14 Facts About Coalition government

Coalition government is a form of government in which political parties cooperate to form a government.

Coalition government arrangements are often given names based on the colours of the parties involved, such as "red-green" for the SPD and Greens.

Coalition government formation has become increasingly complex as voters increasingly migrate away from the major parties during the 2000s and 2010s.

In Canada, the Great Coalition government was formed in 1864 by the Clear Grits, Parti bleu, and Liberal-Conservative Party.

The next election's result was that India's first-ever coalition government was formed at the national level under the Prime Ministership of Morarji Desai, which was the first non-Congress national government, which existed from 24 March 1977 to 15 July 1979, headed by the Janata Party, an amalgam of political parties opposed to Emergency imposed between 1975 and 1977.

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The current government is a coalition of seven parties led by the PDIP and Golkar.

Ireland's first coalition government was formed after the 1948 general election, with five parties and independents represented at cabinet.

Current Coalition government is a Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and the Green Party.

Historically, control of the Israeli government has alternated between periods of rule by the right-wing Likud in coalition with several right-wing and religious parties and periods of rule by the center-left Labor in coalition with several left-wing parties.

Finally in 1955, when Hatoyama Ichiro's Democratic Party minority Coalition government called early House of Representatives elections and, while gaining seats substantially, remained in the minority, the Liberal Party refused to cooperate until negotiations on a long-debated "conservative merger" of the two parties were agreed upon, and eventually successful.

The first time the LDP entered a coalition government followed its third loss of its House of Representatives majority in the 1983 House of Representatives general election.

The LDP-New Liberal Club coalition government lasted until 1986 when the LDP won landslide victories in simultaneous double elections to both houses of parliament.

Turkey's first coalition government was formed after the 1961 general election, with two political parties and independents represented at cabinet.

Advocates of proportional representation suggest that a coalition government leads to more consensus-based politics, as a government comprising differing parties need to compromise about governmental policy.