Scotland electoral regions → seatAllocationMethod → d’Hondt method ⓘ
this entity surface form: D’Hondt method
Chamber of Deputies electoral system of Chile → uses → d’Hondt method ⓘ
this entity surface form: D’Hondt method
Politics of the Basque Country → usesElectoralMethod → d’Hondt method ⓘ
this entity surface form: D'Hondt method