On allocating seats to parties and districts: apportionments

Pré-publication, Document de travail: The paper presents the problem of choosing the representatives in an assembly when the whole electoral region is subdivided into electoral districts. Because of the two dimensions, geographical (districts) and political (parties), the problem is called bi-apportionment. The main focus of the paper is to discuss fairness and proportionality axioms as well as their implementation.

Auteur(s)

Gabrielle Demange

Date de publication
  • 2011
Mots-clés JEL
J70 J71
Mots-clés
  • Party Proportional Representation
  • Power Indics
  • Bi- Apportionment
  • Bi- Divisor Methods
  • Fair Shares
Référence interne
  • PSE Working Papers n°2011-36
Version
  • 1