no confidence vote
Legislative trust withdrawal
A no confidence vote is a formal parliamentary procedure in which legislators vote on whether the current government or leader retains sufficient support to continue governing.
If the motion passes, the leader or cabinet typically must resign or call new elections.
Also called a vote of no confidence: The prime minister lost the no confidence vote and announced her resignation.
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- hung parliamentNo single party majority
- motionChange in position
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
resignation · ousted · prime minister · leadership challenge · collapse · government · defeat · majority · Westminster · overthrow · cabinet · party whip · coalition · scandal · backbench · rebellion · topple · dissolution
- parliamentparliament, bills, votes, debate, debates
- Pakistani PoliticsNational Assembly, Prime Minister, federal government, provincial government, local government
- parliamentary votes
- reprimandsrebuke, reprimand, censure, admonition, scolding
- legislaturebill, senators, senator, state legislature, legislators
- coupscoup d'etat, overthrow, coup attempt, soft coup, failed coup
no confidence votevote of confidence
Formal expression of support
confidence vote · unanimous consent · acclamation · ratification
no confidence votemandate
Formal authoritative directive
electoral mandate · coronation · inauguration · swearing-in · investiture
confidence, vote, confident, confidently, confide, confided, confiding, confidant, confidante