Pre-electoral coalition

A public statement by political parties that they intend to form a government with each other if they receive enough votes in the up-coming elections. By coordinating their campaigning strategies and sometimes even by harmonizing their political programmes, parties try to improve their chances to win as many seats as possible in the legislature. The forms of pre-electoral coalitions vary from party to party and from country to country, ranging from a loose promise to govern together to shared manifestos and voting recommendations.