Tracing Peculiarities: Vote Thresholds and Majority Clauses

Friedrich Pukelsheim
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Friedrich Pukelsheim: Universität Augsburg, Institut für Mathematik

Chapter Chapter 11 in Proportional Representation, 2014, pp 142-155 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Various sorts of vote thresholds are studied in detail. The minimum vote share and the maximum vote share that are compatible with a given number of seats are determined. Particular cases are the threshold of representation, and the threshold of exclusion. Amendments are presented ensuring that a party with a straight majority of votes, however narrow, is guaranteed a straight majority of seats.

Keywords: Vote Share; Party System; Majority Party; House Size; Natural Threshold (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-03856-8_11

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