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Chapter 1
Politics and Government
A. Elections
absentee ballot vote par correspondance
absolute majority majorité absolue
abstainer abstentionniste
abstention abstention
abstention rate taux d’abstention
acceptance speech discours d’acceptation
amendment amendement
ballot box urne électorale
ballot paper bulletin de vote
ballot selfie selfie dans l’isoloir
bipartisan biparti
blank vote vote blanc
block vote vote en bloc
by-election élection partielle
campaign campagne
campaign ad publicité de campagne
campaign finance financement de campagne
campaign mailing mailing de campagne
campaigner militant
candidacy candidature
candidate candidat
canvassing prospection
caucus caucus
citizen citoyen
closed primary primaire fermé
constituency circonscription
constituent électeur
contender concurrent
contributor donateur
Majority at Westminster, the House of Commons, UK Parliament
326 seats, just over half of the seats (650), must be held so that a government will have a simple majority. However, the working majority is less (since the Speaker, the three Deputy Speakers and anyone elected (currently 7 MPs) from Sinn Fein (who do not take up their seats in Westminster do not participate in votes). So, the 2019, working majority is 320 seats.
convention convention
counting of votes dépouillement des votes
cross-party/coalition majority majorité multipartite/de coalition
debate débat
debater débatteur
defeat défaite
delegate délégué
direct election élection directe
direct suffrage suffrage direct
dissolution dissolution
dissolved dissous
donor donateur
election reform réforme électorale
electoral college collège électoral...
