What do “Dissolving parliament” and “Dissolving government” mean?

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Over the years, I’ve heard of those events in many countries, even in democratic Western countries. Why did they happen so casually and regularly, although they sound like something that only happens in a chaotic, anarchic dystopia.

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It just means having new elections, having the post-election new parliament have to establish a new coalition among the various parties to have a ruling majority. While American elections are on a set schedule, parliamentary systems can trigger elections at other times based on other criteria. For example, if two parties were a coalition to have a majority and one party decided to stop aligning with the other and there was no majority coalition as a result, new elections would be held.

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