majoritySeats

P20469
predicate

Indicates that one party or group holds more than half of the available seats in a governing or decision-making body.

All labels observed (15)

Label Occurrences
majoritySeats canonical 31
hasMajorityParty 19
hasPoliticalMajority 11

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: majoritySeats
Generated description
Indicates that one party or group holds more than half of the available seats in a governing or decision-making body.

Sample triples (80)

Subject Object
1945 United Kingdom general election 321 ⓘ
Johnson administration Democratic Party supermajority (89th Congress) via predicate surface "majorityInCongress" ⓘ
Georgia House of Representatives Republican Party via predicate surface "hasMajorityParty" ⓘ
88th United States Congress Democratic Party via predicate surface "majorityPartyInSenate" ⓘ
Oregon State Senate Democratic Party of Oregon via predicate surface "hasMajorityParty" ⓘ
63rd United States Congress Democratic Party (United States) via predicate surface "partyMajorityInSenate" ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party
October 1974 United Kingdom general election 318 ⓘ
89th United States Congress Democratic Party (United States) via predicate surface "partyMajorityInSenate" ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party
2005 United Kingdom general election 66 via predicate surface "overallMajoritySeats" ⓘ
German federal election, July 1932 305 ⓘ
Mississippi House of Representatives Republican Party (as of 2024) via predicate surface "hasMajorityParty" ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
United Kingdom general election, 1979 318 ⓘ
United Kingdom general election, 1970 316 ⓘ
Second Balkenende cabinet no via predicate surface "coalitionMajorityInUpperHouse" ⓘ
United Kingdom general election, October 1924 308 ⓘ
1935 United Kingdom general election 308 ⓘ
1950 United Kingdom general election 5 via predicate surface "overallMajorityForGovernment" ⓘ
January 1910 United Kingdom general election 336 ⓘ
Washington House of Representatives varies by election via predicate surface "hasMajorityParty" ⓘ
December 1910 United Kingdom general election 336 ⓘ
1983 United Kingdom general election 326 ⓘ
United Kingdom general election, 1929 308 ⓘ
Richmond (Yorks) Conservative Party via predicate surface "hasMajorityParty" ⓘ
3rd United States Congress Pro-Administration Party via predicate surface "partyMajorityInSenate" ⓘ
2011 Canadian federal election 155 ⓘ
Ohio Senate Republican Party via predicate surface "hasMajorityParty" ⓘ
Birmingham Ladywood Labour Party via predicate surface "hasMajorityParty" ⓘ
linked to: Labour Party (UK)
1921 Northern Ireland general election Ulster Unionist Party via predicate surface "hasMajorityParty" ⓘ
Drakenstein Municipality Democratic Alliance via predicate surface "hasMajorityParty" ⓘ
Maidenhead (UK Parliament constituency) Conservative Party (UK) via predicate surface "hasMajorityParty" ⓘ
2001 United Kingdom general election 167 via predicate surface "overallMajorityOfWinningParty" ⓘ
Bootle (UK Parliament constituency) Labour Party (UK) via predicate surface "hasMajorityParty" ⓘ
1997 United Kingdom general election 330 ⓘ
UK Parliament 1983–1987 Conservative majority via predicate surface "majorityPartySeats" ⓘ
Tottenham (UK Parliament constituency) Labour Party (UK) via predicate surface "hasMajorityParty" ⓘ
Ninove Open VLD via predicate surface "hasPoliticalMajority" ⓘ
Ninove CD&V via predicate surface "hasPoliticalMajority" ⓘ
Ninove Vooruit via predicate surface "hasPoliticalMajority" ⓘ
1931 United Kingdom general election 308 ⓘ
1918 United Kingdom general election 354 ⓘ
Greek legislative election, 2009 151 ⓘ
Greek legislative election, 1985 151 ⓘ
Greek legislative election, 1996 151 ⓘ
Aam Aadmi Party
linked to: Common Man Party
2015 via predicate surface "formedMajorityGovernmentInDelhi" ⓘ
Marche-en-Famenne MR via predicate surface "hasMunicipalCouncilMajority" ⓘ
Utah State Legislature Republican Party (typically) via predicate surface "hasMajorityParty" ⓘ
56th United States Congress Republican Party via predicate surface "majorityPartyInSenate" ⓘ
55th United States Congress Republican Party (United States) via predicate surface "majorityPartyInSenate" ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
1974 Japanese general election 256 ⓘ
1964 United Kingdom general election 316 ⓘ