overhang seat

English

Noun

overhang seat (uncountable)

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.

Translations

Legislative seat distribution principle in certain countries

Dutch: overhangmandaat n
German: Überhangmandat (de) n
Norwegian:
Bokmål: overskuddsmandat n
Swedish: öerhängsmandat n

See also

underhang seat

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