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pls tell me as fast as possible.

2007-01-17 00:34:31 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government Government

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In Parliamentary systems, a hung parliament is one in which no one political party has an outright majority. This situation is normal in many legislatures with proportional representation such as Germany or Italy, or in legislatures with strong regional parties. In first past the post chambers with weak regional parties, it is a rarity, as in these circumstances one party will usually hold enough seats to form a majority.

A hung parliament will force either a coalition government, a minority government or a dissolution of parliament. Frequent hung parliaments can result in smaller parties staying in power for decades as they switch support between the two or three major parties.

The most recent hung parliament after a general election in the United Kingdom was the February 1974 general election, which lasted until the October election that year. Prior to that the last had been the election of 1929. Hung parliaments can also arise when slim government majorities are eroded by by-election defeats and defection of Members of Parliament to opposition parties. This happened in 1996 to the Conservative government of Sir John Major (1990-97) and in 1978 to the Labour government of Lord Callaghan (1976-79).

The current Parliament of Canada is a hung parliament; however, the term is not used in Canada. Instead, the term minority parliament is used.

2007-01-17 00:37:44 · answer #1 · answered by DarkChoco 4 · 1 0

its when half agree and the other half dont and no one wants to change thier mind and everyone is sticking firm. By this happening they dont have a deciding vote to resolve what ever it is that they are voting on. Its just like a hung jury. When half say guilty and the other half say not guilty and no one changes thier mind . Thats what a hung parliment it. Think of the word hung as being hung up. Stuck.

2007-01-17 00:42:05 · answer #2 · answered by hersheynrey 7 · 0 0

Is this some sort of wish?

2007-01-17 01:37:10 · answer #3 · answered by musonic 4 · 0 0

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