minority council

minority council
a civic governing coalition whereby the Mayors political allies in city council hold a minority of the seats; a form of minority government . As a Mayor may be directly elected, the allied councillors need not hold a plurality of the seats, the opposition alliance on council may contain a majority of the seats on council.
Ant: majority council
See Also: majority council, city council, councillor

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