Noun
minority government (plural minority governments)
(politics) Government by a political party or a coalition that does not have a majority of seats or votes in parliament.
When there was bad behaviour – and Kevin consistently danced right out on that line of bad behaviour – I couldn't do that much to discipline him because the nature of minority government is kind of everybody's got their hand on the grenade and anybody could pull the pin. Julia Gillard
This Parliament is led by Scotland's first minority Government. That innovation was unintended - very un intended - but it is one which has breathed new life into our political debate. Alex Salmond
One of the really positive things about minority government is that there is the necessity to broker policy positions. What happens is you get a hybrid of what a single party might do. And I don't think that is a bad thing. Kathleen Wynne