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Definition overall majority in British English

overall majority noun

[countable]noun
1

more votes won in an election than all the other political parties added together

Example

No single party enjoys an overall majority in the parliament.

2

the number of extra votes won by a political party that make it able to form a government

Example

The Tories had an overall majority of only three.

Definition overall majority in British English