Русско-англо-русский юридический словарь

Conceding that the seizure of power had elements of a coup, Smith stresses that the call to seize power had been publicly circulated and talked about for some time, thereby eliminating one important element of what defines a coup — secrecy — and that the provisional government was not a democratically elected government. (Jacobin magazine)

The military has ruled for most of the period since 1947, with a few interludes in which the country had a democratically elected government. (BBC News)