Meanings
nounleveling seat (plural leveling seats)
plural leveling seats
- governmentSeats 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSeats 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.
Similar
adjustment seat
Translations
Danish tillægsmandat
- tillægsmandatseats that ensure a representation proportional to votes at the national level
Dutch ausgleichsmandat
- ausgleichsmandatseats that ensure a representation proportional to votes at the national level
German Ausgleichsmandat
- Ausgleichsmandatseats that ensure a representation proportional to votes at the national level
Icelandic jöfnunarsæti
- jöfnunarsætiseats that ensure a representation proportional to votes at the national level
Norwegian Bokmål utjevningsmandat
- utjevningsmandatseats that ensure a representation proportional to votes at the national level
Swedish utjämningsmandat
- utjämningsmandatseats that ensure a representation proportional to votes at the national level
Cite this entry
APA
leveling seat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leveling%20seat
MLA
“leveling seat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leveling%20seat. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “leveling seat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leveling%20seat.
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