parliamentary election
Voting for representatives
A parliamentary election is a vote to choose members of a parliament or legislature.
In parliamentary systems, the party or coalition winning the most seats typically forms the government, with its leader becoming prime minister: The Conservative Party won the parliamentary election by a narrow margin.
Distinguished from presidential elections, which choose a head of state directly.
- ballotVoting document
- voteFormal choice expression
- ballot boxContainer for cast votes
- polling stationElection day venue
- candidatePerson seeking selection
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Vote for head of state
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Armed seizure of government
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