Political Institutions

5. a person who applies for a job or other position or is nominated for election.
8. the number of people attending or taking part in an event, especially the number of people voting in an election.
10. interchange the positions of (members of a team, especially government ministers).
11. form of government with a monarch at the head.
13. the elected head of a republic.
14. to formally express a choice, preference, or opinion such as in an election, meeting, or referendum, by casting a ballot, raising a hand, or speaking.

1. the section of a political party or system that advocates free enterprise and private ownership, and typically favours socially traditional ideas; the conservative group or section.
2. a sealed box into which voters put completed ballot papers.
3. ornamented staff carried by rulers on ceremonial occasions as a symbol of sovereignty.
4. the system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.
6. a formal address or discourse delivered to an audience.
7. a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained control by force.
9. the section of a political party or system that advocates greater social and economic equality, and typically favours socially liberal ideas; the socialist or progressive group or section.
12. a country, state, or territory ruled by a king or queen.