Election Day in Australia

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

What do you mean he can stick around? I thought you all voted him out? Or is this like the government of India where the major party votes in their guy after the party is voted in? Damm, you all have copyied a democracy like India??

We don't vote for a Prime Minister in Britain. We vote for our local MP only.
The party with the most seats in Parliament - as long as they hold a majority (ie enough seats to be able to carry a majority vote on issues) forms the Government. It has happened twice in the last 20 years that the Prime Minister has changed without a General Election being called - Margaret Thatcher to John Major and Tony Blair to Gordon Brown.