British general election, 1741とは 意味・読み方・使い方

The British general election, 1741 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election saw support for the government increase in the quasi-democratic constituencies which were decided by popular vote, but the Whigs lost control of a number of rotten and pocket boroughs, partly as a result of the influence of the Prince of Wales, and were consequently re-elected with the barest of majorities, Walpole's supporters only narrowly outnumbering his opponents; the Patriot Whigs also became at times a more effective opposition than the Tories.