"safe seat" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: safe seats [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} safe seat (plural safe seats)
  1. (chiefly British, Australia, New Zealand) A seat in a legislature that is traditionally held by one political party because of the make-up of the local electorate. Wikipedia link: safe seat Tags: Australia, British, New-Zealand Related terms: marginal seat, rotten borough, gerrymander Translations (seat held by one party): 穩得議席 (Chinese Mandarin), 稳得议席 (wěndé yìxí) (Chinese Mandarin), 穩得席位 (Chinese Mandarin), 稳得席位 (wěndé xíwèi) (Chinese Mandarin), 穩席 (Chinese Mandarin), 稳席 (wěnxí) (Chinese Mandarin), varma paikka (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-safe_seat-en-noun-ZEpoQCz5 Categories (other): Australian English, British English, English entries with incorrect language header, New Zealand English

Inflected forms

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