Ruling party
The ruling party or governing party in a democratic parliamentary or presidential system is the political party or coalition holding a majority of elected positions in a parliament, in the case of parliamentary systems, or holding the executive branch, in presidential systems, that administers the affairs of state after an election. In many countries in the Commonwealth of Nations or even democratic republic countries like the Philippines, the ruling party is the party of the elected president or head of government that is in charge of the executive branch of government.