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[–] FlowVoid@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (40 children)

The left won a plurality, the right is in charge.

This is the counterargument to those who want multiparty democracy.

[–] interurbain1er@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (21 children)

Technically the left didn't win the majority of seat in the parliament. They have a relative majority as in they are the biggest group in parliament by a small margin but they don't have the majority needed to make a stable government.

A majority vote from the parliament can oust the PM and his government.

If you take all the right wing parties, they hold the majority of seats (2/3rd). A left leaning government would last 48 hours, so in spite of french leftists telling everyone they "won", they didn't.

Our electoral system is very flawed though and the current make up of the parliament is not representative of what people want, there are much better voting system for plurality based political system that could be implemented.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 1 points 1 week ago (17 children)

In every country the biggest party would be the one that would at least get a first shot at forming a government.

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