A parliament in which no political party has enough seats to secure an overall majority.
the election of February 1974 produced a hung parliament
Example sentencesExamples
- Only last month he mischievously hinted at a possible future pact with Labour if there's a hung parliament in 2015.
- He had been considering his future for some months following a bruising three years in a hung parliament.
- He said Australians would emphatically reject a hung Parliament at the next poll.
- Heaven spare us another hung parliament.
- He blamed a hung parliament for his inability to secure a Commons majority on his proposals.
- The party boss said a surge in the polls could secure enough MPs to hold the balance of power in another hung parliament
- Italy is facing political paralysis as near-complete election results raise the possibility of no clear winner and a hung parliament.
- Both Labor and the Liberals have ruled out making deals with the Greens in the event of a hung parliament.
- The most favoured outcome is another hung parliament.