Pot and ladle: a formula for estimating the distribution of seats under the Jefferson–D’Hondt method
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Jefferson–D’Hondt method; Seats-votes relationship; Seat bias; Proportional representation;All these keywords.
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- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- C65 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Miscellaneous Mathematical Tools
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