A proposal of electoral system for Catalonia: biproportional allotment

  • Adolfo López Carmona Departamento de Matemática Aplicada (Universidad de Granada)
  • Victoriano Ramírez González Departamento de Matemática Aplicada (Universidad de Granada)
  • Blanca Luisa Delgado Márquez Departamento de Economía Internacional y de España (Universidad de Granada)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_POSO.2014.v51.n3.44775
Keywords: electoral system, Catalonia, proportionality, biproportionality.

Abstract

In the elections to the Catalan Parliament, the most-voted party may receive fewer seats than another party with fewer votes. Actually this happened in 2003, when the PSC received 7,000 more votes than CiU, yet the former got less than four seats than the latter. The current Catalan electoral system yields some discrepancies between the total votes received by political parties and the seats allotted to them are because there are several constituencies and also their size is not proportional to their population. The objective of this study is to propose an electoral system to avoid these discrepancies in Catalonia. The alternative proposed uses a bi-proportional allocation, which considers the total votes received by the parties to determine their representation and apportionment of seats among provinces in terms of their updated population. The results show that the biproportionality is a powerful tool to eliminate the distortions between votes and seats in Catalonia.

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Adolfo López Carmona, Departamento de Matemática Aplicada (Universidad de Granada)

Estoy realizando mi beca FPU en el Departamento de Matemática Aplicada (Universidad de Granada), impartiendo clases de diversas asignaturas en el Departamento de Sociología (Universidad de Granada) y he publicado junto con otros autores artículos relacionados con temas de sistemas electorales.

Victoriano Ramírez González, Departamento de Matemática Aplicada (Universidad de Granada)

Acualmente profesor y catedrático del Departamento de Matemática Aplicada (Universidad de Granada) del cual fue director. Tiene múltiples artículos publicados sobre temas de sistemas electorales y matemáticas.

Blanca Luisa Delgado Márquez, Departamento de Economía Internacional y de España (Universidad de Granada)

Acualmente profesora del Departamento de Matemática Aplicada (Universidad de Granada). Tiene múltiples artículos publicados sobre temas de sistemas electorales y economía

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Published
2014-11-25
How to Cite
López Carmona A., Ramírez González V. y Delgado Márquez B. L. (2014). A proposal of electoral system for Catalonia: biproportional allotment. Política y Sociedad, 51(3), 841-862. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_POSO.2014.v51.n3.44775
Issue
Vol. 51 No. 3 (2014)
Section
Miscelaneus

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