parliamentary seats
Elected representative spots
Parliamentary seats are positions held by elected members of a parliament or legislature.
The term refers both to the position itself and to the electoral district that elects a representative: The party won 45 parliamentary seats in the election.
Winning seats determines which party or coalition forms the government.
- constituencyElectoral district's voters
- policymakingCreating official guidelines
- bicameral legislatureLawmaking body with two houses
- proportional representationSeats allocated by vote share
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
first-past-the-post · legislative debate · minority party · vote of confidence · party whip · crossing the floor · electoral district · safe seat · swing seat · coalition government · voter turnout · general election · snap election · by-election · gerrymandering · ranked-choice voting · executive oversight · representative democracy
- noble privilegespeerage, titles, lordship, fiefdom, manorial rights
- Political PartiesRepublican Party, Democratic Party, Labour Party, Conservative Party, Green Party
parliamentary seatsexecutive offices
Senior management workspaces
cabinet positions · governorships · presidential appointments · judicial appointments · secretaryships
parliamentary seatsdisenfranchisement
Removal of voting rights
parliament, parliamentary, parliamentarian, parliamentarians, parliaments, seats, seated, seating, unseat