study of electoral systems, the Droop quota (sometimes called the Hagenbach-Bischoff, Britton, or Newland-Britton quota) is the minimum number of supporters...

quotas: the Hare and Droop quotas. The Hare quota is unbiased in the number of seats it hands out, and so is more proportional than the Droop quota (which...

occasionally used, although it has since been largely supplanted by the Droop quota. The quota continues to be used in setting electoral thresholds, as well as...

smaller parties. The two most common quotas are the Hare quota and the Droop quota. The use of a particular quota with one of the largest remainder methods...

lower quota, such as the Droop quota. The most common quota formula is the Droop quota, which is a number larger than this amount: Droop quota is a smaller...

third. The election step-by-step: Setting the quota: The Droop quota formula is used to produce the quota (the number of votes required to be automatically...

found on some supersonic aircraft Droop quota, a type of quota for counting and transferring votes in an election Droop speed control, a speed control mode...

–PSC but using the Droop quota n / ( k + 1 ) {\displaystyle n/(k+1)} instead of the Hare quota, i.e. j {\displaystyle j} Droop quotas entitle a solid coalition...

that guarantees election is set, which is called the quota. In the example below, the Droop quota is used and so a candidate who earns more than 25 percent...

mixed system (e.g. MMP) are not included. Comparison of the Hare and Droop quotas General ticket (party block voting), a term usually given to less or...

5-member district (Droop quota of 1/6=16.67%) but will do so in a 10-member district as its 10 percent of the vote exceeds the Droop quota in such a district...

either 4 or 6 members. The threshold used is the Droop quota; in a single-seat constituency, the quota is an absolute majority, i.e., more than half of...

determine the number of votes needed to elect one seat is called the Droop quota and has value: votes seats + 1 {\displaystyle {\text{votes}} \over {{\text{seats}}+1}}...

(integer part of the) Droop quota. Thereafter, at most five seats are allocated using the largest remainder method (using the Droop quota). Any additional...

being elected, candidates must pass a quota (the Droop quota being the most common). Candidates that pass the quota are elected. If necessary to fill seats...

quota The total count of valid votes is used to calculate the quota of votes required for a candidate to be declared elected (the Droop quota). quota...

quota – optimal seats-to-votes ratio and higher apportionment paradoxes D'Hondt method – higher seats-to-votes ratio for larger parties Droop quota Imperiali...

mathematically guarantee winning a seat. It is here calculated as the Droop quota for each country. Where the legal threshold exceeds this threshold, the...

longer mathematically possible for another candidate to defeat them (see Droop quota), allowing the process to be stopped early without counting the remaining...

Highest averages method Webster/Sainte-Laguë D'Hondt Largest remainders method Quotas Droop quota Hagenbach-Bischoff quota Hare quota Imperiali quota...

Henry Richmond Droop (12 September 1832 – 21 March 1884) was an English barrister after whom the Droop quota is named. He also may have been the first...

seats are allocated to the parties at the constituency level using the Droop quota. The elected Deputies are identified by ranking all of a party's candidates...

such, the quota for election (as determined through the Droop quota) is 14.3 percent or 33.3 percent respectively. (For the states, the quota for election...

Highest averages method Webster/Sainte-Laguë D'Hondt Largest remainders method Quotas Droop quota Hagenbach-Bischoff quota Hare quota Imperiali quota...

Highest averages method Webster/Sainte-Laguë D'Hondt Largest remainders method Quotas Droop quota Hagenbach-Bischoff quota Hare quota Imperiali quota...

more than 1 n + 1 {\displaystyle {\frac {1}{n+1}}} of the votes (the Droop quota), because n {\displaystyle n} -1 other candidates cannot each receive...

used in Australia, Ireland and Malta. Quota is calculated. In say a four-seat constituency, quota (if Droop quota is used) is 20 percent of the valid vote...

votes not used to elect someone is commonly the same as one quota (usually the Droop quota is used). A vote can also be thought of as at least partially...

closed" open list system is one where a candidate must reach a full electoral quota of votes on their own to be assured of winning a seat. The total number...

disagree slightly, but all measures broadly agree that rules based on Droop's quota or Jefferson's method are strongly biased in favor of large parties...