Loos_Hanby {Relectoral} | R Documentation |
Disproportionality index of Loosemore and Hanby - 1971 ("LH")
Description
Loosemore and Hanby disproportionality index ( 1971 ) aims to address the difficulties encountered with the Rae index. To calculate this disproportionality index, the absolute values of the differences between votes and seats are added together and the result is divided by two. The specific formula used is as follows: '
LH=\frac{\sum_{i=1}^{n}|E_{i}-V_{i}|}{2}
for i = 1, 2, \ldots,n
Usage
Loos_Hanby(votes, seats)
Arguments
votes |
It is a vector of integers, containing the votes of all the candidates. |
seats |
It is a vector of integers, containing the seats obtained by each of the candidates. |
Value
Returns the value obtained for the index
Examples
Loos_Hanby(c(1200, 30, 4000),c(10,6,8))
[Package Relectoral version 0.1.0 Index]