相そう対たい多た数すう

noun

plurality; relative majority

Used in elections or voting contexts to describe a situation where a candidate or option receives more votes than any other, but not necessarily an absolute majority.

• この選せん挙きょでは、相そう対たい多た数すうで彼かれが当とう選せんした。

  In this election, he won by a plurality.

• 相そう対たい多た数すうの議ぎ席せきを獲かく得とくした政せい党とうが政せい権けんを握にぎる。

  The party that wins a relative majority of seats takes power.