Analysis and Comparison of the Greek Parliamentary Electoral Systems of the Period 1974-1999


 

 

        Kalogirou Aikaterini
        Supervisor: I. Panaretos
 

        CHAPTER 1
        INTRODUCTION

 

        CHAPTER 2

        ELECTORAL SYSTEMS

        2.1 Majoritarian Formulas
        2.2 Proportional Representation Systems
        2.3 Intermediate Categories

 

        CHAPTER 3        
        GREEK ELECTORAL SYSTEMS APPLIED IN THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS AFTER THE HUNTE (1974-1999)

        3.1 General Description

        3.2 Description of the Electoral Systems

           3.2.1 1974 Electoral Formula

           3.2.2 1977 and 1981 Electoral Formula

           3.2.3 1985 Electoral Formula

           3.2.4 1989 Electoral Formula

           3.2.5 1993 and 1996 Electoral Formula

           3.2.6 Comments on the Systems

        3.3 Electoral Formula's Algorithms

           3.3.1 Notation

           3.3.2 1974 Algorithm

           3.3.3 1977 and 1981 Algorithm

           3.3.4 1985 Algorithm

           3.3.5 1989 Algorithm

           3.3.6 1993 and 1996 Algorithm

        CHAPTER 4
        MODELING VOTER PREFERENCES

        4.1 Impartial Culture - Uniform Assamption

        4.2 Application of the Impartial Culture

        4.3 Normal Assumption

           4.3.1 Application of the Normal Assumption

        4.4 Spatial Model

        4.5 The Proposed Data Generation Method

       

        CHAPTER 5
        MEASURES OF DISPROPORTIONALITY

        5.1 Rae's Index

        5.2 Loosemore - Hanby's Index

        5.3 Least Square Index

        5.4 Adjusted Loosemore - Hanby (Grofman's Index)

        5.5 Lijphart Index

        5.6 Saint - Lague Index

        5.7 D'Hont Index

        5.8 Regression Index

       

        CHAPTER 6
        APPLICATION

        6.1 Application with Real Dataset

        6.2 Application with Generated Data Sets

        6.3 Application with the Data of the 1999 Elections for the European Parliament

          

        CHAPTER 7
        CONCUSIONS

        REFERENCES