How Coalition Governments Are Formed

After Israel's Knesset election of 27 October 2026, the near-complete count left neither main bloc with the 61 seats needed for a majority. This film explains how coalition governments are made: why proportional representation rarely gives one party a majority, how Israel's electoral threshold and its rules for forming a government work, the simple models political scientists use to predict who teams up with whom and how much power a small party holds, and what Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Thailand, Britain and Scandinavia show about coalition deals, long formations and minority governments.

When no one wins, who governs?

How a split vote becomes a government.

Why no one wins outright

Many slices, and nobody gets half.

Counting to 61

A coalition is a deal as much as a sum.

Who gets to try

A President, a mandate and a clock.

Who teams up with whom

Two simple models, and a way to measure power.

Around the world

Contracts, long waits and governments without majorities.

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