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In Mexico, members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected to fixed-terms of _____ with a _____ limit.
Appointments for the United Kingdom's House of Lords are approved by the ____ with recommendations made by the _____ and an independent commission.
Mexico has had ____different parties win national governing power since 2000.
Guardian Council ______ reform-minded candidates or those who do not support Islamic values from the ballot, which limits the number of candidates and reduces electoral competition and representation.
Majoritarian rules in ___,___ and ____ provide the winners with a national mandate.
In Russia, members of the Duma are elected regularly on fixed terms of every _____ from presidential elections. Prior to 2008, the term length for members of the Duma was four years.
Mexico's Senators are elected to fixed-terms of _____ and have a two-term limit of six years each. Term limits for both of these offices were increased from a strict _____
The appointment process for positions in Russia's Federation Council is done by __________ The creation of nine federal districts (with the annexation of Crimea) has reasserted federal power under the Russian president by allowing him to appoint presidential envoys to the districts, and allowing regional legislatures to forgo elections and appoint a governor from a list of candidates approved by the president.* - But Russia has allowed for the direct election of some governors since 2012. Most governors are now directly elected with some governors indirectly elected by regional legislatures.
bicameral legislature consists of the Chamber of Deputies and Senate
Iran's Majles members are _______ which sometimes requires_____of voting; candidates are vetted by ________, and the legislative body lacks formal political party structures; a small number of the _____ seats in the Majles are reserved for non-Muslim minorities, such as Christians, Jews, and Zoroastrians.
Members of the Nigerian House of Representatives are directly elected in _________ with representatives from each of Nigeria's states; the number of representatives elected from each state is based on population size, whereas the Senate has ____ members directly elected from ____ districts in each of Nigeria's ____ states; two major parties have alternated control of the National Assembly.
The CCP allows ____ other parties to operate in China, but this creates a façade of a multiparty system. No other party but the CCP is allowed to have governing power.
Mexico's Congress of the Union has ____ chambers: the Chamber of Deputies, which has ____ members directly elected in________ and an additional _____ members elected by a proportional representation, party-list system conducted in five districts of 40 members each; and the Chamber of Senators, which has ____members elected in three-seat constituencies that guarantee ____ senators for the winning party and ____ senator for the 2nd place party and ___ by ______ conducted at the national level; gender quotas in the party list system have helped increase female representation in the legislature.
Which country has the head of state kinda of became the head of government in violation of the constitution
The country where the head of government rises out of the legislature by vote of parliament