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Two variables define how votes in elections become deputies in Congress: the constituency and the method of distributing seats. In Spain, voting is done on closed lists that are drawn up by province and seats are assigned using the D'Hont method. If we modify any of these two variables, the electoral results change considerably. We analyze the results of the 2019 General Elections applying autonomous and single constituency and with the Sainte-Laguë distribution method. Discover more stories on Business Insider Spain . The electoral system in Spain is often a source of controversy .
Its critics claim that it favors the two main parties or nationalist formations and that the votes of the provinces with smaller populations are overrepresented, which has generated reform proposals from Podemos and Ciudadanos , among others. To modify the electoral system, it would be necessary to change two of its variables: the SW Business Directory constituency , which is currently the province, but one could choose to use the autonomies or the entire state as a reference space; and the seat distribution system, known as the D'Hont method , which could give way to other more proportional systems such as Sainte-Laguë.

These 19 seats have been decided by less than 5,000 votes: winners and losers of the closest battles Applying any of these changes, the distribution of deputies in Congress varies considerably . Through a single constituency throughout the country but maintaining the D'Hont method, the nationalist parties would lose a large part of their deputies; On the other hand, if the provincial distribution is maintained but the Saint-Laguë method is used, the two-party system loses power. We analyze what the Congress of Deputies would look like if we modify the type of electoral district and if we apply another method of distributing seats .
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