[Excel] How to make a hemicycle plot

Hemicycle charts are useful to communicate how the results of elections translate into number of MEP. The hemicycle replicates the shape of many parliament chambers.

Hemicycle plots are useful to display results of general elections.

Design notes

• Label the slices directly
• Use political party colors
• Since you have to include a hidden hemicycle (the lower part) you can’t use percentages calculated by Excel. Get the labels from a range where those percentages are calculated.

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