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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

Coalition governments however tend to collapse when they can't agree which can cause rather regular elections.

Yes, they can, but it's not all that common*, and (imo) preferable to the seesaw politics that you get in a two-party system. Also, one of the biggest threats (imo) to any political system is if it leaves large numbers of the population feeling unrepresented. Which is exactly what is the case in the UK. A coalition government (normally) represents at least 50% of the people that voted. That can only be a good thing in my book.

*Edit: Interestingly, looking at your own link, which shows Dutch elections since 1918. With a regular 4 year term (disregarding WW2), you'd expect ~22 elections. There were 26 including the upcoming one. Hardly a shocking increase.