word | | Legislative branch |
| disband | Ireland | ... members of the Senate continued as independent DPs note: on 8 November 2008, delegates voted to disband the Progressive Democrats, and in November 2009 it officially stopped operating as a political party |
| disbandment | Ireland | ... Sinn Fein 14, United Left Alliance 5, New Vision 1, independents 13; note - after November 2009 disbandment of the Progressive Democrats, the two members of the Senate continued as independent DPs note ... |
| discretion | Barbados | ... of the Prime Minister, 2 on the advice of the opposition leader, and 7 at his discretion) and the House of Assembly (30 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to ... |
| discuss | Eritrea | ... EPLF), 60 members of the 527-member Constituent Assembly, which had been established in 1997 to discuss and ratify the new constitution, and 15 representatives of Eritreans living abroad were formed into ... |
| disidente | Argentina | ... vote by bloc or party - NA; seats by bloc or party - FpV 8, ACyS 14, PJ disidente 2; Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by bloc or party - NA; seats by bloc ... |
| disintegrated | Iceland | ... Party 16, Left-Green Movement 14, Progressive Party 9, Citizens' Movement 4 note: the Citizens' Movement disintegrated in September 2009; three of its former MPs are now represented under the banner of ... |
| disputes | United Kingdom | ... other 30 note: in 1998 elections were held for a Northern Ireland Assembly (because of unresolved disputes among existing parties, the transfer of power from London to Northern Ireland came only at ... |
| disqualified | Thailand | ... headed by the chief of the Constitutional Court; 76 senators were elected on 2 March 2008; elections to the Senate are non-partisan; registered political party members are disqualified from being senators |
| dissolve | Bahamas, The | ... 41 seats; members elected by direct popular vote to serve five-year terms); the government may dissolve the parliament and call elections at any time elections: last held on 2 May 2007 ... |
| dissolve | Japan | ... 180 members by proportional representation in 11 regional blocs); the prime minister has the right to dissolve the House of Representatives at any time with the concurrence of the cabinet elections: House ... |
| dissolved | Denmark | ... vote on the basis of proportional representation to serve four-year terms unless the Folketing is dissolved earlier) elections: last held on 15 September 2011 (next to be held by September 2015 ... |