April 28, 2010 03:30 PM
by Denis Cummings
Polls show that there is a strong likelihood that no party will win a majority of Parliament seats in the May 6 U.K. general elections. This scenario, which has not occurred since 1974, opens up many possibilities as to which parties the control of the government and who becomes prime minister. Click here to read full article…
On May 6, 45 million Britons will have the opportunity to vote for a new Member of Parliament to represent their area. The party with the most elected members will then form a new government. Generally, the leader of the winning party—the party that holds more than 50 percent of seats in the House of Commons—will serve as prime minister. Though as the BBC notes, if no party wins enough seats to form an outright majority government—a situation referred to as a hung Parliament—“it is possible that two other parties could decide to work together in a coalition if they can rely on more than half the votes of MPs.”
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