惜せき敗はい率りつ

noun

narrow-loss ratio; margin-of-loss ratio

Technical term in Japanese electoral politics: the ratio of a losing candidate's vote count to the winner's vote count in a single-seat district, used to rank candidates for proportional representation seats when ties occur.

• 比ひ例れい代だい表ひょうの復ふっ活かつ当とう選せんは惜せき敗はい率りつの高たかい順じゅんに決きまる。

  Proportional representation revival seats are decided in descending order of the narrow-loss ratio.

• 彼かれは小しょう選せん挙きょ区くで負まけたが、惜せき敗はい率りつが高たかかったため比ひ例れいで当とう選せんした。

  He lost in the single-seat district, but because his narrow-loss ratio was high, he won a proportional seat.