minority government

English

Noun

minority government (plural minority governments)

(politics) Government by a political party or a coalition that does not have a majority of seats or votes in parliament.

Synonyms

minority cabinet
minority parliament

Antonyms

majority government

Translations

government backed by less than half of votes in parliament

Chinese:
Cantonese: 少數政府／少数政府 (siu² sou³ zing³ fu²), 朝小野大 (ciu⁴ siu² je⁵ daai⁶)

Mandarin: 少數政府／少数政府 (shǎoshù zhèngfǔ), 朝小野大 (cháoxiǎoyědà)
Danish: mindretalsregering (da) c
Dutch: minderheidsregering (nl) f, minderheidskabinet (nl) n
Finnish: vähemmistöhallitus (fi)
German: Minderheitsregierung (de) f

See also

minority government on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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