confidence votes
Legislative approval counts
Confidence votes are votes taken in a parliamentary system to determine whether or not a majority of legislators believe that the present government or executive should continue in office.
Confidence votes are typically brought by the government or executive when they wish to test parliamentary support for a particular initiative.
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- trustConfidence in another
- governmentAuthority over a state
- hung parliamentNo single party majority
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
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- parliamentparliament, bills, debate, debates, legislation
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