hung parliament

Etymology
From the fact that the work of such a parliament is often suspended because no majority of the Members of Parliament can be obtained to enact legislation or to pass resolutions.

Pronunciation




Noun

 * 1)  A parliament in which no single political party has an outright majority.

Usage notes
This term is chiefly used in two-party systems, or in systems where there are two major political parties. In a multiparty system it is unusual that a single party would obtain a majority of the seats in the legislature.

Translations

 * Arabic: برلمان معلق
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 懸浮議會, 懸峙議會
 * Finnish: enemmistötön parlamentti, hung-parlamentti
 * French: parlement minoritaire
 * Galician: parlamento sen maioría absoluta
 * German: no native term exists; the English term may be used in political science
 * Hindi: त्रिशंकु सभा
 * Indonesian: parlemen gantung
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 헝 의회
 * Malay: parlimen tergantung
 * Norwegian: vippeparlament
 * Portuguese: parlamento suspenso
 * Scottish Gaelic: pàrlamaid chrochte, pàrlamaid gun mhòr-chuid
 * Serbo-Croatian: blokirani parlament
 * Spanish: parlamento colgado
 * Swedish: hängt parlament
 * Thai: สภาแขวน, สภาชะงักงัน
 * Turkish: asılı parlamento