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overhang seat

overhang seat noun: 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.

Noun

overhang seat (plural overhang seats)

  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.

Forms of overhang seat

pluraloverhang seats

Questions about overhang seat

What does overhang seat mean?
Overhang seat means 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.
What part of speech is overhang seat?
Overhang seat is a noun.
What is the plural of overhang seat?
The plural of overhang seat is overhang seats.

Words near overhang seat in the dictionary

  1. overhandled
  2. overhandles
  3. overhandling
  4. overhands
  5. overhang
  6. overhang seat
  7. overhanged
  8. overhanger
  9. overhangers
  10. overhanging
  11. overhangings

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