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> but the government is probably going to be led by one of the same two parties over time. Finland has generally had 3 major parties ducking it out usually aro
by buzer 5y ago
> but the government is probably going to be led by one of the same two parties over time.
Finland has generally had 3 major parties ducking it out usually around 15-25% for each. 1995 was last time single party got over 30% of seats. Depends a bit on time which exact ones they were.
English wikipedia doesn't have the historic list, but Finnish does https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduskunta#Kansanedustajat_puolueittain_ja_vaaleittain https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduskunta#Kansanedustajat_puol...
Divide by 2 to get the % (there are 200 members)
- toyg 5y agoPopulation size is a big problem. The more you scale up a democratic system, the more it becomes difficult to bootstrap and maintain a coherent political movement that can have a realistic chance to win an election, in what is probably a logarithmic scale. So the bigger the country, the more entrenched the options will be, which eventually boils down to two sides when you approach certain thresholds (one for the current government, and one against it).
- oblio 5y agoFrance has had a million parties. Romania, too. Italy, same. If there's a will, there's a way. Most of the time there's no will.