"minority government" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: minority governments [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Forms of government, Politics Synonyms: minority cabinet, minority parliament Translations (government backed by less than half of votes in parliament): 少數政府 (Chinese Cantonese), 少数政府 (siu² sou³ zing³ fu²) (Chinese Cantonese), 朝小野大 (ciu⁴ siu² je⁵ daai⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 少數政府 (Chinese Mandarin), 少数政府 (shǎoshù zhèngfǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 朝小野大 (cháoxiǎoyědà) (Chinese Mandarin), mindretalsregering [common-gender] (Danish), minderheidsregering [feminine] (Dutch), minderheidskabinet [neuter] (Dutch), vähemmistöhallitus (Finnish), Minderheitsregierung [feminine] (German)

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