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Coalition or Electoral Alliance

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As per Wikipedia's definition of coalition: "A coalition is a pact or treaty among individuals or groups, during which they cooperate in joint action, each in their own self-interest, joining forces together for a common cause. This alliance may be temporary or a matter of convenience. A coalition thus differs from a more formal covenant. Possibly described as a joining of 'factions', usually those with overlapping interests rather than opposing." Whereas an electoral alliance may also refer to a coalition, but is a more wider term which also includes other forms of cooperation (i.e. Two parties promising to don't oppose each other in some electoral districts would be an electoral alliance, but it would not necessarily be a coalition since both parties would still stand separately). Such a kind of alliance is not refered as "coalition" just in Portugal; in Spain it is frequently used in such a way too, as does other notable examples such as Australia's current governing coalition, which are actually several parties which stand together in elections as a single list.

Of course, you would have to differentiate between a coalition formed before an election and a coalition formed after the election to form a common government. The current PSD/PP pact is both an electoral alliance and, within the different kinds of electoral alliances possible, it would be a coalition. Cheers. Impru20 (talk) 12:28, 20 June 2015 (UTC)Reply

Portugal's electoral system is similar to Spain in the sense that both of them have closed-list at district level systems. It is actually very easy for a party to not stand in a given district in order to not oppose another party in that given district. This has frequently happened between UPN and PP in Navarre until recently, or between PSOE and PSC in Catalonia. I believe this has also happened in Portugal at the local level. So yes, if they wished to stand separately and don't fight each other in some districts, they could do so, but they have never done so for now.
As you say, when two parties in the UK and USA "field separate candidates but never in the same constituency" is an "alliance", and that's exactly what I'm telling you that is. It is an alliance, one of many kinds of possible electoral alliances. An electoral coalition for an election implies much closer cooperation and a joint list agreement (that's actually what the PSD and CDS-PP are doing). I don't know where the possible issue is.
PS: Again, please, don't confuse a coalition from a coalition government. An electoral coalition is a type of electoral alliance made before an election, while a coalition government is an agreement reached after an election. Impru20 (talk) 13:20, 21 June 2015 (UTC)Reply