English Explanatory Dictionary

overhang seat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

overhang seat overhang seats

Related words

underhang seat
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