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Considering the 2020 Puerto Rico Legislative results I wanted to see what a Unicameral Legislature using D'Hondt method to calculate the number of seats each party would get in the Senatorial districts (if they each got five seats) & At-large(Por Acumulacíon).
The results were a bit surprising to me. Comparing it to the actual results in each chamber, the two major parties, end up with a better result than they got in the senate but the PPD received a worse one than in the House since they do not have a majority.
However, Minor parties do make gains as the MVC and PIP gain 4 and 1 seats in the districts, with the MVC losing one in the At-Large, the PD however stays static and(Since I used the senate votes) the Independent in the senate looses his seat. So a mixed bag for the minor parties
In short this method while it produced a fairer result was still not fully representatives of the will of the Puerto Rican people(especially since the PNP ended up wining the PV from the data set I used)
*Note: The Data Set being used is the District Senate vote for each of the Districts and the Por Acumulación votes, both data being used to distribute seats proportionally utilizing D'Hont's Method, each set of votes was calculated Separately.
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