English Dictionary

overhang seat

名詞

不可算名詞

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.

日本語の意味

政党が得票数に基づく議席配分で定められた議席数よりも、選挙区で勝利した議席数が多い場合、その差分として追加的に割り当てられる議席。 / 政党が本来受けるべき議席数を確保するために、選挙区での勝利により発生する余剰の議席。

The party was granted an overhang seat when it won a constituency that pushed it beyond its party-vote entitlement.

その党は選挙区での勝利により党の得票に基づく本来の議席数を超えてしまったため、超過議席が認められた。

意味（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.