Governing Party in a sentence

Fairness in this regard is to ensure that regardless of the size of governing majorities, that all MPs, from all parties, (including backbench MPs in the governing party) get a good showing in debates.

The party’s political bureau on Tuesday adopted new statutes governing party rules that would nix the honorary position, though they will have to be voted through by members at a party conference in March.

A Special Delegates Congress has commenced at 17 polling stations nationwide where over 900 party stalwarts will vote to cut down the number of aspiring presidential aspirants for the governing party.

The party’s disbanding enabled the governing party to win all the seats in the National Assembly.

The development not only triggered the exit from office of the Center-SDE coalition which had been in place since late 2021, but also spelled the end of nearly 20 years of the Center Party being the governing party in Tallinn.

For decades, they were close friends until a conversation during a drink where one boasted about supporting the governing party and the other the opposing party.

But a small swing toward one party might give us something close to a 100-0 legislature, in which the governing party only got, say, 53% of the vote.

If the paramount chiefs are swayed by ‘tradition’ or loyalty to the government, the governing party stands a good chance of constructing a working majority, even if it is not the largest party in the House.

In the U.S., this means that people who identify with the Republican Party, which currently controls all branches of the federal government, are considered governing party supporters.

In brief, suppose that governing party G wishes to reduce the seats that will be won by opposition party O in the next election.

The essence of the concept is that the second largest political party (or coalition) opposes the governing party (or coalition), while still remaining loyal to the state and its democratic principles.

An Ipsos poll released this week, considered accurate to within 4 percentage points, found 66% of respondents wanted a change of governing party.

Gordhan failed us as an SOE minister and as the governing party’s so-called moral compass.

Pakistan's governing party has rejected as "trash" a corruption report accusing Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of living beyond his means, the latest twist in long-running allegations which sparked fresh calls on July 11 for him to resign.

Support for the governing party declined from 67% to 32%.

The leader of Poland’s governing party, Jarosław Kaczyński, said that the Polish countryside is facing a “moment of crisis,” and that while Poland supported Ukraine, it was forced to act to protect its farmers.

Try telling them that, since the ANC elected the compromised, scandal-soaked, incompetent Jacob Zuma as its leader, the country has been waiting for an alternative to the governing party.

But defeats in the so-called by-elections will do little to silence Sunak’s critics, who fear the governing party faces an all-but wipe-out at the national election, which the prime minister says he expects to come in the second half of the year.

But it has often followed the governing party.

Despite ANC MP Boy Mamabolo feeling cheated of a parliamentary seat by the governing party, he is open to resolve the matter internally before finalising court papers for another legal challenge over the “manipulated parliament candidate list”.