SciencesPo (version 1.3.8)

gallagher: Gallagher index

Usage

gallagher(v, s)

Arguments

v
A vector containing the votes for each political party.
s
A vector containing the election outcome as seats.

Value

  • The Gallagher's Representation Score. } description{ Calculates the Gallagher index of LSq index. } details{ The representation score is calculated as: sqrt(sum((Z-R)^2)/2). } examples{ # 2005 UK General Election pvotes = c(Lab=35.20, Cons=32.40, Lib=22, DUP=0.90, SNP=1.50, Sinn.Fein=0.60, Plaid=0.60, SDLP=0.50, UUP=0.50, Ind=0.50, Respect=0.30, Health=0.10, Speaker=0.10, Others=4.80) seats = c(385,198, 62, 9,6,5,3,3,1,1,1,1,1,0)/676

    # 2012 Queensland state elecion pvotes= c(49.65, 26.66, 11.5, 7.53, 3.16, 1.47) pseats = c(87.64, 7.87, 2.25, 0.00, 2.25, 0.00)

    gallagher(pvotes, pseats) } author{ Daniel Marcelino email{dmarcelino@live.com} } references{ Gallagher, M. (1991) Proportionality, disproportionality and electoral systems. Electoral Studies 10(1):33-51. }