少しょう数すう与よ党とう

noun

minority ruling party; minority government

Refers to a ruling party or coalition that holds fewer than half the seats in the legislature, often relying on cooperation with other parties to pass legislation.

• 少しょう数すう与よ党とうは法ほう案あんを通とおすために野や党とうの協きょう力りょくを得えなければならない。

  A minority ruling party must gain the cooperation of opposition parties to pass bills.

• 選せん挙きょの結けっ果か、少しょう数すう与よ党とうが誕たん生じょうした。

  As a result of the election, a minority government was formed.