overhang seat

English

Noun

overhang seat (uncountable)

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.

Translations

Legislative seat distribution principle in certain countries

• Dutch: overhangmandaat n
• German: Überhangmandat (de) n
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: overskuddsmandat n

• Swedish: öerhängsmandat n

See also

• underhang seat