The term refers to a group or category of parliamentary constituencies that a political party has identified as potential gains in an election, and is focusing its campaign efforts on winning those specific seats. Full definition
There will also be lots of candidates in target seats who fear the loss of their agent, area campaign manager or administrative staff. (conservativehome.blogs.com)
However, there is not yet a new list of target seats for the next general election. (conservativehome.blogs.com)
The parties have been developing sophisticated target seats campaigns to allocate resources accordingly. (conservativehome.blogs.com)