English Explanatory Dictionary

minority council

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a civic governing coalition whereby the Mayor's political allies in city council hold a minority of the seats; a form of minority government . As a Mayor may be directly elected, the allied councillors need not hold a plurality of the seats, the opposition alliance on council may contain a majority of the seats on council.

Word forms

minority council minority councils

Antonyms

majority council

Related words

majority council city council councillor
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