representation quota
1quota — noun 1》 a limited quantity of a product which may be produced, exported, or imported. 2》 a share of something that one is entitled to receive or bound to contribute. 3》 a fixed number of a group allowed to do something, e.g. immigrants to enter a …
2Droop quota — Part of the Politics series Electoral methods Single winner …
3proportional representation — a method of voting by which political parties are given legislative representation in proportion to their popular vote. [1865 70] * * * Electoral system in which the share of seats held by a political party in the legislature closely matches the… …
4Proportional representation — (sometimes referred to as full representation, or PR), is a category of electoral formula aiming at a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates (grouped by a certain measure) obtain in elections and the percentage of… …
5Majoritarian representation — Part of the Politics series Electoral methods Single winner …
6Mixed-member proportional representation — Part of the Politics series Electoral methods Single winner …
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… …
8Hare 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… …
9Racial quota — Racial quotas in employment and education are numerical requirements for hiring, promoting, admitting and/or graduating members of a particular racial group while discriminating other racial groups. These quotas may be determined by governmental… …
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.… …
