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	[[Parliament]] in which no party has an absolute majority of seats (i.e. half of the seats plus one). This ~~is currently~~ the case in ~~the United Kingdom (hence~~ the coalition government of the [[Tories\|Conservatives]] and the [[Liberal Democrats]]), but historically it is a fairly rare affair: the [[first past the post\|first-past-the-post]] voting system usually has the effect that most Members of Parliament belong to either one of the two major parties.		[[Parliament]] in which no party has an absolute majority of seats (i.e. half of the seats plus one). This was the case after the General Elections in 2010. Hence the coalition government of the [[Tories\|Conservatives]] and the [[Liberal Democrats]]), but historically it is a fairly rare affair: the [[first past the post\|first-past-the-post]] voting system usually has the effect that most Members of Parliament belong to either one of the two major parties.

Pankratz at 12:27, 29 November 2013

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	[[Parliament]] in which no party has an absolute majority of seats (i.e. half of the seats plus one). This is currently the case in the United Kingdom (hence the coalition government of the [[~~Conservative Party~~\|Conservatives]] and the [[Liberal Democrats]]), but historically it is a fairly rare affair: the [[first past the post\|first-past-the-post]] voting system usually has the effect that most Members of Parliament belong to either one of the two major parties.		[[Parliament]] in which no party has an absolute majority of seats (i.e. half of the seats plus one). This is currently the case in the United Kingdom (hence the coalition government of the [[Tories\|Conservatives]] and the [[Liberal Democrats]]), but historically it is a fairly rare affair: the [[first past the post\|first-past-the-post]] voting system usually has the effect that most Members of Parliament belong to either one of the two major parties.

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[[Parliament]] in which no party has an absolute majority of seats (i.e. half of the seats plus one). This is currently the case in the United Kingdom (hence the coalition government of the [[Conservative Party|Conservatives]] and the [[Liberal Democrats]]), but historically it is a fairly rare affair: the [[first past the post|first-past-the-post]] voting system usually has the effect that most Members of Parliament belong to either one of the two major parties.