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English: incumbent

Welsh: deiliad sedd

Part of speech

Noun, Masculine, Singular

Plural

deiliaid seddi

Definition

Un sy'n dal sedd etholiadol.

Context

It is well-established by the academic literature that incumbents have an advantage over non-incumbent candidates at elections, both in settings where first past the post systems are used and where proportional representation systems are used.