A '''no confidence vote''' is a vote taken against the ruling party or coalition in some [[government]] systems. If the ruling party is not able to stave off the vote, then they are considered to have lost their mandate to govern and new elections are called. | A '''no confidence vote''' is a vote taken against the ruling party or coalition in some [[government]] systems. If the ruling party is not able to stave off the vote, then they are considered to have lost their mandate to govern and new elections are called. |