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overhang seat en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A legislative seat distribution, used to guarantee that a party gets their fair share of seats, when a party is entitled to fewer seats as a result of party votes than it has won constituencies. Additional seats granted to that party would be overhang seats.

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overhang seats Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

underhang seat

Translations (4)

sv öerhängsmandat (Legislative seat distribution principle in certain countries) · nl overhangmandaat (Legislative seat distribution principle in certain countries) · de Überhangmandat (Legislative seat distribution principle in certain countries) · nb overskuddsmandat (Legislative seat distribution principle in certain countries)