leveling seat

English

Noun

leveling seat (uncountable)

1. 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