minor-party
minor-party — noun
1. a political group that wins only a few votes at elections, so it almost never ha
a political group that wins only a few votes at elections, so it almost never has enough seats to run the country by itself.
The Greens ran as a minor party and won just two seats in parliament.
ran as a minor party — typical verb pattern
Several minor parties joined forces to push the housing bill through the senate.
plural subject: minor parties forming a bloc
Voters in the northern towns backed a minor party that promised cheaper trains.
As a minor party, the Pirates rarely get airtime on the main television debates.
The ruling coalition needed one minor party to reach a majority in the chamber.
- fringe party
stronger; suggests views far outside the mainstream
- third party
American English; any party outside the two dominant ones
- splinter party
specifically one that broke away from a larger party
- major party
large enough to win or share government
用法筆記
Often contrasted with 'major party'; the label is about electoral size and the inability to govern alone, not about how new or radical the group is.