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The Hare quota is a formula used under some forms of proportional representation. In these voting systems the quota is the minimum number of votes required for a party or candidate to capture a seat. The Hare quota is the total number of votes divided by the number of seats this makes in the simplest quota.
The Hare quota can be used in the single transferable vote system and the largest remainder method and other quota rule compatible methods of party-list proportional representation. Both versions are named after the political scientist Thomas Hare, but the largest remainder method in which it is used is also sometimes called the Hare–Niemeyer method or the Hamilton method.
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