The 2014 test didn’t disappoint, except there were only three parties instead of four. The experiment of the four was expected to work like a miracle. Domkrag’s successive triumph in 11 elections was likely to be halted. Coalitions, basically target vote-splitting not enhancement of the democratic quality. The First-Past-the-Post (FPTP) electoral system is the bane of credible election outcomes. The tendency towards a predominantly two-party democracy system that we observe in the United Kingdom and the United States is a product of an elimination process that narrows down democratic choices.
After more than 50 years of one-party rule, the public, opposition parties concurring, have lurched onto the concept of ‘two-party’ system to relieve the monotony of a one-horse race. Multiparty democratic concept remains valid albeit slow in alternating parties; when we have mushrooming of new parties, we should self-backslap for holding on to the multiparty tradition.
