Sainte-Laguë method for seat distribution used in multiple parliamentary elections all over the world
npm install sainte-lagueAn implementation of the Sainte-Laguë (also known as Webster or Schepers) method. Parliament seat allocation algorithm used in multiple countries such as Germany, Latvia, New Zealand etc…
Attention: Since some countries (like Latvia or Norway) use a modification of the algorithm instead of this vanilla version, you should check your country's electoral legislature. Furthermore, I don't take any responsibility for the accuracy of the calculated numbers, even though I'm pretty confident with my implementation.
``shell`
npm install sainte-lague
This package is ESM only.
`js
import sainteLague from 'sainte-lague'
const electionResults = { // number of votes per party
socialists: 130755,
conservatives: 102068,
liberals: 34012,
greens: 31090,
crazypeople: 11111
}
const seats = 420 // number of seats to be distributed
const opt = { // options, can be null
draw: false // if a draw would be necessary to determine the seat count (e.g. 11 seats and two parties with 100 votes each), the library will throw an error, unless you set draw: true, in which case it will assert the ambiguous seat(s) randomly
}
const parliament = sainteLague(electionResults, seats, opt)
`
The parliament variable will look like this:
`json``
{
"socialists": 178,
"conservatives": 139,
"liberals": 46,
"greens": 42,
"crazypeople": 15
}
- hare-niemeyer - Hare-Niemeyer / Hamilton / largest remainder method
- DHondt – D'Hondt method
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