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Noun Concept
Categories: Electoral systems, Electoral restrictions
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election threshold  electoral threshold  5-percent-clause  parliamentary threshold  Presidential threshold
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The minimum share of the vote which a political party requires to secure any representation. Open English WordNet
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The minimum share of the vote which a political party requires to secure any representation. Open English WordNet
The electoral threshold, or election threshold, is the minimum share of all the votes cast that a candidate or political party requires to achieve before they become entitled to representation or additional seats in a legislature. Wikipedia
A concept in voting systems Wikipedia Disambiguation
A minimum percentage of votes that a party needs to receive in order to obtain a parliamentary seat. Wiktionary
Minimum percentage of votes that a party needs to receive in order to obtain a parliamentary seat. Wiktionary (translation)
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The Free Democratic Party got only 4.8% of the votes so did not meet the 5% election threshold and did not win any directly elected seats. Open English WordNet
IS A
minimum
HAS INSTANCE
Five percent rule
HE
אחוז החסימה
FACET OF
proportional representation
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5-percent-clause, election threshold, parliamentary threshold, Presidential threshold, vote threshold, Voting margin, voting threshold

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