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+const employeeThreshholds = {
+  5: 0,
+  21: 1,
+  51: 3,
+  101: 5,
+  201: 7,
+  401: 9,
+  701: 11,
+  1001: 13,
+  1501: 15,
+  2001: 17,
+  2501: 19,
+  3001: 21,
+  3501: 23,
+  4001: 25,
+  4501: 27,
+  5001: 29,
+  6001: 31,
+  7001: 33,
+  9001: 35,
+};
+
+const actualCandidates = [
+ {
+    list: 'lista',
+    gender: 'man',
+    present: true,
+    position: 0
+ },
+ {
+    list: 'lista',
+    gender: 'man',
+    present: true,
+    position: 1
+ },
+  {
+    list: 'lista',
+    gender: 'man',
+    present: true,
+    position: 3
+ },
+ {
+   list: 'lista',
+   gender: 'man',
+   present: true,
+   position: 4
+},
+{
+  list: 'lista',
+  gender: 'man',
+  present: true,
+  position: 5
+},
+  {
+    list: 'listb',
+    gender: 'man',
+    present: true,
+    position: 0
+ },
+ {
+    list: 'listb',
+    gender: 'woman',
+    present: true,
+    position: 1
+ },
+ {
+    list: 'listb',
+    gender: 'non_binary',
+    present: true,
+    position: 2
+ },
+ {
+    list: 'listb',
+    gender: 'non_binary',
+    present: true,
+    position: 3
+ },
+ {
+    list: 'listc',
+    gender: 'non_binary',
+    present: true,
+    position: 0
+ }
+]
+
+
+// userInputs {
+//   employeeWorkforce || genderQuotaOnWorksCouncil,
+//   exampleVoterTally,
+//   genderOfCandidates
+// };
+
+const sumValues = obj => Object.values(obj).reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0);
+
+let employeeWorkforce = { men: 200, women: 58, non_binary: 0 };
+
+const exampleVoterTally = { lista: 210, listb: 120, listc: 38 };
+const output = { lista: 5, listb: 3, listc: 1 }
+
+
+function worksCouncil() {
+  let employees = sumValues(employeeWorkforce)
+  for (const limit in employeeThreshholds) {
+    if (employees < limit) {
+      return employeeThreshholds[limit];
+    }
+  }
+  // if the lookup table doesn't furnish a provided limit
+  return Math.ceil((employees - 9000) / 3000) * 2 + 35;
+}
+
+function dHondt (lists, seats){
+
+  let dHondt_arrs = []
+  for (let i = 0; i < seats; i++) {
+    for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(lists)) { dHondt_arrs.push([k, v / i]) }
+  }
+  return dHondt_arrs .sort((a, b) => b[1]-a[1]).slice(0, seats).reduce((obj, [k]) => {
+    if (!obj[k]) {
+    obj[k] = 0
+    }
+    obj[k] ++;
+    return obj
+    }, {})
+ }
+
+function minorityGender(employeeWorkforce) {
+  if (employeeWorkforce['men'] > employeeWorkforce['women']){
+    return 'women'
+  } else {
+    return 'men'
+  }
+}
+
+const listResults = dHondt(exampleVoterTally, worksCouncil())
+Object.entries(listResults).reduce((obj, [k, v]) => {
+  obj[k] = dHondt(employeeWorkforce, v)
+  return obj
+}, {})
+
+function idealGenderQuota(voterTally, worksCouncilSize){
+  const listResults = dHondt(voterTally, worksCouncilSize)
+  Object.entries(listResults).reduce((obj, [k, v]) => {
+    obj[k] = dHondt(employeeWorkforce, v)
+    return obj
+  }, {})
+}
+
+function actualSeatDistribution(){
+  minorityGender = minorityGender(employeeWorkforce);
+  // should iterate over idealGenderQuota (sorted by largest lists first)
+  actualCandidates
+}