Hung parliamentParliament without an absolute majority Part of the politics seriesParty politics Political spectrum Left–right spectrum Far-leftLeft-wingCentre-leftCentreCentre-rightRight-wingFar-right Other Big tentRadical centrismSyncretism Major ideologies Agrarianism Anarchism Communism Conservatism Fascism Green politics Liberalism Libertarianism Monarchism Nationalism Progressivism Regionalism Religious democracy Social democracy Socialism Types Antisemitic Bloc Bourgeois Cartel Catch-all Competitive Elite Entrepreneurial Ethnic Euro Fraternal Major and Minor Mass Official party status Parliamentary opposition Party of power Volks Ruling and Opposition Rump Single-issue Transnational or International Taxi Leaders and organization Backbencher Caucus Caucus chair Frontbencher Lead candidate Leader of the Opposition Majority leader Minority leader Political faction Parliamentary leader Party chair Party leader Party spokesperson Party secretary Shadow cabinet Whip Internal elections Primary election Leadership election Open list Party convention/conference Leadership convention Party discipline Conscience vote Crossing the floor Party discipline Party line Party-line vote Party switching Whip Party systems One-party Dominant-partyTwo-partyMulti-party Non-partisan Coalitions between parties Coalition government Confidence and supply Consensus government Cordon sanitaire Divided government Electoral alliance Grand coalition Hung parliament Majority government Minority government National unity government Parliamentary group Rotation government Lists of political parties Ruling political parties by country Political parties by region Banned political parties Largest political parties Politics portalvte A hung parliament is a term used mainly in the United Kingdom and Australia to describe a situation in which no single political party or pre-existing coalition has an absolute majority of legislators (commonly known as members or representatives) in a parliament or other legislature.
ElectionAn election is a group decision-making process whereby a portion or all of a population or group votes to choose an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office or other position of responsibility. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which representative democracy has operated since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the executive and judiciary, and for regional and local government, such as cities or towns.
Dominant-party systemContinuous dominance of a single political party in elections
Political systemIn political science, a political system means the form of political organization that can be observed, recognised or otherwise declared by a society or state.It defines the process for making official government decisions. It usually comprizes the governmentallegal and economic system, social and cultural system, and other state and government specific systems.
One-party stateState where only one party may form a government
Proportional representationVoting system that makes outcomes proportional to vote totalsOn the left are the results of the last first-past-the-postelection in New Zealand before the implementation of mixed-member proportional representationin 1996. PR systems aim to align vote percentage with seat distribution.
Political PartiesPolitical Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy (German: Zur Soziologie des Parteiwesens in der modernen Demokratie; Untersuchungen über die oligarchischen Tendenzen des Gruppenlebens) is a book by the German-born Italian sociologist Robert Michels, published in 1911 and first introducing the concept of iron law of oligarchy. It is considered one of the classics of social sciences, in particular sociology and political science.
Duverger's lawIn political science, Duverger's law ( ) holds that in political systems with single-member districts and the first-past-the-post voting system, as in, for example, the United States and United Kingdom, only two powerful political parties tend to control power every election cycle. Citizens do not vote for small parties because they fear splitting votes away from the major party and allowing their opponents to win an election.CoalitionA coalition is formed when two or more people or groups temporarily work together to achieve a common goal. The term is most frequently used to denote a formation of power in political, military, or economic spaces. FormationAccording to A Guide for Political Parties published by the National Democratic Institute and the Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights, there are five steps to coalition building.Political sciencePolitical science (sometimes abbreviated as poli sci) is a field which aims to study the scientific aspect of politics. It deals with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and laws. Specialists in the field are political scientists.
Winner-take-all systemSystem favoring larger parties over smaller onesElectoral districtRepresentative subdivisions An electoral district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, circumscription, electorate, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provide the voters therein with representation in a legislature or other polity.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.