[2] In contrast, a minority government must constantly bargain for support from other parties in order to pass legislation and avoid being defeated on motions of no confidence.
The largest majority government in Australia was elected in 1975, when the Coalition won 71.65% of the seats in a landslide victory.
In electoral systems where one party usually wins a majority of seats on their own, such as first past the post, coalitions are rare, but may happen when an election returns a hung parliament.
An example of this was the 2010–2015 coalition government in the United Kingdom, which was composed of the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats.
The Conservatives won the most seats of any single party in the 2010 election, but fell short of an absolute majority.