electoralThreshold

P14449
predicate

Indicates the minimum share of votes a party or candidate must receive to gain representation or seats in an election.

All labels observed (28)

Label Occurrences
electoralThreshold canonical 83
majorityThreshold 14
hasElectoralThreshold 9

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: electoralThreshold
Generated description
Indicates the minimum share of votes a party or candidate must receive to gain representation or seats in an election.

Sample triples (152)

Subject Object
Sejm 5% for parties
Sejm 8% for coalitions
House of Representatives of the Netherlands de facto 0.67 percent of the national vote
Second Chamber natural threshold (one 150th of valid votes)
2021 Canadian federal election 170 via predicate surface "majorityThreshold"
Iowa Democratic caucuses 2004 15 percent via predicate surface "viabilityThreshold"
Belgian party system low effective threshold
Belgian federal elections yes via predicate surface "usesElectoralThreshold"
Belgian federal elections 5 percent via predicate surface "electoralThresholdTypicalValue"
Knesset 3.25 percent (current threshold)
Riksdag 4 percent nationwide
Riksdag 12 percent in a constituency
Parliament of Catalonia 3% via predicate surface "hasElectoralThreshold"
National Council of the Slovak Republic 5 percent via predicate surface "minimumElectoralThreshold"
Saeima 5 percent via predicate surface "hasElectoralThreshold"
Seimas 5% via predicate surface "electoralThresholdPartyLists"
Norwegian party system 4 percent national threshold for leveling seats
Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia 5 percent via predicate surface "minimumElectoralThreshold"
Yabloko often fails to pass federal parliamentary threshold in State Duma elections via predicate surface "electoralThresholdIssue"
1987 United Kingdom general election 326 via predicate surface "majorityThreshold"
Riigikogu 5 percent
National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia 3%
November 2019 Spanish general election 3%
European Parliament elections in the Netherlands none (implicit threshold via D'Hondt method) via predicate surface "electoralThresholdFormal"
Dutch provincial elections no formal national threshold
2006 Palestinian legislative election 2% (for party lists)
1996 United States House of Representatives elections 218 via predicate surface "majorityThreshold"
Israeli legislative election, 1965 1% of valid votes
South African general elections no formal national threshold via predicate surface "usesElectoralThreshold"
FDP 5% in federal elections
Belgian federal politics 5 percent in many constituencies
Flemish Parliament elections 5%
European Parliament elections in Belgium effective threshold via D’Hondt method and district magnitude via predicate surface "hasElectoralThreshold"
2017 United Kingdom general election 326 via predicate surface "majorityThreshold"
November 2015 Turkish general election 10%
1993 Polish parliamentary election 5% via predicate surface "electoralThresholdForParties"
1993 Polish parliamentary election 8% via predicate surface "electoralThresholdForCoalitions"
2009 Israeli legislative election 2 percent
2006 Israeli legislative election 2% of the national vote
2013 Israeli legislative election 2%
Baseball Hall of Fame ballot 75 percent of ballots cast for election via predicate surface "hasMinimumVoteThreshold"
National Council
surface form: National Council of the Slovak Republic
5% for single parties
National Council
surface form: National Council of the Slovak Republic
7% for coalitions of two or three parties
National Council
surface form: National Council of the Slovak Republic
10% for coalitions of four or more parties
NR SR parliamentary threshold for parties and coalitions
Dutch national elections effective threshold of approximately 0.67 percent of the national vote
Fourth Knesset 1.5% via predicate surface "minimumElectoralThreshold"
Knesset elections 3.25 percent of valid votes
1st Knesset 1% of valid votes via predicate surface "minimumElectoralThreshold"
5th Knesset 1 percent via predicate surface "minimumElectoralThreshold"