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== Usage by country ==
The D'Hondt method is used to elect the legislatures in [[Åland]], [[Albania]], [[Angola]], [[Argentina]], [[Armenia]], [[Aruba]], [[Austria]], [[Belgium]], [[Bolivia]], [[Brazil]], [[Burundi]], [[Cambodia]], [[Cape Verde]], [[Chile]], [[Colombia]], [[Croatia]], the [[Dominican Republic]], [[East Timor]], [[Estonia]], [[Fiji]], [[Finland]], [[Greenland]], [[Guatemala]], [[Hungary]] (in a [[Electoral system of Hungary|mixed system]]), [[Iceland]], [[Israel]], [[Italy]] (in a [[Mixed electoral system|mixed system]]), [[Japan]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Moldova]], [[Monaco]], [[Montenegro]], [[Mozambique]], [[Netherlands]], [[Nicaragua]], [[North Macedonia]], [[Paraguay]], [[Peru]], [[Poland]], [[Portugal]], [[Romania]], [[San Marino]], [[Serbia]], [[Slovenia]], [[Spain]], [[Switzerland]], [[Turkey]], [[Uruguay]] and [[Venezuela]].
In [[Denmark]] the D'Hondt method is used to elect part of the seats in the [[Folketing]] and the disproportionality of the D'Hondt method is corrected with leveling seats with [[Sainte-Laguë method]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Danish Parliamentary Election Law|url=https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2020/1260}}</ref>{{Additional citation needed|date=December 2023}} The D'Hondt system is used for the "top-up" seats in the [[Scottish Parliament]], the [[Senedd (Welsh Parliament)]] and the [[London Assembly]]; in some countries for elections to the [[European Parliament]]; and was used during the [[1997 constitution of Thailand|1997 constitution]] era to allocate party-list parliamentary seats in [[Thailand]].<ref>Aurel Croissant and Daniel J. Pojar, Jr., "[https://web.archive.org/web/20060309010621/http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/si/2005/Jun/croissantJun05.asp Quo Vadis Thailand? Thai Politics after the 2005 Parliamentary Election]" {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090419131607/http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/si/2005/Jun/croissantJun05.asp |date=April 19, 2009 }}, ''Strategic Insights'', Volume IV, Issue 6 (June 2005)</ref> The system is also used in practice for the allocation between political groups of numerous posts (vice presidents, committee chairmen and vice-chairmen, delegation chairmen and vice-chairmen) in the [[European Parliament]] and for the allocation of ministers in the [[Northern Ireland Assembly]].<ref>{{cite web |title = D'Hondt system for picking NI ministers in Stormont |work = BBC News |date = 11 May 2011 |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-politics-13359731 |access-date = 7 July 2013}}</ref> It is also used to calculate the results in German and Austrian [[works council]] elections.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Betriebsräten|first=ifb-Institut zur Fortbildung von|title=D'Hondtsches Höchstzahlenverfahren|url=https://www.betriebsrat.de/portal/betriebsratslexikon/D/dhondtsches-hoechstzahlenverfahren.html|access-date=2022-01-28|website=D'Hondtsches Höchstzahlenverfahren}}</ref>
 
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