Hare_Quota Hare_Quota

Hare Quota - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Allocation, Allotment, Apportionment, Bit, Bite, Budget, Commission, Component, Contingent, Cut, Deal, Destiny, Detachment, Divide, Dividend, Division, Dole

The Hare quota is a formula used to calculate the minimum number, or quota, of votes required to capture a seat in some forms of single transferable vote or largest remainder method party-list proportional representation voting systems. It is named after Thomas Hare.

It is

<math>\frac{\mbox{total} \; \mbox{votes}}{\mbox{total} \; \mbox{seats}}.<math>

Typically its effect is kinder to smaller parties than using the Droop quota or Imperiali quota. It produces larger numerical quotas, which has the effect of increasing the number of candidates elected without receiving a full quota.

Copyright 2009 WordIQ.com - Privacy Policy  :: Terms of Use  :: Contact Us  :: About Us
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the this Wikipedia article.