Upper level Hare + LR Do do Do Do Do Do allocation formula Total number 139 148 149 175 Do Do Do of seats1 Electoral One Do do One constituency One Do Do, but thresholds constituency seat or 60,000 constituency the three seat or in votes or in each of seat or 2.0 per regions one of the the three regions2 cent of all delineated three as many votes as votes or in two differently regions2 as the regional of the three many votes votes/constituency regions2 as as the seat average; eff. many votes as national electoral threshold the regional votes/seats approximatively: average pr. average; eff. 2.6 per cent constituency electoral seats; eff. threshold electoral approx.: 1.1 threshold: 2.0 per cent per cent Compensatory 29 31 44 40 Do Do Do seats Compensatory 21 Do 30 23 Do Do Do seats in per cent of total Number of 22 23 do Do Do 17 10 MMCs Periodical No Do Yes Do Do Do Do adjustment of allocation of to MMCs Average 5.0 5.1 4.6 5.9 Do 7.9 13.5 number of constituency seats in MMCs MMC seat D’Hondt Do do Modified Ste.- Do Do D’Hondt allocation Laguë formula Allocation of Yes Do No Yes do Do Do constituency seats final? 1 Excluding the Faroe Islands and Greenland 2 The three regions were: The capital region (Copenhagen and Frederiksberg municipalities), the islands, and Jutland. This regionalization primarily reflect the thinking behind the abandoned 1915 electoral system (only used in 1918), but it remained in use until the changes in regional delimitation in the wake of the 2005 Structural Reform. Table 5.3. Changes in Lijphart’s four system change indicators and average values for Gallagher disproportionality scores, effective number of parties (N(v) and N(s)), and r Period (by elections) 1920, 4 1920, 9 1950 1953, 9 1960 1964 1968 1971 - 2007 - – – – – – 1920, 7 1947 1953, 4 2005 2019 Number of elections 2 10 2 3 3 14 4 Upper level Hare + Do do Do Do Do Do allocation formula LR
Upper level allocation formula Hare + LR Do do Do Do Do Do Total number of seats1 139 148 149 175 Do Do Do Electoral thresholds One constituency seat or in one of the three regions2 as many votes as the national votes/seats average; eff. electoral threshold approx.: 1.1 per cent Do do One constituency seat or 60,000 votes or in each of the three regions2 as many votes as the regional votes/constituency seat average; eff. electoral threshold approximatively: 2.6 per cent One constituency seat or 2.0 per cent of all votes or in two of the three regions2 as many votes as the regional average pr. constituency seats; eff. electoral threshold: 2.0 per cent Do Do, but the three regions delineated differently Compensatory seats 29 31 44 40 Do Do Do Compensatory seats in per cent of total 21 Do 30 23 Do Do Do Number of MMCs 22 23 do Do Do 17 10 Periodical adjustment of allocation of to MMCs No Do Yes Do Do Do Do Average number of constituency seats in MMCs 5.0 5.1 4.6 5.9 Do 7.9 13.5 MMC seat allocation formula D’Hondt Do do Modified Ste.- Laguë Do Do D’Hondt Allocation of constituency seats final? Yes Do No Yes do Do Do 1 Excluding the Faroe Islands and Greenland 2 The three regions were: The capital region (Copenhagen and Frederiksberg municipalities), the islands, and Jutland. This regionalization primarily reflect the thinking behind the abandoned 1915 electoral system (only used in 1918), but it remained in use until the changes in regional delimitation in the wake of the 2005 Structural Reform. Table 5.3. Changes in Lijphart’s four system change indicators and average values for Gallagher disproportionality scores, effective number of parties (N(v) and N(s)), and r Period (by elections) 1920, 4 – 1920, 7 1920, 9 – 1947 1950 – 1953, 4 1953, 9 – 1960 1964 – 1968 1971 - 2005 2007 - 2019 Number of elections 2 10 2 3 3 14 4 Upper level allocation formula Hare + LR Do do Do Do Do Do
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