coalition partners
Allied ruling factions
Coalition partners are the parties or groups that join together to form a governing alliance, typically when no single party wins enough seats to govern alone.
The term appears most often in parliamentary systems: The coalition partners disagreed on immigration policy.
Partners in a coalition must negotiate shared priorities while maintaining their distinct identities.
- political partyElection-seeking ideological organization
- party lineOfficial political position
- voteFormal choice expression
- grassroots movementCitizen-led collective action campaign
- joint ventureCollaborative business arrangement
agreement · document · pact · trade association · negotiating table · bloc · contract · back room deal · smoke-filled room · handshake · power-sharing · agenda · pen · folder · table · argue · strange bedfellows · olive branch
- Political PartiesRepublican Party, Democratic Party, Labour Party, Conservative Party, Green Party
- military alliancesNATO, Warsaw Pact, allied powers, defense pact, military alliances
coalition partnersopposition parties
Parties not in power
adversaries · antagonists · rivals · opposition coalition · parliamentary opposition
coalition partnerssingle-party rule
Governance without competing factions
majority government · ruling party · autocratic rule · authoritarian regime · dictatorship
coalition partnersopposition
Active resistance or dissent
shadow cabinet · minority parties · backbenchers · parliamentary opposition · loyal opposition
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