rotten borough in English
noun
1
a borough that was able to elect a representative to Parliament though having very few voters, the choice of representative typically being in the hands of one person or family.
The city's convoluted electoral system is riddled with rotten boroughs , giving some corporate voters 4,000 times more punch than the votes of ordinary citizens.
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1. Yet what a rotten borough it has proven to be, run by a council riven with petty rivalries, infighting, backstabbing and Bickering.