parliamentary

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Dissanayake's leftist JVP, or the People's Liberation Front, won a two-thirds majority at the November 2024 parliamentary elections after his own victory two months earlier in the presidential poll.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Speaking to reporters ahead of a parliamentary confirmation hearing on Tuesday, Shin said robust foreign inflows into the local bond market, particularly through foreign-exchange swaps, have helped underpin dollar funding conditions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The government has said the tests would be introduced by the end of the current parliamentary term, in 2029.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Labour suffered its first parliamentary defeat in the seat for 100 years at the October vote.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

This blame-the-party-in-power approach made sense in Great Britain, where the prime minister is an elected member of Parliament who serves only as long as his or her party holds a majority of the parliamentary seats.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling