Imagine Now That These Election Results Are for a District

question 51

Multiple Choice

Imagine now that these election results are for a district where ten candidates are elected. This country uses the Hare quota with largest remainders to allocate seats. To answer the following questions, you may want to use Table 5, below.
$$\begin{array}{l}\text { Table 5: Hypothetical Election Results in a Ten-Seat District. }\\\\\begin{array} { | l | l | l | l | l | l | l | l | } \hline & \text { Party A } & \text { Party B } & \text { Party C } & \text { Party D } & \text { Party E } & \text { Party F } & \text { Total } \\\hline \text { Votes } & 47,000 & 16,000 & 15,800 & 12,000 & 6,100 & 3,100 & 100,000 \\\hline \text { Votes/quota } & & & & & & & \\\hline \text { Automatic seats } & & & & & & & \\\hline \text { Remainder } & & & & & & & \\\hline \text { Remainder seats } & & & & & & & \\\hline \text { Total seats } & & & & & & & 10 \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}$$
-How many remainder seats does Party A win?

• A) 1
• B) 2
• C) 3
• D) 4
• E) 5

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