leveling seat

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Noun

leveling seat (plural leveling seats)

1. (politics) Seats of additional members elected to supplement the members directly elected by each constituency, for ensuring that each party's share of the total seats is roughly proportional to the parties' overall shares of votes at the national level.

Synonyms

• adjustment seat

Translations

seats that ensure a representation proportional to votes at the national level

Danish: tillægsmandat n Dutch: ausgleichsmandat n Georgian: გამათანაბრებელი მანდატი (gamatanabrebeli mandaṭi) German: Ausgleichsmandat (de) n Icelandic: jöfnunarsæti n Norwegian: Bokmål: utjevningsmandat n Swedish: utjämningsmandat n