ALL meanings of rotten borough
rot·ten bor·ough
R r - noun rotten borough (before the Reform Bill of 1832) any English borough that had very few voters yet was represented in Parliament. 1
- noun rotten borough an election district that has more representatives in a legislative body than the number of its constituents would normally call for. 1
- noun rotten borough (before the Reform Act of 1832) any of certain English parliamentary constituencies with only a very few electors 0
- noun rotten borough in England (before the Reform Act of 1832), a borough with only a few voters but with the right to send a representative to Parliament 0
- noun rotten borough any electoral district or political unit with greater representation than its population warrants 0