Hung parliament
The British-English term hung parliament , more rarely balanced parliament or (legislature under) no overall control , German "Parliament in suspension" describes the situation in which after a parliamentary election with majority electoral system or mixed-member proportional system, no party has an absolute majority reached. A hung parliament can also arise through by -elections or a change of party .
While this situation is the norm in countries with proportional representation, it is an undesirable exception for those in favor of majority voting in elections with a majority system. The situation of the hung parliament can be resolved through the formation of a coalition government , a minority government (with changing majorities or through a formal confidence-and-supply agreement ) or new elections .
In Germany, a similar situation, in which no established political camp is certain as the winner after an election, is referred to as the Hessian situation .
Examples
- The UK general election in 1974 , 2010 and 2017 ended with a hung parliament . New elections were held in 1974, a coalition government between conservatives and liberal democrats in 2010 and a minority conservative government in 2017, which was tolerated by the DUP .
- The parliamentary elections in Australia in 2010 ended with a hung parliament and a laboratory- led minority government.
Individual evidence
- ↑ guardian.co.uk
- ↑ news.bbc.co.uk
- ↑ in.reuters.com
- ↑ guardian.co.uk
- ↑ newstatesman.com
- ↑ England: The Next Crisis? In: Der Spiegel . No. 40 , 1974, pp. 108-110 ( online ).