<Li> in Spain, the Congress of Deputies votes on a motion of confidence of the king's nominee (customarily the party leader whose party controls the Congress) and the nominee's political manifesto, an example of an indirect election of the Prime Minister of Spain . </Li> <Li> India and several other countries have a President or other largely ceremonial head of state elected by their parliament . </Li> <Li> Many republics with parliamentary systems elect their president indirectly (Germany, Italy, Estonia, Latvia, Hungary, India, Israel, Bangladesh). </Li> <Li> Political party nominees can be indirectly elected in party conventions, such as in the United States . Local caucus attendants vote for delegates, who vote for a nominee in state conventions . </Li>

Who is elected to office by an indirect vote