[EM] Preferential voting system where a candidate may win multiple seats

[Juho Laatu]

On 18.7.2013, at 3.11, Vidar Wahlberg wrote:

>   so the party gets
>   the seat in the district with the highest:
>   partyVotePercent / (2 * partyDistrictSeats + 1)

Will the size of the district impact the results? (i.e. 20% of the votes in a district that has 6 seats altogether should always give that party at least one seat, but if that district has only 3 seats, getting a seat would not be certain)

> Once a district received all its seats, it's of course excluded from
> receiving any more seats.

I guess the same applies to districts. Once all the seats of a district are gone, the remaining (party) seats will be allocated in other districts.

> I'd like to hear your thoughts on this method.

I like the simplicity of the method. And despite of its simplicity I expect the results to be pretty accurate.

Juho