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▸ 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.
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▸ 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.
Similar:
overage,
election threshold,
overallotment,
overcall,
estovers,
holdback,
surplus,
quota,
residual power,
remainder,
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