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Political science

a measure of how far parties' seat shares depart from their vote shares, computed as the square root of half the summed squared differences.

In political science, Gallagher index refers to a measure of how far parties' seat shares depart from their vote shares, computed as the square root of half the summed squared differences. This meaning comes from Gallagher (1991) in Electoral Studies.[1]

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References

Gallagher, M. (1991). Proportionality, disproportionality and electoral systems. Electoral Studies, 10(1), 33-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/0261-3794(91)90004-c

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