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.
Aliases (5)
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
electoral system formula
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highest averages method → proportional representation method → seat allocation method → |
| allocatesSeatsBy |
selecting highest quotients across parties
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| alternativeName |
Jefferson method
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| appliesTo |
party-list proportional representation
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| basedOn |
highest averages principle
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| canBeCombinedWith |
electoral thresholds
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multi-member districts → |
| comparedWith |
Sainte-Laguë method
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largest remainder method → |
| equivalentTo |
Jefferson apportionment method in the United States
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| field |
apportionment theory
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electoral systems → political science → |
| goal |
approximate proportionality between votes and seats
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| hasComputationStep |
divide each party’s vote total by a series of divisors
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| hasProperty |
encourages party consolidation
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house monotonicity (no Alabama paradox) → monotonicity with respect to votes → relatively low disproportionality → |
| namedAfter |
Victor d’Hondt
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| tendsToDisfavor |
very small parties
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| tendsToFavor |
larger parties
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| usedFor |
allocation of committee posts
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allocation of council seats → allocation of parliamentary seats → |
| usedInCountry |
Argentina (in some elections)
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Belgium → 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
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allocation of committee chairs in parliaments → some municipal councils → some regional assemblies → |
| usesDivisors |
1,2,3,4,... (natural numbers)
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| usesInput |
district magnitude
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party vote totals → |
Referenced by (9)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Congress of Deputies
("D’Hondt method")
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Parliament of Catalonia ("D'Hondt method") → |
votingSystem |
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d’Hondt method
("Jefferson method")
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alternativeName |
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Chamber of Deputies of Chile
("D’Hondt method")
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electoralSystem |
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d’Hondt method
("Jefferson apportionment method in the United States")
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equivalentTo |
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Northern Ireland Executive
("d’Hondt method for ministerial allocation")
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selectionMethod |
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Northern Ireland Assembly
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usesMinisterialAllocationMethod |
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Spanish general election, April 2019
("D'Hondt method")
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votingSystemCongress |
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Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
("D'Hondt method")
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votingSystemFeature |