overhang seat (English, noun)
expansion: overhang seat (plural overhang seats)
Senses:
topics: government
politics
glosses: 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.
Forms:
form: overhang seats
tags: plural