Proposal for a Fair Multiseat Constituency System

Seat Allocation Process

The percentage of votes received by each party determines the number of seats awarded in each district. Seats are allocated using the Largest Remainder Method. If a party receives more seats than candidates available on its slate, the excess seats are redistributed to the next highest-voted parties. In case of a tie for the final seats, a lot-drawing mechanism will be used to determine the allocation.

Largest Remainder Method (LRM)

This method ensures proportionality, allocating seats based on the percentage of votes each party receives. Each party's total vote count is divided by a factor created using the Droop Quota System. Any remaining seats are distributed based on the largest remainder of votes after the initial division.

Droop Quota System

The Droop quota is calculated using the formula:

(Total Votes Cast / (Seats + 1)) + 1

Each party's total vote count is divided by the Droop quota to determine the number of full seats it receives. Any remaining seats are allocated to parties with the largest remainders of votes after full quotas have been assigned.

Detailed Example

In this example, 800,000 votes were cast. While it is possible to vote for a separate slate for both the House of Representatives and the Senate, for this example, the same vote totals were used. In our current first past the post system, only Party A would be represented in our legislature.

Droop Quota Calculation