parliamentary majority

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meanings of parliamentaryand majority

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parliamentary
adjective
uk /ˌpɑː.lɪˈmen.tər.i/ us /ˌpɑːr.ləˈmen.t̬ɚ.i/
of or relating to ...
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majority
noun
uk /məˈdʒɒr.ə.ti/ us /məˈdʒɔː.rə.t̬i/
the larger number or part ...
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Examples of parliamentary majority

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The scope for executive leadership therefore depends almost exclusively on the extent to which a government can rely on the support of its parliamentarymajority.
Opinion polls in 1996 showed the left obtaining a parliamentarymajority despite scepticism regarding their ability to perform any better than the government on employment.
When, by contrast, the president does not control a parliamentarymajority, there are two possible scenarios.
But this was insufficient to generate a parliamentarymajority.
Under parliamentarism, every government must enjoy the support of a parliamentarymajority: the legislature can dismiss the government if it so wishes.
But why should non-partisan appointments to such critical offices be tolerated in regimes in which the cabinet is accountable to a partisan parliamentarymajority?
While the latter continue to enjoy a comfortable parliamentarymajority (over 130 out of the 200 members), their opponents now have a strong minority presence.
We therefore hypothesize that the prime minister's electoral prospects depend on whether her coalition currently controls a parliamentarymajority.
This increased the government's parliamentarymajority and escalated the transaction costs of pushing its projects through parliament.
Has the parliamentarymajority changed?
One is the absolute sovereignty of parliament, the other is the effect of the electoral system which transforms a relative electoral majority into an absolute parliamentarymajority.
To win the presidency or secure a parliamentarymajority, a candidate or party cannot afford to be boxed out of any region, let alone two of them.
Other things being equal, the chances of privatizing range from 32 per cent under a government with a parliamentarymajority to 8 per cent under a minority cabinet.
The more restrained the system of constitutional checks and balances the more easily could a left-wing parliamentarymajority transform the social and economic landscape of the country.
And, incidentally, it is reasonable, in a democratic system, that the head of the executive power be asked to respond to a parliamentarymajority.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
We realise that they are doing their duty backed by an overwhelming parliamentarymajority and a decision properly made in this country.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
The governing party would argue its corner on the strength of its electoral victory and its parliamentarymajority.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
It is possible to do that without a parliamentarymajority.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
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