minority government

English

Noun

minority government (plural minority governments)

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

Synonyms

• minority cabinet
• minority parliament

Antonyms

• majority government

Translations

government backed by less than half of votes in parliament

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 少數政府 / 少数政府 (siu² sou³ zing³ fu²), 朝小野大 (ciu⁴ siu² je⁵ daai⁶)

  Mandarin: 少數政府 / 少数政府 (shǎoshù zhèngfǔ), 朝小野大 (cháoxiǎoyědà)

• Danish: mindretalsregering (da) c
• Dutch: minderheidsregering (nl) f, minderheidskabinet (nl) n
• Finnish: vähemmistöhallitus (fi)
• German: Minderheitsregierung (de) f

See also

• minority government on Wikipedia.Wikipedia