minority council
English
Noun
minority council (plural minority councils)
- (politics) a civic governing coalition whereby the Mayor's political allies in city council hold a minority of the seats; a form of minority government . As a Mayor may be directly elected, the allied councillors need not hold a plurality of the seats, the opposition alliance on council may contain a majority of the seats on council.
Antonyms
- majority council
Related terms
- majority council
- city council
- councillor
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