Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
multiparty
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a multiparty democracy (=with a number of political parties)
▪ It is one of the few countries in the area that is a true multiparty democracy.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
democracy
▪ He insisted that he had acted within the Constitution and reaffirmed his commitment to multiparty democracy.
▪ As in many other countries, popular demands for the introduction of multiparty democracy grew in the first half of 1990.
▪ Two demonstrations in support of multiparty democracy had been held on Dec. 10 and Dec. 31.
▪ The arrests came soon after they had sent an open letter to Sassou Nguesso calling for multiparty democracy.
▪ The government was to be responsible for executing decisions of the conference during a transition to multiparty democracy.
▪ New constitutional committee A 14-member committee was appointed on Jan. 21 to draft a new constitution for multiparty democracy.
election
▪ Municipal polls held on Jan. 19 offered the first opportunity to vote in multiparty elections.
▪ In a radio speech on April 15, Eyadema predicted a new constitution within the year and multiparty elections.
▪ They would be the first free multiparty elections since 1946.
politics
▪ Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, appointed a transitional government as a prelude to the introduction of multiparty politics.
▪ Measures taken on Jan. 8 had opened the way to multiparty politics.
▪ Over 90 percent of the 97.05 percent turnout voted for constitutional changes allowing for multiparty politics.
system
▪ Political reforms adopted in 1990 provided for a multiparty system of government and a 79-member National Assembly.
▪ A dominant party can eventually lose support and become a competitor in a multiparty system.
▪ Also in accordance with the agreement, the government gazette announced that a multiparty system had come into effect on May 11.
▪ At the close of its session on May 11 the Great Hural approved legislation which legally entrenched the multiparty system.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ the nation's first multiparty elections
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Both had in May called publicly for a return to a multiparty system.
▪ He insisted that he had acted within the Constitution and reaffirmed his commitment to multiparty democracy.
▪ In a radio speech on April 15, Eyadema predicted a new constitution within the year and multiparty elections.
▪ It was hoped that a formal accord would be signed at a national multiparty peace conference on Sept. 14.
▪ The arrests came soon after they had sent an open letter to Sassou Nguesso calling for multiparty democracy.
▪ They would be the first free multiparty elections since 1946.
▪ This would clear the way for the creation of a multiparty system in the Soviet Union.
Wiktionary
multiparty
a. 1 (context politics English) Involving several different political party. 2 Having multiple party (involved persons).
Usage examples of "multiparty".
We have a two-party system, on Jefferson, not one of those multiparty messes that requires a coalition just to stay in office and comes crashing down to ruin every time some splinter group gets cold feet.