ELECDISP: Stata module to calculate election disproportionality indices

Oscar Martínez Coello ()
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Oscar Martínez Coello: University of Mannheim

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: elecdisp calculates six disproportionality indices for one or more elections: the Rae index, Adjusted Rae index, Loosemore–Hanby index, Adjusted Loosemore–Hanby index, Two-Major-Parties index, and Gallagher index. The command accepts vote and seat shares expressed as percentages or proportions and supports numeric and string election identifiers.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 19.5
Keywords: electionss; disproportionality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026-11-12
Note: This module should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install elecdisp". The module is made available under terms of the MIT license (https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).
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http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/e/elecdisp_example.do

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