English Dictionary

Definition of “hung parliament”

hung parliament (hʌŋ ˈpɑːləmənt)

A hung parliament and a coalition government is the likely outcome.

India Today (1996)

For starters, it makes the already strong likelihood of a hung parliament even likelier.

The Australian (2004)

If he were writing in the 1990s he could have added that a hung parliament was also a friend of commissions of inquiry.

Misc (1995)

In Scotland the voting system will almost certainly deliver a hung parliament next summer in which parties will be forced to work together.

Independent (1998)

In a hung parliament there is no way that the individual parties can deliver their manifestos.

Redwood, John The Global Marketplace

Pakistan -an ally against Afghanistan -has just lurched dangerously close to a hung parliament with Islamic parties calling the shots.

Sun, News of the World (2002)

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