minority government

English

Noun

minority government (plural minority governments)

(politics) Government by a political party or a coalition that does not have a majority of seats / votes in parliament

Synonyms

minority cabinet
minority parliament

Translations

government backed by less than half of votes in parliament

Danish: mindretalsregering (da) c
Dutch: minderheidsregering (nl) f, minderheidskabinet (nl) n

Finnish: vähemmistöhallitus
German: Minderheitsregierung (de) f

See also

minority government on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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