A `` hung parliament '' is when no party has the minimum number of seats to enjoy a governing majority . The Conservatives averaged 44,531 votes per seat and the Liberal Democrats 96,485 . The Northern Ireland 's last saw a hung parliament in the same year , which saw 650 elections in 1974 . Many British countries regularly produce minority or coalition governments . There has been agitation in some financial circles about the possibility of a hung parliament .
A `` hung parliament '' is when no party has the minimum number of seats to enjoy a governing majority . The Northern Ireland 's last saw a hung parliament in the same year , which saw 650 elections in 1974 . Many British countries regularly produce minority or coalition governments . There has been agitation in some financial circles about the possibility of a hung parliament .