d'hondt method
/dəˈhɒnt ˈmɛ.θəd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
12
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1
Syllables
7
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Meaning
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A highest-averages method for allocating seats, used to achieve proportional representation in elections, and often favoring large parties and coalitions.
name
Alternative form of D'Hondt method.
Example Sentences
- "The d'Hondt method is one of the most commonly used methods in Europe. It has been sharply criticized for being the “less proportional method.”"
- "The only exception to the rule was in the Kalmyk Republic where the D'Hondt method was used."
- "Secondly, this chapter aims to substantiate the inference that the D'Hondt method also gets the largest parties overrepresented."
Etymology
Named after Belgian mathematician Victor D'Hondt (1841–1901), who described it in 1878 for proportional allocation of parliamentary seats to the parties.
Inflected Forms
the D'Hondt method (canonical)
Synonyms
greatest divisors method
Jefferson method