The 2009 European Parliament Elections: From Votes to Seats in 27 Ways
- The 2009 European Parliament elections were the largest transnational elections in history. By EU primary law each Member State is allotted a fixed number of seats. Within a Member State, the seat apportionment is governed by national electoral provisions. The national provisions are subject to principles common to all Member States. We present an overview of the 27 national apportionment procedures used in the 2009 elections. Our focus is on the translation of votes into seats, such as electoral thresholds, divisor methods of apportionment, quota methods of apportionment, and single transferable vote systems. Some Member States implement two-step systems comprising a super-apportionment and several sub-apportionments.
| Author: | Kai-Friederike OelbermannGND, Antonio Palomares, Friedrich PukelsheimGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:384-opus4-11620 |
| Frontdoor URL | https://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/1406 |
| Series (Serial Number): | Preprints des Instituts für Mathematik der Universität Augsburg (2010-08) |
| Type: | Preprint |
| Language: | English |
| Publishing Institution: | Universität Augsburg |
| Contributing Corporation: | Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Granada |
| Release Date: | 2010/06/07 |
| Tag: | European Parliament Elections 2009 |
| GND-Keyword: | Europawahl; Wahlsystem; Wahlverfahren; Wahlrecht |
| Institutes: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlich-Technische Fakultät |
| Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlich-Technische Fakultät / Institut für Mathematik | |
| Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlich-Technische Fakultät / Institut für Mathematik / Lehrstuhl für Stochastik und ihre Anwendungen | |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 51 Mathematik / 510 Mathematik |
| Licence (German): |  Deutsches Urheberrecht |
