Editing Quota method (section)

==Method==
The largest remainder method divides each party's vote total by a ''quota''. Usually, quota is derived by dividing the number of valid votes cast, by the number of seats. The result for each party will consist of an [[integer]] part plus a [[Fraction (mathematics)|fractional]] [[remainder]]. Each party is first allocated a number of seats equal to their integer. This will generally leave some remainder seats unallocated. To apportion these seats, the parties are then ranked on the basis of their fractional remainders, and the parties with the largest remainders are each allocated one additional seat until all seats have been allocated. This gives the method its name - largest remainder.

Largest remainder methods produces similar results to [[single transferable vote]] or the [[quota Borda system]], where voters organize themselves into [[Solid coalition|solid coalitions]]. The [[single transferable vote]] or the [[quota Borda system]] behave like the largest-remainders method when voters all behave like strict partisans (i.e. only mark preferences for candidates of one party).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Gallagher |first=Michael |date=1992 |title=Comparing Proportional Representation Electoral Systems: Quotas, Thresholds, Paradoxes and Majorities |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/194023 |journal=British Journal of Political Science |volume=22 |issue=4 |pages=469–496 |doi=10.1017/S0007123400006499 |jstor=194023 |issn=0007-1234}}</ref>