Representing Districts and Parties: Double Proportionality

Friedrich Pukelsheim
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Friedrich Pukelsheim: Universität Augsburg, Institut für Mathematik

Chapter Chapter 14 in Proportional Representation, 2014, pp 185-213 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Double-proportional methods achieve fairness in two directions, the geographical division of the country and the political division of the electorate. Initially all seats are apportioned among districts proportionately to population figures and, independently, among parties proportionately to vote counts.

Keywords: Weight Matrix; Political Group; Plurality Vote; Voter Count; Party Vote (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-03856-8_14

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