On Tue, 09 Jun 2015 23:06:34 +0100, Nightjar "cpb"@ wrote:

I see your point, but I disagree that a party that got 12% vote
share is a "minority".

Is there any official definition of minority when it comes to
political parties?...

Generally, any party that has so little electoral support that it has
no realistic prospect of forming or being part of a government.

Ah. Thanks. UKIP supporters will be in denial about this.

ITYM greens or liberal democrats or SNP actually. All polled far less
than UKIP.

Not much use if that doesn't translate to seats in Parliament.

I don't think any of them would argue about being a "minority" party, tbh,
although there's a fair case that the SNP aren't - not with 50% of votes
cast, 35.5% of the electorate, and 95% of seats...