Modern multiparty systems are no less absolutist than two-party systems. However, in multiparty systems, the role of the swing voter(s) is less obvious. That is because, usually, the elections merely determine which majority coalitions are possible. Elections may but often do not create a situation in which the parties can form only one majority coalition—that is, only one division between majority and opposition. They may but often do not create a situation in which one party can claim a parliamentary majority and form a one-party government. Consequently, most of the time, an oligarchy of leaders of political parties (and perhaps some other leaders of powerful groups, acting behind the scene) engages in a more or less protracted round of negotiation to form a minimal majority coalition. Indeed, the smaller the majority coalition, the less power the major coalition partner has to share.