No, we wouldn't of course change the tally during the electio. I'm sorry I didn't make that clear. However, I would expect that if the total number of seats were increased, no party would lose seats. I checked what the D'Hondt and Sainte Lague results would be for these figures. It's 8,6,3, and 2 for both. Is it sure that Hare doesn't give unfair advantage to small parties? Olli Salmi At 15:19 +0300 26.4.1998, New Democracy wrote: >Party Votes 19 Seat 20 Seat Differences > Quotient Seats Quotient Seats Quotient Seats > A 550 7.26 7 7.64 8 .38 +1 > B 470 6.20 6 6.53 7 .33 +1 > C 250 3.30 4 3.47 3 .17 -1 > D 170 2.24 2 2.36 2 .12 0 > >Donald writes: > Why would we be increasing the number of seats during the tally? If >the number of seats in a legislature are changed, the election becomes a >new ballgame - the resultant numbers are going to be different. We must >accept the new results.