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hung parliament

/ˌhʌŋ ˈpɑːləmənt/noun

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त्रिशंकु संसद

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noun
  1. 1

    [C]

    a parliament in which no political party has more than half of the seats, so that no party can form a government on its own

    त्रिशंकु संसद

    • The election produced a hung parliament, and parties began talks to form a coalition.
    • Opinion polls are predicting a hung parliament.
§Grammar and usage

Usage: when the same thing happens in a state legislature, Indian newspapers speak of a hung assembly.

Usage में जब यही स्थिति किसी राज्य की विधानसभा में होती है, तो भारतीय अख़बार इसे hung assembly (त्रिशंकु विधानसभा) कहते हैं।