safe seat

English

Noun

safe seat (plural safe seats)

1. (chiefly British, Australia, New Zealand) A seat in a legislature that is traditionally held by one political party because of the make-up of the local electorate.

Related terms

• marginal seat

Translations

seat held by one party

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 穩得議席／稳得议席 (wěndé yìxí), 穩得席位／稳得席位 (wěndé xíwèi), 穩席／稳席 (wěnxí)

• Finnish: varma paikka
• French: please add this translation if you can

See also

• rotten borough
• gerrymander