Differences between Parliamentary and Presidential System
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| S/n | Presidential | Parliamentary |
| 1. | President is the Head of Government. | The President or Monarch is the Head of State and Prime Minister the of Government. |
| 2. | The president is popularly elected through direct or indirect election by through election by the people in the state. | The Head of Government is appointed by the Head of State from the majority party in the parliament. |
| 3. | There is the existence of separation of power. | There is the existence of fusion of power. Members of the executiveThe executive, also referred to as the executive branch or executive power, is the term commonly used to describe that part of government which enforces the law and has overall responsibility... More are part of the legislatureThe legislative branch of government is responsible for making laws within a country. Legislatures are made up of people called legislators who, in democracies, are elected by the country’s population More. |
| 4. | The ministers are individually responsible to the president who appointed them. | The cabinet, including the Prime Minister, is collectively responsible to the legislature. |
| 5. | Members of the executive cannot be members of the legislature. | The executive is part of the legislature. |
| 6. | The constitutionA constitution is a set of fundamental rules that determine how a country or state is run. More is supreme. | The parliament is supreme. |
| 7. | The political office holders. | The Prime Minister and his cabinet stay in office as long as they have popular support in the parliament. |
| 8. | The president can be removed from office through the impeachment process. | The Prime Minister and his cabinet can be removed from office through a vote of no confidence. |
| 9. | Official opposition party is not constitutionally recognized. | Official opposition party is constitutionally recognized and given a role. |
| 10. | The president can appoint his ministers from anywhere. | Prime Minister appoints ministers from his party in the parliament. |
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