1970 Delamarian General Election

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1970 Delamarian General Election
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← 1966 May 28th, 1970 1974 →
Turnout68%
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Simon Rutherford Fred Cavendish Michel Sinclair
Party Social Labour United Liberal
Leader since 1968 1969 1966
Leader's seat Cripwood Newton Troisville-Deux
Seats before 168 341 141
Seats won 307 220 123
Seat change Increase 139 Decrease 121 Decrease 18

Prime Minister before election

Fred Cavendish
United

Prime Minister

Simon Rutherford
Social Labour

The 1970 Delamarian General Election was held on May 28th, 1970. The Social Labour party of Simon Rutherford nearly doubled their number of seats however failed to win a majority, resulting in a coalition with the liberals, ousting the United government of Fred Cavendish.