coalition government
Shared power arrangement
A coalition government is formed when multiple political parties join forces to govern, typically because no single party won enough seats to hold power alone.
Common in parliamentary systems with proportional representation, coalitions require negotiation and compromise among partners who may have competing agendas: The coalition government collapsed after the junior partner withdrew over budget disputes.
- prime ministerLeader of a parliamentary state
- electoral thresholdMinimum vote share required
- working majorityVotes enough to govern
- proportional representationSeats allocated by vote share
- parliamentary democracySystem where elected assembly rules
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- Malaysian PoliticsDAP, Prime Minister, ministers, MPs, MIC
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- governmentministries, legislature, judiciary, executive branch, ministry
- South AsiaIndia, Indian states, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Hindustan
coalition governmentone-party rule
Governance by one faction
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Rule by one
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