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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Emperor to c/uk_politics
 

It's time to see if the polls are right.

Previously: the voting megathread

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[–] matt1126 8 points 4 months ago

According to that same Wikipedia link you shared:

sometimes called a "relative majority" in British English

Which has been simplified to just majority in the normal parlance in political coverage in the UK (see BBC, Sky News etc. in their coverage, they all use majority to mean relative majority when reporting on GE election results)