Electoral quota
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An electoral quota is a election threshold
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Types of electoral quotas:
Election threshold
In party-list proportional representation systems, an election threshold is a clause that stipulates that a party must receive a minimum percentage of votes, either nationally or within a particular district, to obtain any seats in the parliament...
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Types of electoral quotas:
- Hare quotaHare quotaThe Hare quota is a formula used under some forms of the Single Transferable Vote system and the largest remainder method of party-list proportional representation...
- Droop QuotaDroop QuotaThe Droop quota is the quota most commonly used in elections held under the Single Transferable Vote system. It is also sometimes used in elections held under the largest remainder method of party-list proportional representation . In an STV election the quota is the minimum number of votes a...
- Imperiali quotaImperiali quotaThe Imperiali quota is a formula used to calculate the minimum number, or quota, of votes required to capture a seat in some forms of single transferable vote or largest remainder method party-list proportional representation voting systems....
- Hagenbach-Bischoff quotaHagenbach-Bischoff quotaThe Hagenbach-Bischoff quota is a formula used in some voting systems based on proportional representation . It is used in some elections held under the largest remainder method of party-list proportional representation as well as in a variant of the D'Hondt method known as the Hagenbach-Bischoff...