"election threshold" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: election thresholds [plural]
Etymology: election + threshold Etymology templates: {{compound|en|election|threshold}} election + threshold Head templates: {{en-noun}} election threshold (plural election thresholds)
  1. A minimum percentage of votes that a party needs to receive in order to obtain a parliamentary seat. Translations (minimum percentage of votes that a party needs to receive in order to obtain a parliamentary seat): spærregrænse [common-gender] (Danish), kiesdrempel [masculine] (Dutch), sperregrense [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), riksdagsspärr [common-gender] (Swedish), spärrgräns [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-election_threshold-en-noun-MVvlJBvL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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