A Conversation for The d'Hondt voting system for European Parliament

A nice and clear explanation

Post 1

Phil

Thanks for that smiley - ok
I have been wondering how the system worked since seeing the voting form for the european elections back whenever. All I could find on anywebsite was just a mention of proportional representation, not mentioning the method used. Now I know what it's all about smiley - cheers


A nice and clear explanation

Post 2

Vestboy

Do we know why this system was chosen over the parties receiving the appropriate percentage of the vote? Wouldn't everyone understand that straight away.


A nice and clear explanation

Post 3

flyingtwinkle

so very mathematical!


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