Across
- 5. control of an organization or group by majority of its members
- 6. a formal choice by vote of a person for a political office
- 9. in which partiea gain seats in proportion to the number of votes cast for them
- 11. a small group of people having control of a country or organization
- 13. voters in a specified area who elect a representative to a legislative body
- 14. absolute authority in any sphere
- 15. support for a republican system of government
Down
- 1. all the people in a country or area entitled to vote in an election
- 2. a particular ministry in office.
- 3. stae in which governing power is held by the nobility
- 4. rules that determine how elections and referendums are conducted and how their results are determined
- 7. a state or other organization acknowledged to be governed
- 8. denoting an electoral system in which a party is selected by a simple majority
- 10. general vote by the electorate on a single political question
- 12. system of government in which a monarch shares power with a constitutionally organized government