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A minimum percentage of votes that a party needs to receive in order to obtain a parliamentary seat.

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election threshold

Source Word

election threshold

Noun

A minimum percentage of votes that a party needs to receive in order to obtain a parliamentary seat.

Japanese Meaning

議会の議席を獲得するために、政党が必要とされる最低限の得票率。 / 選挙において、政党が議席取得の条件としてクリアすべき最小の得票割合。

Several small parties failed to pass the election threshold, so they won no seats in parliament.

複数の小政党は議会で議席を得るために政党が獲得しなければならない最低得票率に達せず、議席を獲得できませんでした。

Sense（1）

A minimum percentage of votes that a party needs to receive in order to obtain a parliamentary seat.

election thresholds

（ plural ）