Why do asian prime ministers step down when party does poorly in election?
479064
this is so because of their rich past of havinfg great leaders  who did their duty of kingship to excellence . the present prime minister shave to play the role of their great leaders .also the public are more aware in politics than other part of world
454356
Because the assumption is that when a politician is elected, they are expected to make the right decisions and lead wisely. When the make the wrong decisions and do not lead wisely, there is no longer a point to them having been elected in the first place - and therefore they would lose the job.\n\nHowever, I think this mindset is silly. Politicians are humans like everyone else, and will make some honest mistakes. We should realise that this will happen and leave them to it, as long as its occasional, and genuine human error.\nHowever, dishonesty and fraud in politics i consider vile. Theres nothing wrong with making a mistake, but trying to cover it up, embellish it, or trying to pass the blame is wrong, and it is for this that we should punish politicians. Plus if they make mistakes all the time, they are obviously incompetent and should go.\n\nEdit: FreedomHammer is also correct, some are just egotistical prats\n\n2nd edit: MOST are egotistical prats
572975
political leaders are killing democracy in India. it is dying a slow death. the parliament is bleeding. the way they introduce new changes and pass bills to amend the constitution shows how much respect they have for it. the amendments are made to meet their own ends ( office of profit issue). and the vote bank politics which has so brilliantly been displayed by the reservation quota being introduced. but then we are equally at fault because we are the ones who have elected them.
699122
It depends on how long voters memories are.  Also, much and all as we may not like John Howard, luckily for him, the other parties have no one to measure up to him. Under Howard  Australian govt is looking good to the rest of the world, but the majority of Australians are hurting.
57050
They are voting on Parlimentary Elections. Their gov. is different from ours because the real power is held by the legislative branch. So the vote is not simply for representatives, but eyes are on this election to see if the liberal party is going to hold power, or if the conservatives will make enough gains to take control. This is important because the person who is most equilivant of our President, the Prime Minister is not voted on by the people, but rather by members of Parliment.
893615
May be they lost the faith in the system,and staying home make the things more complicated.If the politicians Knew that 100% of voters are going to vote they will surely behave in another way and will not take any thing for granted.
770898
I think the answer to this is simple.It is very difficult for an honest person to become politicians and corrupt politicians make the life of IAS officers who are honest very miserable and hence they join the party as well.
1087165
BEcause people have elected the wrong people - or they only had people to chose from that are all unsuitable for the position.
208763
No.  The countries with mulitple parties just do not work well.
769375
The longer they take before an election, the more likely they are to mess up and take themselves out of the competition. Not so very bright.
824062
In a way I think it is apathy but I believe the reason for the apathy is that they don't believe they can make a damn bit of difference.\n\nMost people don't think that there is such a thing as a truthful and honest local politician and that just by applying they would be fighting against people who revel in bribery and corruption on a small but very slimy scale.  So why bother?!\n\nAlso it's expensive, time consuming and, even though not all local government is slime encrusted, it seems to be a bunch of small minded people round a table arguing for hours over tea and biscuits.  Who wants to do that when you could be down the pub with your mates?\n\nBe great if more people got involved with it but I don't think they will.
1028500
Right now our country is a little pissed with the Liberals.  There was a big scandal with some advertising firms, so when they were voted in, we gave them a minority government.  Then when more details were publicized during the hearings, the Conservatives and BQ voted against them and defeated the government. \n\nWe still don't trust the Conservatives as they seem very much like Republicans, so we put them in with a minority governement.  This means they have to compromise and work with the other parties in order to get things passed in the HofC.\n\nNo one really wants another election so most of the non Liberal parties are not trying to push the Conservatives out right now.\n\nWe're mostly working on things like reducing GST, funding medicare, better transfer payments with the provinces.  Otherwise things are quiet with the Federal government.
262639
Parliamentary governments usually have many different parties. Because of this, it is very rare for one party to have a majority in the parliament, so it has to form alliances with other parties that are somewhat close to it, by agreeing to some compromises. If the members believe that the alliance has fallen apart, and that the leading party is no longer representative of a majority of the members, they can call a vote of no confidence. If that vote passes, parliament is immediately dissolved and elections called at sometime in the near future.
666530
From the recent vote, Labor is in trouble, and rearranging a few deck chairs does not help.  I think Blair resigns by the end of the year.  I do not see either opposition party gaining control alone, and I do not see how the form a coalition, so Labor will stay in control.
863349
I do not agree.  The politician only fails if he/she does not represent his constituents in a way that most benefits them.  Only if the politican believes his words are more important than his/her deeds does he set him/herself up to fail, because no matter what a good job representing his constituents he does, he is likely to say something that one side or the other does not like.
929815
Well the concept is that the party's executive have a mandate to implement an agenda.  They need some assurance that when they put their legislation to parliament that they have the support necessary to pass it.\n\nBut I agree a PM and his executive along with party with a "whipped" and compliant stable of MPs becomes a near dictatorship between elections.  With no effective opposition to block the majority they can whip into place they can pass any legislation they want.\n\nIf you think the UK is bad -- Canada's parliament is worse in this respect -- if MPs vote against their party, especially the recently deposed Liberals, they were routinely shunned and expelled from the party, generally never to hold political office again once their current term was over as independant are almost never viable here.
424552
The PAP (Peoples Action Party) has been the dominant political party in Singapore, re-elected continuously since 1959. It is headed by Lee Hsien Loong, who succeeded Goh Chok Tong. Goh's predeceesor Lee Kuan Yew served as Singapore's prime minister from independence through 1990. Since stepping down as prime minister, Lee has remained influential first as Senior Minister, and now as Minister Mentor.\n\nThe following political parties contested in the last general election:\nPeople's Action Party (PAP)\n  Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA): \nNational Solidarity Party (NSP)\n  Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Singapura\n  (Singapore Malay National Organisation) \nSingapore Justice Party (SJP)\n  Singapore People's Party (SPP)\nSingapore Democratic Party (SDP)\n  Workers' Party of Singapore (WP)\nDemocratic Progressive Party (DPP)\n  (Independents)