Explanation of how to allocate seats using the Modified St

Lague Proportional Representation method

=211,000/1.4
=211,000/7
=211,000/9
=211,000/5
=211,000/3
150,714
211,000
23,444
42,200
70,333
30,143 + =526,000/1.4
=526,000/7
=526,000/9
=526,000/5
=526,000/3
526,000
105,200
175,333
375,714
58,444
75,143 + =263,000/1.4
=263,000/7
=263,000/9
=263,000/5
=263,000/3
263,000
187,857
29,222
52,600
87,667
37,571 = 1,000,000

The Modified St Lague method

uses a list of numbers called
divisors that are all the odd
numbers starting from 1.4, ie
1.4,3,5,7,9, ….. You create the
same number of divisors as there
are number of seats (up to a
maximum of the number of
candidates for each party). Click to
continue.
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Explanation of how to allocate seats using the Modified St
Lague Proportional Representation method

211,000 526,000 263,000

With larger numbers of seats, the allocation fits

the actual percentages of votes better. Here we
see the same three parties with the same votes
but for Now
an election of 100
calculate seats. Theforsame
the quotients
sequenceeachofparty,
1.4,3,5,7,9, etc isbyused
calculated to create 100
dividing
First
quotients. create the list of divisors:
the number of votes for each party
1.4,3,5,7,9,11,13, ….. to
by each divisor. Click ,197,199
continue.
The values will too small to see on the screen for
100 quotients at the same time but they are
calculated in exactly the same way as before and
the biggest 100 quotients are used to determine
how many seats each party won..
Click once
Nowtoselect
see the
thequotients and winning
top 100 quotients seats
which Click
for 100determine
seats. the number of seats per party. to exit
Click to continue.
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