From the same root thinking that gives us asinine.

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/the-law-is-an-ass.html

Haydn, you're not alone in wondering. Did Caster Semenya deliberately throw the 800 meters?

Can someone explain how Bill and Ben (and the Kiwi Party) get one seat?

1/120th is ~0.84% and they just broke the magic 0.5%. Even if the parties below them are redistributed evenly around the list they still wouldn't hit 0.8.

So what part of some algorithm am I missing or ignorant of?