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We are the Populous party, and we win the most seats in every election circumstance, which is shown in the Excel Spreadsheet attached, under the d'Hondt, Sainte-Lague, Imperiali, and Modified Sainte-Lague election systems. Under each of these systems we could have gained votes and won another seat, and we could have given up some votes and not lost a seat. Those numbers are as follows:

D'Hondt: 1,802 more votes could have won us one more seat.

We would have taken it from the Socialists.

We could have given up 27,101 votes and not lost a seat.

Had we given those up the Socialists would have taken it.

Sainte-Lague: 4,526 more votes could have won us one more seat.

We would have taken it from the Socialists.

We could have given up 10,025 votes and not lost a seat.

Had we given those up the Socialists would have taken it.

Imperiali: 10,618 more votes could have won us one more seat.

We would have taken it from the Socialists.

We could have given up 8,952 votes and not lost a seat.

Had we given those up the Socialists would have taken it.

Modified

Sainte-Lague: 4,526 more votes could have won us one more seat.

We would have taken it from the Socialists.

We could have given up 15,375 votes and not lost a seat.

Had we given those up the Socialists

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