4.3 Apportionment methods (2)

In order to distribute the number of seats won by a party or group of candidates in proportion to the number of votes received, we make use of the following proportion:

\[\frac{s_i}{S} = \frac{v_i}{V} \forall i\] where:

\(v_i\) = the number of valid votes for i-th party;

\(s_i\) = the number of seats assigned to i-th party;

\(TV\) or \(V\) = the total number of valid votes;

\(TS\) or \(S\) = the total number of available seats.