overhang seat in Swedish

overhang seat in Swedish is öerhängsmandat.

overhang seat in Swedish

öerhängsmandat

noun

(politics) 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.

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