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Parliamentary democracy is the dominant form of government in the European Union, Oceania, and throughout the former British Empire, with other users scattered throughout Africa and Asia. A similar system, called a council–manager government, is used by many local governments in the United States.
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- Early Parliaments
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The English term is derived from Anglo-Norman and dates to the 14th century, coming from the 11th century Old French word parlement 'discussion, discourse', from parler, 'to talk'.The meaning evolved over time, originally referring to any discussion, conversation, or negotiation through various kinds of deliberative or judicial groups, often summon...
Since ancient times, when societies were tribal, there were councils or a headman whose decisions were assessed by village elders. This is called tribalism. Some scholars suggest that in ancient Mesopotamia there was a primitive democratic government where the kings were assessed by council. The same has been said about ancient India, where some fo...
The development of the modern concept of parliamentary government dates back to the Kingdom of Great Britain(1707–1800).
Many parliaments are part of a parliamentary system of government, in which the executive is constitutionally answerable to the parliament from the genetic moment of the birth of Government (Motion of confidence), to the final moment of his termination (Motion of no confidence), through all the commitments that can be added to the government contra...
Countries with more than a specific percentage of women in parliament as of 2017Greater than 10%Greater than 20%Greater than 30%Parliaments of the European Union
1. European Parliament 2. General Council of Andorra 3. Parliament of Austria (consisting of the National Council and the Federal Council) 4. Belgian Federal Parliament (consisting of the Chamber of Representatives and the Senate) 5. National Assembly of Bulgaria 6. Croatian Parliament 7. House of Representatives (Cyprus) 8. Parliament of the Czech Republic (consisting of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate) 9. Folketing (Denmark) 10. Riigikogu (Estonia) 11. Parliament of Finland(Eduskunta...
Others
1. Parliament of Albania 2. Parliament of Australia (consisting of the King, the House of Representatives, and the Senate) 2.1. The federal government of the Commonwealth of Australia has a bicameral parliament and each of Australia's six states has a bicameral parliament except for Queensland, which has a unicameral parliament. 3. Parliament of The Bahamas 4. Jatiya Sangsad (Bangladesh) 5. Parliament of Barbados 6. Parliament of Canada (consisting of the King, an Upper House styled the Senat...
Belgium
In the federal (bicameral) kingdom of Belgium, there is a curious asymmetrical constellation serving as directly elected legislatures for three "territorial" regions—Flanders (Dutch), Brussels (bilingual, certain peculiarities of competence, also the only region not comprising any of the 10 provinces) and Wallonia (French)—and three cultural communities—Flemish (Dutch, competent in Flanders and for the Dutch-speaking inhabitants of Brussels), Francophone (French, for Wallonia and for Francoph...
China
1. Legislative Council of Hong Kong 2. Legislative Assembly of Macau
Denmark
1. Inatsisartut 2. Løgting
Contemporary supranational parliaments
1. List is not exhaustive 1. Pan-African Parliament 2. Central American Parliament 3. Latin American Parliament 4. European Parliament
Equivalent national legislatures
1. Majlis, e.g. in Iran 2. in Indonesia: People's Consultative Assembly, consists of People's Representative Council (elected, legislative lower house) and Regional Representative Council(elected, legislative upper house with limited powers)
Defunct
1. Parliament of Southern Ireland(1921–1922) 2. People's Parliament(1940s) 3. Silesian Parliament(1922–1945) 4. Parliament of Northern Ireland(1921–1973) 5. Batasang Pambansâ(1978–1986) 6. National Assembly of the Republic of China(1913–2005)
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Parliament" . Encyclopædia Britannica(11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.Sep 12, 2024 · parliamentary system, democratic form of government in which the party (or a coalition of parties) with the greatest representation in the parliament (legislature) forms the government, its leader becoming prime minister or chancellor.
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States with parliamentary systems are in red (constitutional monarchies with a parliament) and orange (parliamentary republics with a non-royal head of state). States in green have the head of state and head of government in one office, filled by parliament's choice and elected separately.
3 days ago · Parliament, the original legislative assembly of England, Scotland, or Ireland and successively of Great Britain and the United Kingdom; legislatures in some countries that were once British colonies are also known as parliaments.
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Nov 5, 2021 · The Parliamentary System is the most popular model. In this system, a body of many representatives is elected by voters. This body might be called a House of Commons, a national assembly, a legislative assembly, a lower house, or any number of other names (for this discussion, we shall refer to it as a Legislature).
