ALLOCATION OF SEATS IN THE ASSEMBLY EXECUTIVE AND CHAIRS AND DEPUTY CHAIRS OF COMMITTEES
D'HONDT SYSTEM
Seats in the Assembly Executive and Chairs and Deputy Chairs of the Departmental Committees will be allocated on the basis of the D'Hondt system. This system, also known as the highest average method is named after Victor D'Hondt, a Belgian lawyer from the last century.
The principle of the system is that seats are won singly and successively on the basis of the highest average. The method requires that the number of seats each party gained in the Assembly will be divided initially by one and thereafter by one more than the number of seats won, until all the seats are won.
Example:
Seats in Assembly |
Divisor |
Average |
|
|---|---|---|---|
Party A |
30 |
1 |
30* |
Party B |
24 |
1 |
24 |
Party C |
18 |
1 |
18 |
*Party A wins the first seat and its divisor becomes 2
Seats in Assembly |
Divisor |
Average |
|
|---|---|---|---|
Party A |
30 |
2 |
15 |
Party B |
24 |
1 |
24* |
Party C |
18 |
1 |
18 |
*Party B wins the second seat and its divisor becomes 2
Seats in Assembly |
Divisor |
Average |
|
|---|---|---|---|
Party A |
30 |
2 |
15 |
Party B |
24 |
2 |
12 |
Party C |
18 |
1 |
18* |
*Party C wins the third seat and its divisor becomes 2
Seats in Assembly |
Divisor |
Average |
|
|---|---|---|---|
Party A |
30 |
2 |
15* |
Party B |
24 |
2 |
12 |
Party C |
18 |
2 |
9 |
*Party A wins the fourth seat and its divisor becomes 3