• A hung parliament is a term used in legislatures primarily under the Westminster system (typically employing majoritarian electoral systems) to describe...
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    votes and seats, but still fell 20 seats short. This resulted in a hung parliament where no party was able to command a majority in the House of Commons...
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    wildly predicted that the election would result in a second consecutive hung parliament whose composition would be similar to the one elected at the previous...
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    European Parliament elections, Macron dissolved the National Assembly and called for a snap legislative election which resulted in another hung parliament and...
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  • Lords' power to delay and suggest redrafting of bills. Following the hung parliament in 2017, the government argued that the convention continued to apply...
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    2019 United Kingdom general election (category General elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom)
    They won a plurality of MPs but not a majority, and the result was a hung parliament. They formed a minority government, with the Democratic Unionist Party...
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  • Coalition government Hung parliament Majority government There were two minority governments during the life of 15th Canadian Parliament Despite surviving...
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    of no overall control occurs – commonly known as a "Hung Parliament". In case of a Hung Parliament, the party with the most seats has the opportunity to...
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    1992 United Kingdom general election (category General elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom)
    in the run-up to the election had suggested that it would end in a hung parliament or a narrow Labour majority. The fact that it produced a Conservative...
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    to whomever can command a majority in the House, unless there is a hung parliament and a coalition is formed; the new prime minister will by convention...
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