Ali Onur Gitmez

Ali Onur Gitmez

PhD Student at Sabanci University

Blog posts

2023

D’Hondt Election Simulator: A Powerful Tool for Electoral Analysis in R

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Today, I’m excited to introduce you to my first R package: the D’Hondt simulator. It is a a powerful new tool for political scientists, statisticians, and anyone interested in electoral systems. This user friendly package allows users to simulate elections using the D’Hondt method, a highest averages method for allocating seats in party-list proportional representation.

2023 Turkish Election Simulator

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In this blogpost I will talk about a software that I created using R Shiny. This software allows you to enter vote shares for parties that compete in 2023 Turkish General Elections for each electoral district. It then calculates the seat distribution using the D’Hondt method and creates a table for the seat distribution.