While D'Hondt has been used in Turkey for many years, it is generally known as a system for the benefit of major political parties. The D'Hondt system refers to the proportional representation system designed in 1878 by the Belgian academic and mathematician Victor D'Hondt, from the University of Ghent's civil law department.
It is a proportional representation system designed by the Belgian jurist and mathematician Victor D'Hondt in 1878. In Turkey, the d'Hondt system has been applied in all parliamentary general and by-elections since 1961, with the exception of the 1965 National Assembly general election and the 1966 National Assembly by-election; This is the system still in effect today.
The system entered Turkey with the 1961 Constitution. Today Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, East Timor, Ecuador, Finland, Wales, Croatia, Scotland, Israel, Iceland, Japan, Colombia, Hungary, Macedonia, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Chile and It is implemented in TRNC.
What's special about the D'Hondt System?
Thanks to the system, when a political party elects a deputy in a constituency, its votes are divided by two, when it elects two deputies, its votes are divided by three, when it elects three deputies, its votes are divided by four, and for four deputies, its total votes are divided by five. In this way, the system gives the opportunity to elect more deputies to parties with high votes, while preventing smaller parties from appointing representatives.
According to an exemplary calculation, in a constituency that will elect seven deputies, party A gets 60 thousand votes, party B receives 25 thousand and party C gets 14 thousand votes. The total votes received by each party are divided by 1, 2, 3, and 4 respectively, and this process continues until the number of deputies to be elected by that electoral district is reached.
A deputy is given to party A for being first. The vote of party A is split in half. Since party A still has the most votes, this time the vote of party A is divided by three. (60000/3=20000)
After this process, since B party has the most votes, a deputy is given to B and his vote is divided into two. (25000/2=12500) Since A is the biggest among the remaining numbers, one more deputy is given and A's vote is divided into four this time. (60000/4=15000)
Since the largest vote among the resulting numbers is A's, a deputy is given again, and this time his votes are divided into five (60000/5=12000). After this process, the largest vote belongs to C and a deputy is added to C's place; C's votes are split in half (14000/2=7000). As the largest number belongs to B as a result of this seventh and last transaction, party B gets the last parliamentary seat.
As a result, Party A gets four, Party B two, Party C one deputy from this region.
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