Apportionments

The apportionment module provides functions for apportioning seats according to lists of votes.

• voting.apportionment.adams()

• voting.apportionment.dhondt()

• voting.apportionment.hagenbach_bischoff()

• voting.apportionment.hamilton()

• voting.apportionment.huntington_hill()

• voting.apportionment.jefferson()

• voting.apportionment.sainte_lague()

• voting.apportionment.vinton()

• voting.apportionment.webster()

voting.apportionment.adams(votes, seats)

Apportion seats using the Adams method.

Parameters

• votes (list) – a list of vote counts

• seats (int) – the number of seats to apportion

voting.apportionment.dhondt(votes, seats)

Apportion seats using the D’Hondt method.

Identical to the Jefferson method.

Parameters

• votes (list) – a list of vote counts

• seats (int) – the number of seats to apportion

voting.apportionment.hagenbach_bischoff(votes, seats)

Apportion seats using the Hagenbach-Bischoff method.

Identical to the Jefferson method.

Parameters

• votes (list) – a list of vote counts

• seats (int) – the number of seats to apportion

voting.apportionment.hamilton(votes, seats)

Apportion seats using the Hamilton method.

Known also as the Vinton method.

Parameters

• votes (list) – a list of vote counts

• seats (int) – the number of seats to apportion

voting.apportionment.huntington_hill(votes, seats)

Apportion seats using the Huntington-Hill method.

Parameters

• votes (list) – a list of vote counts

• seats (int) – the number of seats to apportion

voting.apportionment.jefferson(votes, seats)

Apportion seats using the Jefferson method.

Known also as the D’Hondt method or Hagenbach-Bischoff method.

Parameters

• votes (list) – a list of vote counts

• seats (int) – the number of seats to apportion

voting.apportionment.sainte_lague(votes, seats)

Apportion seats using the Sainte-Lague method.

Identical to the Webster method.

Parameters

• votes (list) – a list of vote counts

• seats (int) – the number of seats to apportion

voting.apportionment.vinton(votes, seats)

Apportion seats using the Vinton method.

Identical to the Hamilton method.

Parameters

• votes (list) – a list of vote counts

• seats (int) – the number of seats to apportion

voting.apportionment.webster(votes, seats)

Apportion seats using the Webster method.

Known also as the Sainte-Lague method.

Parameters

• votes (list) – a list of vote counts

• seats (int) – the number of seats to apportion