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D'Hondt method en · PROPN

Pronunciation

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• /dəˈhɒnt ˈmɛ.θəd/

Etymology

Named after Belgian mathematician Victor D'Hondt (1841–1901), who described it in 1878 for proportional allocation of parliamentary seats to the parties.

Meanings

1. A highest-averages method for allocating seats, used to achieve proportional representation in elections, and often favoring large parties and coalitions.
   • The only exception to the rule was in the Kalmyk Republic where the D'Hondt method was used. 2014, Cameron Ross, editor, Russian Regional Politics under Putin and Medvedev, Routledge, →ISBN, page 64:
   • Secondly, this chapter aims to substantiate the inference that the D'Hondt method also gets the largest parties overrepresented. 2021, Kazuaki Nagatomi, The Operation of the Japanese Electoral System since 1994, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 142:
   • The d'Hondt method is one of the most commonly used methods in Europe. It has been sharply criticized for being the “less proportional method.” 1999, Pietro Grilli di Cortona et al., Evaluation and Optimization of Electoral Systems, SIAM, →ISBN, page 103:

Forms

Synonyms

Jefferson method · greatest divisors method

Translations (2)

pt método D'Hondt (method for allocating seats in parliaments) · de D'Hondt-Verfahren (method for allocating seats in parliaments)