Is a coalition government similar to a multi party system?

Question

So a multi party system does nto share responsibility in the actions of the govt? In other words, each party is respectively responsible for their own policies and action?

Answer 1

No. A multi-party system refers to an electoral process where any number of parties can participate, and the one that garners the most votes wins control of the government (or, as in our case, a given branch of the government).

A coalition gov't is what happens in a parlimentary system where no single party has a majority, and therefore cannot control the government on their own. They then form alliances with one or more like-minded parties to reach a majority, and then share the responisibilites of rule.

Response to additions: Each party is responsible for its own positions and platform, and in a multiparty system each of those parties is competing to control 50% or more of the gov't, and to promote its own position whether or not it has majority control (of course, with that control, it's much, much, easier). If no party can achieve the 50% mark, then a coalition has to be formed.