Coalition Politics and Future of Multi — Party System in India

No single party can form a government alone when no party wins a clear majority of seats — and for long stretches of India's post-independence history, that has been exactly the situation, forcing rival parties into the same government and turning coalition-building into a specialised political skill of its own.

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Coalition politics refers to government formation by an alliance of multiple political parties when no single party wins a legislative majority, and India's multi-party system, shaped by federalism and social diversity, has made coalition government a recurring rather than exceptional feature of national politics.

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