dohndt¶

maelzel.distribute.dohndt(numseats, votesPerParty)[source]¶

Perform a D’Ohndt distribution

Parameters:

numseats (int) – the number of seats to distribute across the parties
votesPerParty (list[int | float]) – the votes (can be interpreted as the weight of each party) of each party.

Return type:

list[int]

Returns:

the list of assigned seats per party

Example

Distribute a number of items across streams according to a set of weights.

>>> from maelzel.distribute import dohndt
>>> levels = 10
>>> numstreams = 4
>>> weights = [10, 6, 5, 3]
>>> assigned = dohndt(levels, weights)
>>> assigned
[3, 2, 2, 1]