Research Article
Application of a Theorem in Stochastic Models of Elections
(a) Election in Great Britain (1979). |
| Party | Vote share % | Seats | Seat share % |
| Conservative Party | 43.9 | 339 | 53.4 | Labor Party | 36.9 | 269 | 42.4 | Liberal Party | 13.8 | 1 | 1.7 | Scottish National Party | 1.6 | 2 | 0.6 | Plaid Cymru | 0.4 | 2 | 0.6 | Total | 96.6 | 623 | 98.7 |
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(b) Election in Northern Ireland. |
| Party | Vote share % | Seats | Seat share % |
| Alliance | 0.3 | 0 | — | Ulster Unionists | 0.8 | 5 | 0.7 | United/Indep Unionists | 0.1 | 2 | 0.3 | Social Dem and Labor | 0.4 | 1 | 0.15 | Independent Republican | 0.1 | 1 | 0.15 | Total | 1.7 | 9 | 1.3 |
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