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Rule for proportional allocation
The highest averages, divisor, or divide-and-round methods are a family of apportionment rules, i.e. algorithms for fair division of seats in a legislature
Highest_averages_method
Proportional electoral system
The Huntington–Hill method, sometimes called method of equal proportions, is a highest averages method for assigning seats in a legislature to political
Huntington–Hill_method
Method for allocating seats in parliaments
It belongs to the class of highest-averages methods. Compared to ideal proportional representation, the D'Hondt method reduces somewhat the political
D'Hondt_method
Family of voting systems
two categories: The highest averages method (or divisor method), including the D'Hondt method (also known as the Jefferson method) is used in Armenia
Party-list proportional representation
Party-list_proportional_representation
Proportional-representation electoral system
Schepers method (German pronunciation: [ˈʃeːpɐs]), is a highest averages apportionment method for allocating seats in a parliament among federal states, or
Sainte-Laguë_method
Proportional-representation voting system
popular highest averages methods (also called divisor methods). By far the most common quota method are the largest remainders or quota-shift methods, which
Quota_method
Way to distribute seats in a legislative body
apportionment methods can be categorized into largest remainder methods and highest averages methods. Malapportionment is the creation of electoral districts
Apportionment_(politics)
Voting systems that use ranked ballots
ranks as weights; these systems are called positional voting. In the Borda method, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd... candidates on each ballot receive 1, 2, 3... points
Ranked_voting
Multi-winner electoral system
chosen highest averages method, modify the regional divisors such that the apportionment within the region is correct with the chosen highest averages method
Biproportional_apportionment
Method by which voters make a choice between options
Different methods are used to allocate seats in proportional representation systems. Party-list systems use two main methods: highest average and largest
Electoral_system
Single-winner electoral system
Democracy Relative utilitarianism Highest median voting rules—similar voting method, based on medians instead of averages and verbal appreciations instead
STAR_voting
Measure of equal representation
apportionment methods such as Sainte-Laguë method and D'Hondt method differ in the seats-to-votes ratio for individual parties. The Sainte-Laguë method optimizes
Seats-to-votes_ratio
Point-based ranked voting system
The Borda method or order of merit is a positional voting rule that gives each candidate a number of points equal to the number of candidates ranked below
Borda_count
Selection of decision-makers by random sample
In ancient Athenian democracy, sortition was the traditional and primary method for appointing political officials, and its use was regarded as a principal
Sortition
Single-winner rated voting system
give each candidate a numerical score, and the candidate with the highest average score is elected. Score voting includes the well-known approval voting
Score_voting
Type of electoral system
who are competing, and the winner is whichever candidate receives the highest number of votes. Compare plurality voting to a majority system, the two-round
Plurality_voting
Multi-winner electoral system
lists of individual candidates in elections using the largest remainders method to elect the winning candidates, rather than list-based proportional systems
Single_transferable_vote
proportional representation using a 5% electoral threshold and the highest averages method to allocate seats. The elections used a restricted roll, which
2026 New Caledonian legislative election
2026_New_Caledonian_legislative_election
Property of electoral systems
system. Most rated systems (like score voting and the highest median rules) are not Condorcet methods, as they try to account for the strengths of different
Condorcet_winner
Senatorial election in France in September 2026
more senators, party-list proportional representation with the highest averages method is used to elect the senators. "Derrière les élections municipales
2026_French_Senate_election
{\displaystyle n/k} (though the divisor can be slightly different; see highest averages method). The EAR goes rank by rank, starting at rank 1 which corresponds
Expanding_approvals_rule
Voting system
from a single set of ordinal preferences. The two-round system is such a method, because the voters are not forced to vote according to a single ordinal
Two-round_system
Federal Bundestag election regulation
Hare-Niemeyer method. Due to a change in the law passed in January 2008, the distribution of seats is now made according to the Sainte-Laguë/Schepers method. The
Electoral_system_of_Germany
Single-winner electoral system
named on a ballot, and the candidate with the most votes is victorious. The method is designed to eliminate vote-splitting while keeping election administration
Approval_voting
Multiple-winner electoral system
100%). If instead the sum of squares must add up to a fixed value, the method becomes quadratic voting. Cumulative voting is semi-proportional, allowing
Cumulative_voting
Single-winner ranked-voting electoral system
transferable voting (STV), instant-runoff voting (IRV), Coombs' method, and Baldwin's method – allow for many rounds of counting, often eliminating only one
Contingent_vote
Single-winner electoral system
method (/ˈʃʊltsə/), also known as the beatpath method, is a single winner ranked-choice voting rule developed by Markus Schulze. The Schulze method is
Schulze_method
Single-winner ranked-choice electoral system
voting to pass later-no-help and later-no-harm, which together render the method immune to burying strategy. FairVote, in particular, has stated that they
Instant-runoff_voting
Personalized list proportional voting system
list system when using traditional paper-based voting are as follows: One method (used in Belgium and the Netherlands) is to have a large ballot paper with
Open_list
Property of electoral systems
matchups. In systems with absolute rating categories such as score and highest median methods, it is not clear how the majority criterion should be defined. There
Majority_winner_criterion
may be called. Voting in general elections takes place using the highest averages method of party-list proportional representation, using the d'Hondt formula
Israeli_system_of_government
Type of voting rules for an election
their treatment of ties, i.e., the method of ranking the candidates with the same median rating. Proponents of highest median rules argue that they provide
Highest_median_voting_rules
Electoral pathology or paradox
ranked methods (including Borda and all common round-robin rules) satisfy non-negative responsiveness, as do all common rated voting methods (including
Non-negative_responsiveness
Pairwise-comparison electoral system
The Condorcet or majority-rule methods (English: /kɒndɔːrˈseɪ/; French: [kɔ̃dɔʁsɛ]) are a family of voting rules that always elect the majority-preferred
Condorcet_method
Single-winner ranked-choice voting system
Dodgson's method is an electoral system based on a proposal by mathematician Charles Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll. The method searches for a
Dodgson's_method
Phenomenon in electoral systems
seats using a highest averages method, the first vote constituency seats already won are taken into account when calculating party averages, with the aim
Overhang_seat
Type of mixed electoral system
parties possessing the highest averages on the table. (Neither devolved parliament uses a table, instead using a sequential method.) MMP's compensatory
Mixed-member proportional representation
Mixed-member_proportional_representation
Votes required to win a seat in proportional systems
Hagenbach-Bischof in the context of STV and not for the largest remainder method. The Droop quota is used in almost all STV elections, including those in
Droop_quota
Comparative politics for electoral systems
voters than candidates, any Condorcet method will converge on a single Condorcet winner, who will have the highest probability of being the best candidate
Comparison of electoral systems
Comparison_of_electoral_systems
Vote supporting only a single candidate
support for a single favorite. Every voting method that does not satisfy either later-no-harm (most methods) or monotonicity (such as instant-runoff voting)
Bullet_voting
Mixed electoral system
portion of a legislature is elected using one method, while another portion is elected using a different method, with all voters participating in both. Thus
Parallel_voting
Proportional-representation voting system
Territory. With its use in 1909, it was one of the first uses of the Gregory method for transfers of winner's surplus votes. The name is derived from the names
Hare–Clark_electoral_system
Type of mixed electoral system
electoral system (parallel voting) using winner-take-all and proportional methods to elect two different groups of members, where the disproportional results
Mixed-member majoritarian representation
Mixed-member_majoritarian_representation
Single-winner ranked voting rule
Coombs' method is a ranked voting system. Like instant-runoff (IRV-RCV), Coombs' method is a sequential-loser method, where the last-place finisher according
Coombs'_method
seats, 14 were directly elected by universal suffrage under the highest averages method, while 12 were voted on from the Indirect election, and 7 from
2017 Macanese legislative election
2017_Macanese_legislative_election
Non-proportional electoral system
majorities for the group of candidates with the highest level of support. Additionally, like first past the post methods, if there are many parties running and
Plurality_block_voting
Function that ranks states of society according to their desirability
order is not the same as the elimination order for sequential elimination methods: despite being eliminated first, Center is the runner-up in this election
Social_welfare_function
Single-winner cardinal voting system
and Rida Laraki. It is a kind of highest median rule, a cardinal voting system that elects the candidate with the highest median rating. Voters grade as
Majority_judgment
Multi-winner, semi-proportional electoral system
more-intricate single transferable vote (STV) system, and has resulted in the method becoming commonly used for ordering open party lists. In any election, each
Single_non-transferable_vote
Variant of party-list voting system
allocated to that party in the elections, so that the candidates positioned highest on this list tend to always get a seat in the parliament while the candidates
Closed_list
Upper house of the States General
proportional representation. Remainder seats are distributed using the highest averages method. The weight of a member's vote is determined by the population
Senate_(Netherlands)
(numerical analysis) Finite volume method (numerical analysis) Highest averages method (voting systems) Method of exhaustion Method of infinite descent (number
List of mathematics-based methods
List_of_mathematics-based_methods
Criterion that prevents lesser-evil voting
monotonic include score voting, approval voting, and highest medians. Interpreted as a ranked voting method where every candidate but the last ranked gets one
Sincere_favorite_criterion
Single-winner ranked vote system
The Copeland or Llull method is a ranked-choice voting system based on counting each candidate's pairwise wins and losses. In the system, voters rank candidates
Copeland's_method
Property of electoral systems
contingent vote, Young's method, first past the post, and Black fail, even though they pass the majority-favorite criterion. The Schulze method, ranked pairs, instant-runoff
Mutual_majority_criterion
Single-winner electoral system
a single-winner rated voting rule that selects the candidate with the highest median score. It was first suggested as an improvement on majority judgment
Graduated_majority_judgment
Single-winner electoral system
instant-runoff procedure to create hybrid election methods that are called Nanson's method and Baldwin's method. Both methods are designed to satisfy the Condorcet
Nanson's_method
Number of votes a candidate needs to win
most commonly used quota for apportionments using the largest remainder method of party-list representation. It was proposed by Thomas Hare in his first
Electoral_quota
Single-winner electoral system
then the candidate with the highest Borda score is selected. Among methods satisfying the majority criterion, Black's method gives the minimum power to
Black's_method
Grouping of candidates for election
seat, the casual vacancy in a list-PR system is typically filled by the highest-ranked candidate on the departed representative's list who was not already
Electoral_list
Principle that voting for a candidate should help them
a possibility violates the principle of one man, one vote. Positional methods and score voting satisfy the participation criterion. All deterministic
Participation_criterion
Variant of most open party list voting
using the D'Hondt method of rounding, the Social Democratic Party wins 3 seats, the NCP 2, and the LCC 1. (See highest averages method for further explanation
Panachage
System by which New Zealand parliament is elected
allocated by the Sainte-Laguë method, which is unbiased and does not favour larger parties like the alternative D'Hondt method. If a party has more electoral
Electoral system of New Zealand
Electoral_system_of_New_Zealand
Lower house of the Parliament of South Africa
method (using the Droop quota). Any additional seats are allocated amongst the parties who then already have seats using the highest averages method.
National Assembly (South Africa)
National_Assembly_(South_Africa)
Property of electoral systems
Compliant methods include: two-round system, instant-runoff voting (AV), contingent vote, Borda count, Schulze method, ranked pairs, and Kemeny method. Any
Condorcet_loser_criterion
the Act of 3 June 2021" (PDF). 3 June 2021. Schulze, Markus. "The Schulze Method of Voting". Mixed single vote Mixed-member proportional representation Scorporo
Mixed ballot transferable vote
Mixed_ballot_transferable_vote
Number taken as representative of a list of numbers
this method for generating means is not general enough to capture all averages. A more general method[failed verification] for defining an average takes
Average
Single-winner electoral system family
as Y is not in the highest-ranked cycle. The following table compares Tideman's Alternative with other single-winner election methods: Green-Armytage, James
Tideman_alternative_method
closed party lists are used, with the two seats distributed using a highest averages method. The Senate (Sénat) has 33 members, 22 members elected by the regions
Elections_in_Madagascar
Capital and largest city of France
proportionally to all lists which win at least 5% of the vote, using the highest averages method. This ensures that the winning party or coalition always wins a
Paris
Multiple-winner electoral system
Single transferable vote Sainte-Laguë method D'Hondt method Brams, Steven; Brill, Markus (2018). "The Excess Method: A Multiwinner Approval Voting Procedure
Sequential proportional approval voting
Sequential_proportional_approval_voting
Voting system that makes outcomes proportional to vote totals
is done by a proportional formula or method: for example, the Sainte-Laguë method – these are the same methods that may be used to allocate seats for
Proportional_representation
Individual voter's first choice
Methods like Condorcet voting, rated voting, and the Borda count do not exhibit such effects. Methods like anti-plurality voting and Coombs' method have
First-preference_vote
Droop quota Largest remainder method (supplemental method to using quotas) Multi-round voting (common supplemental method to using absolute majority Pairwise
List_of_electoral_systems
Proportional-representation ranked voting system
invented by Markus Schulze, who developed the Schulze method for resolving ties using a Condorcet method. Schulze STV is similar to CPO-STV in that it compares
Schulze_STV
Single-winner electoral system
Tideman method, is a ranked voting method that determines a single winner from ballots that rank candidates in order of preference. The method is like
Ranked_pairs
the highest. Municipal councils were elected by the Imperiali highest averages method, a form of open-list party-list proportional representation. Antwerp
2024_Belgian_local_elections
Class of voting systems
method until a single candidate remains. The method used to determine the loser is called the base method. Common are the two-round system, instant-runoff
Sequential_elimination_method
Correction method used in some voting systems
parties partially or wholly based on a proportional allocation method such as highest averages or largest remainder. The difference is whether or not the
Compensation (electoral systems)
Compensation_(electoral_systems)
should not change. Any voting method that counts voter preferences proportionally satisfies homogeneity, including voting methods such as Plurality voting
Homogeneity_criterion
Legislature
seats are distributed proportionally to the votes cast using the highest averages method. Candidates receive their seats in the order that they appear on
Territorial Council of Saint Barthélemy
Territorial_Council_of_Saint_Barthélemy
Electoral system quota formula
party-list proportional representation when using the largest remainder method. In such cases, the Hare quota gives unbiased apportionments that do not
Hare_quota
voting was introduced in Western Australia in 1877, followed by an improved method in South Australia in 1890. On the other hand, concerns about postal voting
Electoral_system_of_Australia
total of 33 seats, 14 were elected by universal suffrage under the highest averages method, while 12 were voted on from the Functional constituency, and 7
2013 Macanese legislative election
2013_Macanese_legislative_election
Class of ranked-choice electoral systems
count, the W highest-ranked options are selected. Positional voting is not only a means of identifying a single winner but also a method for converting
Positional_voting
later-no-help. All Minimax Condorcet methods, Ranked Pairs, Schulze method, Kemeny-Young method, Copeland's method, and Nanson's method do not satisfy later-no-help
Later-no-help_criterion
Voting method in mixed-member systems
systems were developed at about the same time: The vote linkage compensation method, where not all, but only "wasted" votes get transferred as list votes to
Mixed_single_vote
the way residual seats are assigned, by using the D'Hondt method, a highest averages method, means that smaller parties are unlikely to get a residual
Elections_in_the_Netherlands
Single-winner electoral system
"Election Simulation Sheds New Light On Voting Methods" (PDF). p. 9. the Candidate having the highest positive (or least negative) total is the winner
Combined_approval_voting
Electoral system criterion
should never elect the worst candidate, according to the method itself (as doing so suggests the method is, in some sense, self-contradictory). The worst candidate
Reversal_symmetry
Single-winner ranked-choice voting system
In voting systems, the minimax Condorcet method is a single-winner ranked-choice voting method that always elects the majority (Condorcet) winner. Minimax
Minimax_Condorcet_method
Parliament of Macau
1,2,4,8,... as divisors, see article 17, 2) of the electoral law. Their method disadvantages large parties, which is highly unusual among electoral systems
Legislative_Assembly_of_Macau
Class of electoral systems
the highest median vote. When used with a cardinal voting scale instead of ordinal ranking, Bucklin's balloting method is the same as that of highest median
Bucklin_voting
Type of statistical measure over subsets of a dataset
average (rolling average or running average or moving mean or rolling mean) is a calculation to analyze data points by creating a series of averages of
Moving_average
Voting systems using paired comparisons
varies by method. Round-robin methods are one of the four major categories of single-winner electoral methods, along with multi-stage methods (like RCV-IRV)
Round-robin_voting
Feature of the democratic process in the Philippines
agreement. Methods of determining winners in party-list proportional representation: Highest averages method D'Hondt method Sainte-Laguë method Largest remainder
Party-list representation in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Party-list_representation_in_the_House_of_Representatives_of_the_Philippines
Version of the single transferable vote system
p. 72 Gove, William H. 1894. “The Relation of the Gove System to Other Methods of Proportional Representation.” Proportional Representation Review 2,
Indirect single transferable voting
Indirect_single_transferable_voting
seats each) by closed list proportional representation using the highest averages method. For this election, 12 million people are eligible to vote. More
2024 Malagasy parliamentary election
2024_Malagasy_parliamentary_election
Seats are allocated using the highest averages method. The elections were held using the double simultaneous vote method, whereby voters cast a single
2014 Uruguayan general election
2014_Uruguayan_general_election
Voting method
Officers of the Scottish Parliament are elected by the exhaustive ballot method. The host city of the Olympic Games is chosen by an exhaustive ballot of
Exhaustive_ballot
HIGHEST AVERAGES-METHOD
HIGHEST AVERAGES-METHOD
Girl/Female
Tamil
Prashanti | பà¯à®°à®·à®¾à®‚தி
Highest peace
Prashanti | பà¯à®°à®·à®¾à®‚தி
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Everidge.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Lord of goodness, Lord venkateswara
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Highest
Girl/Female
Muslim
Higher, Highest
Girl/Female
Arabic, Australian
Highest
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Highest
Boy/Male
Hindu
Moderate, Average
Boy/Male
Tamil
Highest
Boy/Male
Muslim
Moderate, Average
Girl/Female
Tamil
Prashanthi | பà¯à®°à®¾à®·à®‚தீ
Highest peace
Prashanthi | பà¯à®°à®¾à®·à®‚தீ
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
Much Ado About Nothing' A Headborough.
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit, Tamil
Lord Venkateswara
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Highest
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Moderate average
Boy/Male
Tamil
Moderate, Average
Boy/Male
Tamil
Deemed highest
Boy/Male
Buddhist, Indian
High Above Average
Girl/Female
Indian
Higher, Highest
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Moderate; Average
HIGHEST AVERAGES-METHOD
HIGHEST AVERAGES-METHOD
Male
English
Variant spelling of English unisex Courtney, CORTNEY means "short nose."
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Marathi, Traditional
Blissful Mother
Girl/Female
Hindu
Goddess Durga
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Acquainted knowledgeable
Male
Russian
(Казимир) Russian form of Polish Kazimierz, KAZIMIR means "commands peace."
Girl/Female
Tamil
Scared
Boy/Male
Anglo Saxon
Bright.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow, pasture, or patch of arable land, Middle English l(e)ye (late Old English lēage, dative of lēah ‘wood’, ‘glade’); or a habitational name from Lye in Herefordshire (with the same etymology).French : habitational name from Lye in Indre.French (Lyé) : habitational name from places called Lié in Deux-Sèvres and Vendée.Norwegian : habitational name from a farmstead in Rogaland named Lye, Old Norse Lýgi meaning ‘alliance’, ‘covenant’, used to denote a place sanctified by such an agreement, such as a court or council meeting place.
Biblical
consuming father; gathering,father of gathering, i.e. gatheredfather of gathering; the gatherer
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Lord
HIGHEST AVERAGES-METHOD
HIGHEST AVERAGES-METHOD
HIGHEST AVERAGES-METHOD
HIGHEST AVERAGES-METHOD
HIGHEST AVERAGES-METHOD
p. p.
of Hight
v. i.
To form, or exist in, a mean or medial sum or quantity; to amount to, or to be, on an average; as, the losses of the owners will average twenty five dollars each; these spars average ten feet in length.
v. t.
To divide among a number, according to a given proportion; as, to average a loss.
n.
The highest military officer.
n.
A mean proportion, medial sum or quantity, made out of unequal sums or quantities; an arithmetical mean. Thus, if A loses 5 dollars, B 9, and C 16, the sum is 30, and the average 10.
imp. & p. p.
of Average
a.
Below the average size; very small; little.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Average
imp.
of Hight
a.
Highest; topmost; uppermost.
a.
Fig.: Highest; elevated; splendid.
a.
According to the laws of averages; as, the loss must be made good by average contribution.
v. t.
To do, accomplish, get, etc., on an average.
n.
The highest or chief.
v. t.
A compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged. The term is applied in a general sense to the Pandects of Justinian (see Pandect), but is also specially given by authors to compilations of laws on particular topics; a summary of laws; as, Comyn's Digest; the United States Digest.
a.
Highest.
a.
Pertaining to an average or mean; medial; containing a mean proportion; of a mean size, quality, ability, etc.; ordinary; usual; as, an average rate of profit; an average amount of rain; the average Englishman; beings of the average stamp.
n.
A title of honor given to kings, princes, or other persons of rank; as, His Royal Highness.
n.
An average.
v. t.
To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application; as, to digest the laws, etc.