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Pot and Ladle: A Formula for Estimating the Distribution Of Seats Under the Jefferson-D’hondt Method

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2019
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dc.abstract.plWe propose a simple yet new formula for estimating national seat shares and quantifying seat biases in elections employing the Jefferson-D’Hondt (JDH) method for seat allocation. It is based solely on the national vote shares and fi xed parameters of the given electoral system. The proposed formula clarifi es the relationship between seat bias on the one hand, and the number of parties and the number of districts on the other. We demonstrate that the formula provides a good estimate of seat allocations in real-life elections even in the case of minor violations of the underlying assumptions. With that aim in mind, we have tested it for all nine EU countries that employ the JDH method in parliamentary elections. Moreover, we discuss the applications of the formula for modeling the effects of vote swings, coalition formation and breakup, spoiler effects, electoral engineering, artifi cial thresholds and political gerrymandering. By not requiring district-level vote shares, our formula simplifi es electoral simulations using the JDH method.
dc.contributor.affiliationUniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie
dc.contributor.affiliationUniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie
dc.contributor.authorJarosław Flis
dc.contributor.authorWojciech Słomczyński
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-28T14:24:50Z
dc.date.available2025-07-28T14:24:50Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.date.published12/2019
dc.description.issue32
dc.description.physical5-40
dc.identifier.doi10.7206/DEC.1733-0092.129
dc.identifier.issn1733-0092
dc.identifier.urihttps://repozytorium.kozminski.edu.pl/handle/item/3625
dc.languageen
dc.relation.ispartofCollective and Individual Decisions
dc.relation.pages5-40
dc.rightsCC-BY-4.0
dc.subjectmetoda Jeffersona-D’Hondta
dc.subjectzależność seats-votes
dc.subjectodchylenie od proporcjonalności
dc.subjectreprezentacja proporcjonalna
dc.subtypeOriginal
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Pot and Ladle: A Formula for Estimating the Distribution Of Seats Under the Jefferson-D’hondt Method

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