Party and Electoral Systems Glossary

Process of screening who is permitted to run for elected office.

The space of voluntary organizations between government and family.

Exchange of goods or favors for political support.

Government formed by multiple parties when no single party wins a majority.

Multiple parties compete but one consistently wins due to structural advantages.

Holding elections while manipulating them to ensure regime continuity.

Electoral system where the candidate with the most votes wins each constituency.

Government-organized NGO simulating civil society under state control.

Organization seeking to influence policy without seeking office.

Combines FPTP single-member districts with proportional representation.

Multiple parties compete genuinely with realistic alternation of power.

Degree to which party members vote according to party leadership direction.

Distribution of government resources to political supporters.

Competing groups within a single party pursuing different policy agendas.

Seats allocated based on each party share of total votes.

Only one party is legally permitted to hold power.