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Some folk might call it a balanced parliament. After all with the 'winner takes all' system, you can have the wishes of almost one half ignored.
In New Zealand, three times in about 15 years, we had the situation where the governing party got more seats than the opposition, but the opposition party got a great majority of the votes. Hence the move to a MMP system (Multi Member Proportional Representation) Where one half of the parliament is elected on a 'seat' basis, and the other half is elected on a 'party list' basis. It seems to work well, but maybe a little fine tuning is still required.
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What is the hanging Parliament?
A hung Parliament is where one party IE Conservatives have lets say 250 seats. labour has 200 and Lib Dem's have 60. the Conservatives cannot win on the majority as labours and Lib Dem's seats are more than the Conservatives. That is a hung Parliament.
What is a hangparliament?
A hung parliament is one in which no party has an overall majority. The UK parliament will have 650 seats. If no party gains 326 seats or more in today's General Election, there will be a hung parliament. If there is a hung parliament the two largest parties (Labour and Conservative) will be trying to form pacts with any of the smaller parties in order to gain an effective majority.
Is it hung on or hung in?
it is hung on hung on i think unless its hang then it could be both
Why was there a hung parliament at the 2010 election?
because no party had an overall majority
Is wang fei hung is jetli?
i think so but i hard that he was a good teacher from china
Which two countries had a hung parliament?
A hung parliament is when no single party wins an overall majority and in order to form a government a coalition is formed. Lots of countries have had that situation. Ireland and the United Kingdom are two examples.
What is hang Parliament?
A hung parliament is one where, after voting, neither party has the majority of power (or seats). To put it simply, it's a draw.
Did the phrase Hung Parliament originate from the fact that Oliver Cromwell hanged some members of England's parliament and thus reduce the number of members?
no
What is an Act of Parliament clock?
An act of Parliament clock is a large clock, once hung in inns, erroneously thought to derive from a tax on clocks.
Who won the election 2010?
no one... it was a hung Parliament although the Tories did get 250 seats.
When was the last time the outcome of general election resulted in a hung parliament?
Prior to the 2010 general election, a general election had not caused a hung Parliament since February 1974, when Labour narrowly failed to win an overall majority at the polls.
What is a hung parlament?
A hung parliament is one where no political party has enough MPs to command a majority of seats (50% + 1) in the House of Commons. A parliament is hung in the physical sense that an object suspended in air from its centre of mass hangs in equilibrium, tilting neither right nor left. In the political sense then, neither the Right nor the Left holds the balance of power. Thus, some disagree with the use of the term "hung" and the negative connotations this carries. Some prefer to describe hung parliaments as "balanced", as neither the Right nor the Left has a monopoly on power and, theoretically, at least, they are forced to work together to strike a balance.
