droop quota
1Droop quota — Part of the Politics series Electoral methods Single winner …
2Droop quota — /ˈdrup kwoʊtə/ (say droohp kwohtuh) noun a method of calculating the number of votes necessary for the election of a candidate under the single transferable vote system of proportional representation. Also, Droop formula. {named after HR Droop,… …
3Quota — may refer to:Affirmative action * Racial quota * Reservations in India * Quotas in PakistanComputing * Disk quota * Download quota * Upload quotaElectoral systems * Election threshold * Droop quota * Hagenbach Bischoff quota * Hare quota *… …
4Droop — To droop means to hang down, to sag, particularly if limp. In technical usage, droop may refer to: Droop (control), the steady state deviation of a PID controller LED droop, the lowering of efficiency of light emitting diodes at higher outputs… …
5Comparison of the Hare and Droop quotas — In elections that use the single transferable vote (STV) method, quotas are used (a) for the determination of candidates considered elected; and (b) for the calculation of surplus votes to be redistributed.[1] Two quotas in common use are the… …
6Hare quota — The Hare quota (also known as the simple quota) is a formula used under some forms of the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system and the largest remainder method of party list proportional representation. In these voting systems the quota is the… …
7Hagenbach-Bischoff quota — The Hagenbach Bischoff quota is a formula used in some voting systems based on proportional representation (PR). It is used in some elections held under the largest remainder method of party list proportional representation as well as in a… …
8Electoral quota — An electoral quota is a election threshold.Types of electoral quotas:* Hare quota * Droop Quota * Imperiali quota * Hagenbach Bischoff quota …
9Henry Richmond Droop — (1831 March 21st 1884) was an English mathematician. He is widely credited with devising the Droop quota, that is used today in the common voting system known as the Single Transferable Vote. He also may have been the first to write down what… …
10Imperiali quota — The Imperiali quota is a formula used to calculate the minimum number, or quota, of votes required to capture a seat in some forms of single transferable vote or largest remainder method party list proportional representation voting systems.… …
