A rust implementation of the Sainte-Laguë (also known as Webster or Schepers) method. Parliament seat allocation algorithm used in multiple countries such as Germany, Latvia, New Zealand etc…
Attention: Since some countries (like Latvia or Norway) use a modification of the algorithm instead of this vanilla version, you should check your country's electoral legislature. Furthermore, I don't take any responsibility for the accuracy of the calculated numbers, even though I'm pretty confident with my implementation.
use sainte_lague::distribute;
// …
#[test]
fn german_bundestag_2013() {
let votes = [41.5, 25.7, 8.6, 8.4];
let seats = 631;
let distribution = distribute(&votes, &seats, &false);
let parliament = vec![311, 193, 64, 63];
assert_eq!(distribution, Ok(parliament));
}
// …
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largest-remainder-method
- A rust implementation of the Hare-Niemeyer / Hamilton / largest remainder method
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