d’Hondt quota system

Anthony Butcher · 13-05-2008, 10:57 AM

http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib...4/rp04-050.pdf

For anyone wondering how the MEP seats are allocated, here is an explanation:

The system used for allocating European Parliament seats in Great Britain uses the
d’Hondt quota system. Seats are allocated in successive rounds. In each round, votes
cast for each party are divided by the number of seats the party has already been allocated
in the region plus 1. The party with the highest remaining total in the round wins the seat.
The system is demonstrated by a 3-party, 5-seat example below:

D'Hondt seat allocation

Round	Party A	Party B	Party C
1	700	400	300
2	350	400	300
3	350	200	300
4	233	200	300
5	233	200	150
Total seats	3	1	1

Anthony Butcher · 13-05-2008, 11:03 AM

I am sure that they have their maths wrong in the example above. In round four, Party A should have 350/3 =~ 117, not 233.

Anthony Butcher · 13-05-2008, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anthony Butcher

I am sure that they have their maths wrong in the example above. In round four, Party A should have 350/3 =~ 117, not 233.

Actually it is the original vote that gets divided, not the 350... so their numbers are correct. That makes more sense.

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