parliamentary elections
Voting for legislators
Parliamentary elections are votes held to choose representatives for a parliament or legislative body.
Citizens elect members to represent their districts or constituencies: The party is expected to win a majority in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
In parliamentary systems, these elections determine which party or coalition forms the government, with the majority leader typically becoming prime minister.
- ballotVoting document
- ballot boxContainer for cast votes
- voter turnoutShare of eligible citizens voting
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
secret ballot · proportional representation · party list · coalition government · political campaign · first-past-the-post · public opinion poll · exit poll · prime minister · polling station · early voting · voter registration · swing voter · safe seat · absentee voting · opposition party · candidate nomination · campaign trail
- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
- governmentgovernment, ministries, legislature, judiciary, executive branch
- Modern EgyptGamal Abdel Nasser, Nasser, Suez Canal, Anwar Sadat, Mubarak
- Weimar politicscoalition governments, emergency powers, political instability, chancellorship, Hitler
- Asian ElectionsSharif, Marcos, Duterte
parliamentary electionsreferendum
Direct vote on legislation
plebiscite · direct democracy · ballot initiative · recall election · ballot measure
parliamentary electionsmilitary coup
Armed seizure of government
dictatorship · authoritarian rule · hereditary monarchy · one-party rule · martial law
parliament, parliamentary, parliamentarian, parliamentarians, parliaments, election, elections, elects, elected