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Allocating Seats Methods and Party System Scores

v0.1.4 · Apr 30, 2025 · GPL-3

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Highest averages & largest remainders allocating seats methods and several party system scores. Implemented highest averages allocating seats methods are D'Hondt, Webster, Danish, Imperiali, Hill-Huntington, Dean, Modified Sainte-Lague, equal proportions and Adams. Implemented largest remainders allocating seats methods are Hare, Droop, Hangenbach-Bischoff, Imperial, modified Imperial and quotas & remainders. The main advantage of this package is that ties are always reported and not incorrectly allocated. Party system scores provided are competitiveness, concentration, effective number of parties, party nationalization score, party system nationalization score and volatility. References: Gallagher (1991) <doi:10.1016/0261-3794(91)90004-C>. Norris (2004, ISBN:0-521-82977-1). Laakso & Taagepera (1979) <https://escholarship.org/uc/item/703827nv>. Jones & Mainwaring (2003) <https://kellogg.nd.edu/sites/default/files/old_files/documents/304_0.pdf>. Pedersen (1979) <https://janda.org/c24/Readings/Pedersen/Pedersen.htm>. Golosov (2010) <doi:10.1177/1354068809339538>. Golosov (2014) <doi:10.1177/1354068814549342>.

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Dependencies Reverse dependencies dplyr ineq tibble electoral

Version History

new 0.1.4 Mar 10, 2026
updated 0.1.4 ← 0.1.3 diff Apr 30, 2025
updated 0.1.3 ← 0.1.2 diff Mar 31, 2022
updated 0.1.2 ← 0.1.1 diff May 19, 2020
updated 0.1.1 ← 0.1.0 diff Oct 24, 2018
new 0.1.0 Sep 27, 2017