hung parliaments
No majority governments
Hung parliaments are legislatures in which no single party holds an outright majority of seats.
The term is most common in British and Commonwealth parliamentary systems, where a hung parliament typically forces coalition negotiations or minority government arrangements: The election resulted in a hung parliament, with weeks of talks before a government could be formed.
The "hung" suggests suspension or deadlock—unable to move forward without cross-party agreement.
- gridlockComplete mutual obstruction
- majorityOver half of total
- working majorityVotes enough to govern
- deadlockMutual blocking, no progress
- allianceFormal union of parties
no clear winner · coalition · coalition talks · inconclusive · power-sharing · interregnum · government · crossbenchers · power vacuum · kingmaker · electoral threshold · stalemate · political · swing voters · vote of confidence · uncertainty · elections · general election
hung parliamentslandslide victories
Overwhelming electoral wins
supermajorities · electoral mandates · one-party rule · wave elections
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