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ドント式 (ドントしき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ドント式しき

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Meanings

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noun

d'Hondt method

politics

A highest-averages method for allocating seats in proportional representation, used in Japanese elections.

日本にほんの衆しゅう議ぎ院いん選せん挙きょではドント式しきが使つかわれている。
The d'Hondt method is used in Japanese House of Representatives elections.

Kanji

式style, ceremony, rite

Etymology

Named after Belgian mathematician Victor d'Hondt. The Japanese term combines the katakana rendering of his name with 式 (method/system).