Overhang seat
Electoral concept in which a party receives "additional" seats due to quirks of the electoral system / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Overhang seats are constituency seats won in an election under the traditional mixed-member proportional (MMP) system (as it originated in Germany), when a party's share of the nationwide votes would entitle it to fewer seats than the number of individual constituencies won. The electoral reform in Germany removed the overhang seats, and replaced with Zweitstimmendeckung ("second vote coverage").[1]
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