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Government by a political party or a coalition that does not have a majority of seats or votes in parliament.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, politics
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Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Cantonese:
少數政府 /少数政府
(siu2 sou3 zing3 fu2)
— government backed by less than half of votes in parliament
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Chinese Cantonese:
朝小野大
(ciu4 siu2 je5 daai6)
— government backed by less than half of votes in parliament
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Chinese Mandarin:
少數政府 /少数政府
(shǎoshù zhèngfǔ)
— government backed by less than half of votes in parliament
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Chinese Mandarin:
朝小野大
(cháoxiǎoyědà)
— government backed by less than half of votes in parliament
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Danish:
mindretalsregering
— government backed by less than half of votes in parliament
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Dutch:
minderheidsregering
— government backed by less than half of votes in parliament
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Dutch:
minderheidskabinet
— government backed by less than half of votes in parliament
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Finnish:
vähemmistöhallitus
— government backed by less than half of votes in parliament
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French:
gouvernement minoritaire
— government backed by less than half of votes in parliament
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Georgian:
უმცირესობის მთავრობა
(umciresobis mtavroba)
— government backed by less than half of votes in parliament
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German:
Minderheitsregierung
— government backed by less than half of votes in parliament
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Thai:
รัฐบาลเสียงข้างน้อย
— government backed by less than half of votes in parliament
