Largest Remainder Method

Definition

A principle for converting votes into seats in List PR systems. After parties and groupings have been allocated seats in an electoral district because they have received full quotas (a) of votes, some seats will be unfilled, and some votes remain – for each party, less than a full quota (a). The remaining seats are then awarded to parties and groupings in order of the number of left/over votes they possess. The Largest Remainder Method tends to be more favourable to smaller parties than the alternative approach, the Highest Average Method.