United Kingdom
The dominant left-leaning political party in the U.K.
What is the Labour Party?
Russia's lower house of the legislative branch.
What is the State Duma?
Representation in this chamber is handled through a series of local and regional elections.
What is the National People's Congress of China?
Mexico's lower house of the legislative branch.
What is the Chamber of Deputies?
Type of political party system in Nigeria.
What is two-party?
Representation in this chamber is by direct election in single-member districts using first-past-the-post rules.
What is the House of Commons?
Presidential candidates in Russia must win this share of the vote.
What is absolute majority?
The single dominant party.
What is the Communist Party of China?
Representation in the Chamber of Deputies comes from election from these districts.
What are single-member and proportional representation?
Presidential candidates must win the most votes and 25% of at least this many states to win.
What is two-thirds?
This small, regionally focused party wins significant representation in Parliament, despite receiving a small portion of the vote nationally.
What is the Scottish National Party?
Number of candidates that can advance to the second round of voting if no candidate wins an absolute majority.
What is 2?
Method of election of members of NPC.
What is indirect?
These have helped increase female representation in the legislature.
What are gender quotas in party lists?
Since the winner of the presidency in Iran needs an absolute majority, they often claim to have this.
What is a national mandate?
Diminishes minor party representation.
What are single member districts?
The primary tool used to maintain one-party dominance.
What are election rules?
Allowing the existence of these provides broadened discussion and consultation. Provide the number for double points.
What are minor parties (8)?
Method of selecting the President.
This group excludes candidates from the ballot in Iran.
What is the Guardian Council?
Organization in the House of Commons is strictly along these lines.
Since winners of elections have clear majority victories, each is seemingly given this.
What is a national mandate/mandate to rule?
The Communist Party of China has controlled the military and the government since this year.
What is 1949?
This party was previously the dominant party in Mexico.
What is the PRI?
Half of the Guardian Council are selected this way.
What is selected by the Supreme Leader or nominated from judiciary?