Multi-party system
SYSTEM IN WHICH MULTIPLE POLITICAL PARTIES HAVE THE CAPACITY TO GAIN CONTROL OF GOVERNMENT OFFICES, SEPARATELY OR IN COALITION
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In political science, a multi-party system is a political system in which multiple political parties across the political spectrum run for national elections, and all have the capacity to gain control of government offices, separately or in coalition.Education 2020 definition of multiparty: "A system in which several major and many lesser parties exist, seriously compete for, and actually win public offices.