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a Political party in China, created in January 1948 in Hong Kong by opposition groups in the Kuomintang, including the Union of Supporters of the Three Principles of the People and the Association to Promote the Development of Democracy ...

Or party conferenceIn politics, a meeting of members of a political party at the local, state, or national level to select party leaders and candidates for office and to determine party policy. During presidential election years in the U.S., the main parties hold conventions that serve to showcase their presidential and vice presidential candidates and to boost the morale of party members for the ...

Electoral system in which the share of seats held by a political party in the legislature closely matches the share of popular votes it received. It was devised in Europe in the mid-19th century to guarantee minority groups more representation than was possible under the majority or ...

nounAn organization to gain political power.usage: "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level"synonyms: political partyA group of people gathered together for pleasure. usage: "she joined the party after dinner"A band of people associated temporarily in some activity.usage: "they organized a party to search for food ...

Or premierHead of government in countries with a parliamentary ( see parliamentary democracy) or semipresidential system of government. The prime minister is the leader of the political party or coalition with a governing majority and is formally appointed by the head of state. Although the origin of the title lies in 17th-century France, where the cardinal de Richelieu was acknowledged in 1624 as ...