What is Majority government?
A '''majority government''' is when a [[ruling party]] (or multiple ruling parties) has more than half the seats in a [[legislature]]. This is different from a [[minority government]], when the party with the most seats in a legislature has less than half the seats, and a [[coalition government]], when multiple different parties work together to [[govern]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ourcommons.ca/marleaumontpetit/DocumentViewer.aspx?Language=E&Sec=Ch02&Seq=2|title=Majority Supporting the Government|work=House of Commons Procedure and Practice|edition=2000|editor-last1=Marleau|editor-first1=Robert|editor-last2=Montpetit|editor-first2=Camille|publisher=Parliament of Canada|access-date=24 April 2020}}</ref> Usually when [[election]]s happen, the parties try to win a majority government. This is because majority governments let them pass all their [[legislation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bclearningnetwork.com/LOR/media/SS11/COURSE_4034644_M/my_files/module1/section2/lesson4/topic1.html|title=Minority vs. Majority Governments|year=2006|work=British Columbia Learning Network|access-date=24 April 2020|archive-date=29 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529114022/http://bclearningnetwork.com/LOR/media/SS11/COURSE_4034644_M/my_files/module1/section2/lesson4/topic1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Sometimes, when parties have a very stable coalition for a very long time, people call it a majority government. One example of this is in Australia, where the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] and [[National Party of Australia|National]] have parties have worked together in a [[coalition (Australia)|coalition]] for several decades. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2hOzPQ_XuA Video] by [[Global News]] explaining the difference between a majority, minority, and coalition government {{politics-stub}} [[Category:Democracy]]