List of political parties in Wallis and Futuna
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This article lists political parties in Wallis and Futuna.
Wallis and Futuna
has a multi-party system
with numerous political parties
, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition government
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Wallis and Futuna
Wallis and Futuna
Wallis and Futuna, officially the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands , is a Polynesian French island territory in the South Pacific between Tuvalu to the northwest, Rotuma of Fiji to the west, the main part of Fiji to the southwest, Tonga to the southeast,...
has a multi-party system
Multi-party system
A multi-party system is a system in which multiple political parties have the capacity to gain control of government separately or in coalition, e.g.The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition in the United Kingdom formed in 2010. The effective number of parties in a multi-party system is normally...
with numerous political parties
Political Parties
Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy is a book by sociologist Robert Michels, published in 1911 , and first introducing the concept of iron law of oligarchy...
, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition government
Coalition government
A coalition government is a cabinet of a parliamentary government in which several political parties cooperate. The usual reason given for this arrangement is that no party on its own can achieve a majority in the parliament...
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The parties
Some of the French political parties are active in Wallis and Futuna.- Voice of the Wallis and Futuna PeoplesVoice of the Wallis and Futuna PeoplesThe Voice of the Wallis and Futuna Peoples is a political party in the French collectivité d'outre-mer of Wallis and Futuna. In the latest legislative elections of March 10, 2002, it won, together with the Rally for the Republic, 13 out of 20 seats in the Territorial Assembly....
(La Voix des Peuples Wallisens et Futuniens) - People's Union for Wallis and FutunaPeople's Union for Wallis and FutunaThe People's Union for Wallis and Futuna is a political party in the French collectivité d'outre-mer of Wallis and Futuna. In the latest legislative elections of March 10, 2002, it won, together with the French Socialist Party, 7 out of 20 seats in the Territorial Assembly....
(Union Populaire pour Wallis et Futuna ) - Sigave National Association (Sigave L'Association Nationale)
See also
- Politics of Wallis and FutunaPolitics of Wallis and FutunaPolitics of Wallis and Futuna takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic French overseas collectivity, whereby the President of the Territorial Assembly is the head of government, and of a multi-party system...
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