A fractured legislature is evidence no one has a mandate. Increased support is notable. I never saw 41% of votes or 1/3 of seats called a mandate before.
In countries with more than two viable parties, a single party getting 41% can be pretty significant.
Significant and mandate are different words with different meanings. The implication I was ignorant of multi party systems was not founded.
I think you have an overly specific idea of what mandate means. It's not a synonym for majority.
Winning 40% in an election with 67.9% turnout isn’t exactly the will of the people here.
It is in a highly proportional multiparty voting system.
If 41% is a mandate I’m sure they would have called 39% a mandate too
It’s about the political optics
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger in their heads