Elections at least every how many years?

• A. Every year
• B. At least every 5 years
• C. Every 10 years
• D. Only when Parliament chooses

Answer: (B)

The idea is that governments are held accountable to the people at regular intervals, with a limit on how long they can stay in power. In this system, the maximum length of a term is five years, so elections must be held at least once every five years. Elections can happen sooner if the Parliament is dissolved or the government loses a confidence vote, but they cannot exceed five years between elections.

Why the other options don’t fit: having elections every year would be unnecessarily frequent and disruptive; every ten years would delay accountability too long; and “only when Parliament chooses” would remove the fixed maximum and let elections be delayed indefinitely.