Calculation examples (Staatsrecht for you)

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Zusammenfassung:

Here you find calculation examples for the conversion of the number of votes to the number of seats at elections to the Bundestag and elections to the Federal State Parliament.

Content:

How many seats did the different parties get?

Alltogether there are 10 seats:

Party A gets 6100 votes

Partei B gets 5000 votes

Partei C gets   900 votes

Calculate with the Sainte-Laguë method, the Largest remainder method and with the d'Hondtsche method (Jefferson's method) how many seats the different parties get

Solution "Number of seats"

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Calculator for the Sainte-Laguë/Schepers method

With the Sainte-Laguë/Schepers-Calculator you could create your own examples for the Sainte-Laguë/Schepers method.

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Calculator for the largest remainder method

With the calculator for the largest remainder method you could create your own examples for the largest remainder method.

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Overhang mandates

Party A gets, according to secondary votes 134 seats at the new Bundestag. It also wins 56 direct mandates. Party B gets, according to secondary votes 13 seats and wins 15 direct mandates.

Calculate, how many seats both parties get.

Solution "Overhang mandates"

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