Hung Parliament Research Articles

Introduction: Hung parliament, coalition government and the rise of the Islamists – Malaysia after the 2022 election

Introduction: Hung parliament, coalition government and the rise of the Islamists – Malaysia after the 2022 election

The 15th General Elections in Malaysia: Party Polarization, Shifting Coalitions and the Hung Parliament

The 15th General Elections in Malaysia: Party Polarization, Shifting Coalitions and the Hung Parliament

Populist Success in a Hung Parliament: The 2018 General Election in Italy

ABSTRACTThe 2018 Italian general elections were a crucial test to assess the resilience of mainstream parties vis-à-vis the challenge provided by populist forces and the stabilisation of the tripolar party system emerged in 2013. The article analyses the outcome of the election, whose most remarkable result was the unprecedented success of two populist parties, the M5S and the Lega, by focusing on key aspects such as the new electoral system, the coalition-building process, the electoral campaign, the evolution of the Italian party system, and the analysis of vote shifts between parties.

Formation of a Government in Lesotho in the Case of a Hung Parliament

Although the question of the formation of a government has generated a lot of interest amongst constitutional and political scholars elsewhere, in Lesotho it has never really been much of a constitutional controversy, at least practically, since independence. The main reason has been that due to the constituency based electoral system which the country has been using since independence, only one political party has always been able to garner a sufficient majority to form the government, and the leader thereof would easily be invited to form government without any controversy.

Hung Parliament and Minority Government Formation in Westminster Parliamentary System (selected aspects)

Hung Parliament and Minority Government Formation in Westminster Parliamentary System (selected aspects)

Victory without power: The Pm-Pendulum forecast

The “PM and Pendulum” model was adjusted for the 2015 General Election to take account of the Liberal-Democratic participation in government and the SNP surge. So adjusted, the model predicts a Tory vote victory by 3.4 percent over Labour. The seat forecast puts the Tories ahead with 287 seats to 263 for Labour, with 41 for the SNP. Thus another Hung Parliament! Ex-post estimates show that without the Lib-Dem adjustments the model would have predicted a Conservative majority.

The Economic Consequences of a Hung Parliament: Lessons from February 1974

The British general election on 10 May 2010 delivered Britain's first hung Parliament since February 1974, and in the run‐up, the Conservative party made much of the economic difficulties Britain faced in the second half of the 1970s in order to try and convince voters that anything other than a Tory vote would risk exposing the nation to the discipline of financial markets. The question of how well equipped an exceptional kind of British government is to deal with exceptional economic circumstances is therefore of paramount importance. This paper argues that the Conservative party made too much of the impact of the 1974 hung Parliament in precipitating subsequent economic crisis and suggests that as such, there is no reason to assume that the Conservative–Liberal coalition government is ill‐equipped to manage British economic affairs in difficult circumstances.

The New Politics? 2010 General Election in Retrospect

Behind the headlines, the big story of May's election is the continuing demise of Britain's two-party system, writes John Curtice. Hung parliament; Labour's second-worst defeat since 1918; the Conservatives going into coalition with the Liberal Democrats; the Greens' first MP. Behind the headlines, the big story of the recent general election, writes John Curtice, is the demise of the UK's two-party system.

Hung-up over Nothing? The Impact of a Hung Parliament on British Politics

In the past few years, there has been increasing speculation that the next UK general election will produce a Parliament in which no single party holds a majority of seats in the House of Commons. In common parlance, this is referred to as a ‘hung parliament’, although some prefer the expressions ‘balanced parliament’, ‘minority parliament’ or ‘No Overall Control’ (NOC).2 In the UK, it is relatively rare for the Westminster Parliament to be ‘hung’ following an election; however, the probability is increasing due to the growth of third parties and the way that the electoral system translates popular votes into Commons seats. At regular intervals throughout the past two years, opinion polls have regularly predicted that the next general election is likely to produce a hung parliament. Although they are common in other democracies, hung parliaments have traditionally been viewed in the UK as unwelcome aberrations that produce short-lived and ineffectual governments. In light of the increasing likelihood of a hung parliament, the Hansard Society believes the time is right to explore what impact it might have on British politics. As a non-partisan organisation, we are neither ‘for’ nor ‘against’ a hung parliament. We recognise that all parties seek to win any election they contest outright. However, as part of our promotion of effective parliamentary democracy, we believe it would be prudent to shed light on the issues that might arise in the event of a hung parliament. Our new book, No Overall Control?, contains chapters by distinguished academics, politicians and commentators on the key issues surrounding a House of Commons with no overall majority.3 It examines the history of hung parliaments in the UK, constitutional and procedural issues, lessons from other Westminster-style systems where majority governments are less common, and how a hung parliament affects the functioning of Parliament, the prospects for electoral reform and public opinion. This article provides an overview of some of the book's key findings.

Nepal in 1994: The Hung Parliament!

Research Article| February 01 1995 Nepal in 1994: The Hung Parliament! Ananta Raj Poudyal Ananta Raj Poudyal Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1995) 35 (2): 160–165. https://doi.org/10.2307/2645025 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Ananta Raj Poudyal; Nepal in 1994: The Hung Parliament!. Asian Survey 1 February 1995; 35 (2): 160–165. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/2645025 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAsian Survey Search This content is only available via PDF. Copyright 1995 The Regents of the University of California Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Nepal in 1994: The Hung Parliament!

Nepal in 1994: The Hung Parliament!

CONSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS OF GOVERMENT FORMATION IN A HUNG PARLIAMENT

CONSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS OF GOVERMENT FORMATION IN A HUNG PARLIAMENT Jorgen Rasmussen Jorgen Rasmussen Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Parliamentary Affairs, Volume 40, Issue 2, April 1987, Pages 139–153, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.pa.a052088 Published: 01 April 1987

Who Gets Hung in a Hung Parliament? A Game Theory Analysis of the 1987–88 British General Election

The arrival of the Alliance on the British political scene has complicated the party system to an extent unknown for over half a century. Elections can no longer be counted upon to produce straightforward and immediate shifts in partisan control of the government. The next election could very well produce a hung Parliament.