法ほう定てい得とく票ひょう数すう

noun

minimum number of votes required to elect a candidate

A legal term used in Japanese election law. It refers to the threshold of votes a candidate must obtain to be elected, calculated based on the total valid votes and the number of seats.

• 法ほう定てい得とく票ひょう数すうに達たっしなかった候こう補ほ者しゃは落らく選せんとなります。

  Candidates who do not reach the minimum number of votes required to be elected will be defeated.

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