multiparty

[ muhl-tee-pahr-tee, muhl-tahy- ]

adjective

1. of or relating to more than two political parties.

multiparty

/ ˌmʌltɪˈpɑːtɪ /

adjective

1. of or relating to a state, political system, etc, in which more than one political party is permitted

   multiparty democracy

Word History and Origins

Origin of multiparty¹

First recorded in 1905–10; multi- + party

Example Sentences

Maine and Alaska had already altered their elections to allow multiparty ranked-choice ballots, and there was already federal legislation, the Voter Choice Act, promising grants to states and local governments if they followed that lead.

From Washington Post

For instance, in a multiparty election, taking down one party might not necessarily help you.

From FiveThirtyEight

Per state law, after almost every countywide election in Arizona,5 a multiparty audit board must conduct a hand count of ballots from a sample of randomly selected voting precincts and compare them with the results from voting machines.

From FiveThirtyEight

Electoral reform to allow multiparty democracy is an urgent necessity.

From Time

Making end-to-end encryption work with multiparty video is a serious technical challenge, and at least with this early version, Zoom had to make some tradeoffs.

From Fortune

In 1958, Venezuela packed off its last military dictator and established a multiparty democracy.

From The Daily Beast

Turkey's experiment with a multiparty system started five in the 1950s; Egypt's is just beginning.

From The Daily Beast

Turkey's AKP transformed itself after it broke with a more radical Islamist base to adapt in a multiparty atmosphere.

From The Daily Beast

The Rwandan Constitution sets forth the basic tenets of democracy and provides for a multiparty system.

From The Daily Beast