I don't get why you are modded down. Mathematically, the article is a piece of junk (which doesn't mean the elections were fair -- I don't think there's anyone

I don't get why you are modded down. Mathematically, the article is a piece of junk (which doesn't mean the elections were fair -- I don't think there's anyone in the democratic parts of Earth who thinks they were fair). You are of course right, why choose exactly those two metrics? Also, the two metrics are probably not independent, so taking their product is bogus. The article was written by a 'PhD candidate' in political sciences. I think he should get his degree. He learned how to convincingly misuse statistics.