“…Both countries have a multiparty system, which is entailed from the configuration of their electoral rules (as explained by Chauhan, 2013;Duverger, 1980;Enander, 2013;Fleischer, 2004;Nicolau & Schmitt, 1995;Tella, 2010). The number of political parties represented in the parliament illustrates the fragmentation of political party organization in both countries and the laxness of electoral laws regarding the creation of new parties (Duverger, 1980;Tavares, 1994).…”