elections

Python package with functionality for simple election result calculation and analysis

Current apportionment methods implemented:

StLague
DHondt
FirstPastThePost
HuntingtonHill
Hamilton
Adams

Party class

Define parties with a custom Party type, giving them a name, position on the political spectrum, color, etc. Can be used seamlessly with the apportionment classes.

National district class

For elections where results are calculated in local districts, there are several types of district types included.

All district types have support for location (so they can be plotted on a map), individual apportionment in the district, and more.

Generic district
Norwegian fylke
- Functionality for easy calculation of leveling seat distribution in national elections

Examples:

Easy and fast to calculate results:

from pylections import distributions

populations = {
    "New Triangle": 21878,
    "Circula": 9713,
    "Squaryland": 4167,
    "Octiana": 3252,
    "Rhombus Island": 1065
}

hamilton = distributions.Hamilton.get(num_seats=43, candidates=populations)
for name, seats in hamilton.items():
    print(name, seats)

"""
New Triangle 24
Circula 10
Squaryland 4
Octiana 4
Rhombus Island 1
"""

hamilton = distributions.Hamilton.get(num_seats=43, candidates=populations, quota="droop")
for name, seats in hamilton.items():
    print(name, seats)

"""
New Triangle 24
Circula 11
Squaryland 4
Octiana 3
Rhombus Island 1
"""

adams = distributions.Adams.get(num_seats=43, candidates=populations)
for name, seats in adams.items():
    print(name, seats)

"""
New Triangle 22
Circula 10
Squaryland 5
Octiana 4
Rhombus Island 2
"""

Flexible with OOP:

populations = {
    "New Triangle": 21878,
    "Circula": 9713,
    "Squaryland": 4167,
    "Octiana": 3252,
    "Rhombus Island": 1065
}

stlague = distributions.StLague(num_seats = 43)
stlague.add_score(populations)

for name, seats in stlague.result.items():
    print(name, seats)

"""
New Triangle 24
Circula 10
Squaryland 4
Octiana 4
Rhombus Island 1
"""

stlague.num_seats = 44
for name, seats in stlague.result.items():
    print(name, seats)

"""
New Triangle 24
Circula 10
Squaryland 5
Octiana 4
Rhombus Island 1
"""

stlague.remove_candidate("New Triangle")
for name, seats in stlague.result.items():
    print(name, seats)

"""
Circula 23
Squaryland 10
Octiana 8
Rhombus Island 3
"""

stlague.add_score("Rhombus Island", 1623)
for name, seats in stlague.result.items():
    print(name, seats)

"""
Circula 22
Squaryland 9
Octiana 7
Rhombus Island 6
"""