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Essay on multi party system in india for kids

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A multi-party system is a system in which multiple political parties across the political spectrum run for national election, and all have the capacity to gain control of government offices, separately or incoalition.[1] Apart from one-party-dominantand two-party systems, multi-party systems tend to be more common in parliamentary systems than presidential systems and far more common in countries that useproportional representation compared to countries that use first-past-the-postelections.

First-past-the-post requires concentrated areas of support for large representation in the legislature whereas proportional representation better reflects the range of a population's views. Proportional systems have multi-member districts with more than one representative elected from a given district to the same legislative body, and thus a greater number of viable parties. Duverger's Law states that the number of viable political parties is one plus the number of seats in a district.

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Croatia,Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland,India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lebanon,Mexico, Moldova, Nepal, the Netherlands,New Zealand, Norway, the Philippines,Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Sri Lanka,Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tunisia andUkraine are examples of nations that have used a multi-party system effectively in their democracies. In these countries, usually no single party has a parliamentary majority by itself. Instead, multiple political parties are compelled to form compromised coalitionsfor the purpose of developing power blocks and attaining legitimate mandate.