"relative majority" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: relative majorities [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} relative majority (plural relative majorities)
  1. (UK) A plurality (A number of votes which is greater than the number of votes gained by any others, but which is less than a majority.) Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-relative_majority-en-noun-pvcq3C31 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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