overhang seat

Noun

 * 1) A legislative seat distribution, used to guarantee that a party gets their fair share of seats, when a party is entitled to fewer seats as a result of party votes than it has won constituencies. Additional seats granted to that party would be overhang seats.

Translations

 * Dutch: overhangmandaat
 * German:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: overskuddsmandat
 * Swedish: öerhängsmandat