Coalition government is an alternative model to a majority government, the latter being prevalent in winner-take-all first-past-the-post electoral systems that favor clear distinctions between winners and losers. Not only can coalitions of legislative groups form governments in parliamentary systems, they can also form in divisions of power. Most typical analyses of coalitions in politics deal with the formation of multiparty cabinets in parliamentary regimes. In Germany, every administration has been a multiparty coalition since the conclusion of the Second World Waran example of coalition government creation in a parliamentary system. When different winning coalitions can be formed in a parliament, the party composition of the government may depend on the bargaining power of each party and the presence or lack of a dominant party.
coalition government is an alternative model to a majority government the latter being prevalent in winner-take-all first-past-the-post electoral systems that favor clear distinctions between winners and losers not only can coalitions of legislative groups form governments in parliamentary systems they can also form in divisions of power most typical analyses of coalitions in politics deal with the formation of multiparty cabinets in parliamentary regimes in germany every administration has been a multiparty coalition since the conclusion of the second world waran example of coalition government creation in a parliamentary system when different winning coalitions can be formed in a parliament the party composition of the government may depend on the bargaining power of each party and the presence or lack of a dominant party