The Official Election Count Process

A deterministic 3-stage allocation manual for Returning Officers, counting agents, and electoral administrators.

• Determine Integer Entitlements: Each registered party list is awarded seats equal to the whole integer quotient of quotas met (Party Votes ÷ Quota, rounded down).
• Independent Single-Seat Cap: Any independent candidate polling ≥ 1.0 full quota is awarded exactly 1 seat (human representation limit).
• Establish the Cascade Pool: The remaining unallocated chamber seats (Total Chamber Seats − Seats Allocated in Stage 1) form the active Cascade Pool (R).
• Log Decimal Remainders: For every party receiving seats, their unused fractional quotient (e.g. 0.42) is certified and held in reserve for Stage Three fail-safe resolution.

Awards surplus chamber seats directly to the highest-polling democratic campaigns that fell just short of a full Stage 1 quota.

• Rank Unseated Entrants: Compile a single list of all registered parties and independent candidates who won zero seats in Stage One, ordered strictly by descending total raw votes.
• Sequential Seat Award: Award seats from the Cascade Pool one-by-one down this ranked list (strictly 1 seat per qualifying entrant).
• Termination Condition: Stage Two concludes the moment the Cascade Pool is exhausted (R = 0) or all unseated entrants have received a seat.

• Rank Stage One Entrants by Remainder: Retrieve the certified decimal remainders recorded during Stage One for all qualified parties, sorted in strictly descending order (e.g. 0.48 > 0.35 > 0.22).
• Sequential Final Allocation: Award the remaining surplus seats one-by-one to parties with the largest unused decimal remainders.
• Final Verification: The count terminates with 100% mathematical certainty, filling the chamber to its exact statutory seat capacity (S).

Review the formal mathematical definitions and legislative drafting clauses.