A critical review of non majority party politics in Karnataka – understanding its pro’s and cons’

  • Unique Paper ID: 169237
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 10
  • PageNo: 552-555
  • Abstract:
  • After the general election, if no political party gets the majority of votes, needed to form the government, results in two or more political parties joining hands to form Coalition Government. This is a multi-party government, in which two or more minority political parties join together and form the government, either on the basis of pre poll alliances or on the basis of post poll alliances. As the number of regional parties have increased tremendously over past two decades in India in general and Karnataka in particular, Coalition Government appears to be a panacea for the political turmoil, as single party fails to get the required majority. When single political party fails to get the simple majority, which is a pre-requisite to come in to power, the only way out is to join hands with other political parties on common terms with each other and define a common programme or agenda on which they work. Despite many merits of these Coalition government, these fail to contemplate and even fail to complete a full term, due to differences of opinion and coalition government always remains in pulls and pressures. Rightly remarked as ‘push-pull government’, coalition government often fails to achieve the formation objective as their fundamental manifesto itself differs. Multiple reasons are associated with it. This paper attempts to study the characteristics, nature of coalition politics in Karnataka and causes for its failure over the years.

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  • ISSN: 2349-6002
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 10
  • PageNo: 552-555

A critical review of non majority party politics in Karnataka – understanding its pro’s and cons’

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