Quick definitions
| Caretaker government | A temporary administration serving during an election transition under constitutional and statutory arrangements. |
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| Coalition government | A government supported by more than one political party or parliamentary group. |
| Constituency | A defined electoral area whose voters choose a representative. |
| Defection | Leaving a parliamentary party, or voting/abstaining contrary to its direction in specified constitutional cases. |
| First-past-the-post | A system in which the candidate with the highest number of votes in a constituency wins, without necessarily receiving an absolute majority. |
| Money Bill | A bill dealing with specified financial matters and subject to special constitutional procedure. |
| Reserved seats | Seats allocated for women and non-Muslims through constitutional and electoral mechanisms rather than ordinary single-member constituency contests. |
| Vote of no confidence | A parliamentary procedure through which the National Assembly may remove a prime minister if the constitutional threshold is met. |
This starter glossary should be expanded into individual entries with constitutional references, examples, sources and related links.