Representative democracy is mediated through parties and party-based designations are applied to democracy. There can be bi-party or multi-party democracy. Generally, multi-party democracy is considered a positive sign of democratic competition, though America has a stabilised two-party democracy. The UK though has two main parties, Conservatives and Labour, it has other parties also such as the Liberals. India, Italy, France, Germany, etc. are examples of multi-party democracy. In fact, France, Germany, Italy and after 1990s India have witnessed intense multiparty competition resulting in coalition governments. In such a situation, intense multi-party competition has resulted in coalition democracy and to some extent governmental instability.
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