overall majority - Definition from the VOTING topic - POLITICS

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overall majority
noun

overall majority [countable] British English

1PPV more votes than all the other political parties together:

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The Conservatives had a huge overall majority in the House of Commons.

2PPV the difference between the number of votes gained by the winning party and the total votes gained by all the other parties:

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an overall majority of 28

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abstain abstention adopt ballot ballot box by-election cloture constituency constituent deliver deposit deselect division doorstep elect election elective elector electoral electorate exit poll franchise general election lobby majority motion no plurality poll polling polling booth polling station pollster PR primary primary election proportional representation recount re-elect referendum resolution resolve return rig run run-off show of hands slate spoil sponsor(n) sponsor(v) stronghold suffrage teller vote vote of confidence voter ward write-in X yea yes

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