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During the [[Ostrovian Council]] election of Lux 14th 1609, the ruling Farmers and Workers' Union party was returned to office with a reduced majority, winning eighteen seats to the Justice Party's eleven. Stephen James, a former member of the Justice Party, was re-elected as Speaker, while all members of the cabinet won re-election. The tipping point seat was Westwood, where Union candidate Robert Howell - a non-incumbent defending a Union-held seat - defeated Justice candidate Emily Brunt by 102 votes (8.6%). Westwood was Union's fifteenth-strongest seat, but due to the Speaker's presence, fifteen seats - not sixteen - are required for a working majority.

[[File:Map_of_Ostrovian_Council_district_boundaries,_1609-1613.png|480px|thumb|right|The boundaries for each district at the 1609 election]]46,573 individuals were eligible to vote; the Prime Minister's Commission on Boundaries was required to allocate them evenly between all constituencies, leaving 1,552 voters in 13 constituencies and 1,553 voters in the other 17. The boundaries drawn by the Prime Minister's Commission for this election are depicted right.

All eligible voters who presented proof of their being a citizen and aged over eighteen on the day of the election were allowed to vote. 35,416 votes were cast, for a turnout of 76.0%.

The names of all incumbents are in '''boldface.''' Individuals who are not incumbents, but defending a seat held by their party, are in ''italics.''

Esther Braddock is included in the Justice Party figures below. However, she has sat as an independent Councillor since Audax 1609.

=Final results=

==Nationwide tally==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party
! Votes for / Total votes cast (% support)
! Seats won / Seats in Council (% held)
|-
|Farmers' and Workers' Union
|{{Composition bar|18214|35416|#33C|per=1}}
|{{Composition bar|18|30|#33C|per=1}}
|-
|Justice Party
|{{Composition bar|14956|35416|#F99|per=1}}
|{{Composition bar|11|30|#F99|per=1}}
|-
|Speaker
|{{Composition bar|1204|35416|#000|per=1}}
|{{Composition bar|1|30|#000|per=1}}
|-
|Independents
|{{Composition bar|831|35416|#CCC|per=1}}
|{{Composition bar|0|30|#CCC|per=1}}
|-
|Inheritance Tax Now
|{{Composition bar|128|35416|#F63|per=1}}
|{{Composition bar|0|30|#F63|per=1}}
|-
|Stub Out Smoking
|{{Composition bar|59|35416|#C00|per=1}}
|{{Composition bar|0|30|#C00|per=1}}
|-
|Don't Stop The Party Party
|{{Composition bar|24|35416|#0FF|per=1}}
|{{Composition bar|0|30|#0FF|per=1}}
|-
|}

==Results by district==

===District 1 (Southport Central)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Candidate name
! Party
! Votes for / Total votes cast (% support)
|-
|'''Amanda McKinley'''
|Justice Party
|{{Composition bar|853|1146|#F99|per=1}}
|-
|John Rough
|Farmers' and Workers' Union
|{{Composition bar|293|1146|#33C|per=1}}
|-
|}

===District 2 (Southport West)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Candidate name
! Party
! Votes for / Total votes cast (% support)
|-
|'''Paul Woodacre'''
|Justice Party
|{{Composition bar|727|1167|#F99|per=1}}
|-
|Kieran Smith
|Farmers' and Workers' Union
|{{Composition bar|440|1167|#33C|per=1}}
|-
|}

===District 3 (Southport East)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Candidate name
! Party
! Votes for / Total votes cast (% support)
|-
|''Lucy McCaul''
|Justice Party
|{{Composition bar|763|1174|#F99|per=1}}
|-
|Simon Willis
|Farmers' and Workers' Union
|{{Composition bar|411|1174|#33C|per=1}}
|-
|}

===District 4 (Southport North)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Candidate name
! Party
! Votes for / Total votes cast (% support)
|-
|Mike Woodley
|Justice Party
|{{Composition bar|627|1201|#F99|per=1}}
|-
|''Rachel Hopkins''
|Farmers' and Workers' Union
|{{Composition bar|574|1201|#33C|per=1}}
|-
|}

===District 5 (Hartsby South and Welling)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Candidate name
! Party
! Votes for / Total votes cast (% support)
|-
|'''Liam Appleton'''
|Farmers' and Workers' Union
|{{Composition bar|735|1187|#33C|per=1}}
|-
|Chris Johnson
|Justice Party
|{{Composition bar|452|1187|#F99|per=1}}
|-
|}

===District 6 (Beachhead)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Candidate name
! Party
! Votes for / Total votes cast (% support)
|-
|'''Catherine Jones'''
|Farmers' and Workers' Union
|{{Composition bar|732|1178|#33C|per=1}}
|-
|Fred Shoemaker
|Justice Party
|{{Composition bar|387|1178|#F99|per=1}}
|-
|David Nelson
|Stub Out Smoking
|{{Composition bar|59|1178|#C00|per=1}}
|-
|}

===District 7 (Clinton)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Candidate name
! Party
! Votes for / Total votes cast (% support)
|-
|'''Graham Smith'''
|Farmers' and Workers' Union
|{{Composition bar|527|1263|#33C|per=1}}
|-
|Hannah Moore
|Independent
|{{Composition bar|466|1263|#CCC|per=1}}
|-
|Steve Longmoor
|Justice Party
|{{Composition bar|270|1263|#F99|per=1}}
|-
|}

===District 8 (New Plains and Barnsdale)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Candidate name
! Party
! Votes for / Total votes cast (% support)
|-
|'''Paul Ellis'''
|Farmers' and Workers' Union
|{{Composition bar|825|1153|#33C|per=1}}
|-
|Rich Carter
|Justice Party
|{{Composition bar|328|1153|#F99|per=1}}
|-
|}

===District 9 (Blackfield)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Candidate name
! Party
! Votes for / Total votes cast (% support)
|-
|'''Lara Simpson'''
|Justice Party
|{{Composition bar|743|1201|#F99|per=1}}
|-
|Alan Gregory
|Farmers' and Workers' Union
|{{Composition bar|458|1201|#33C|per=1}}
|-
|}

===District 10 (North Bar and Libertas)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Candidate name
! Party
! Votes for / Total votes cast (% support)
|-
|''Daniel Leonard''
|Farmers' and Workers' Union
|{{Composition bar|693|1175|#33C|per=1}}
|-
|Oliver Coward
|Justice Party
|{{Composition bar|482|1175|#F99|per=1}}
|-
|}

===District 11 (Harrington)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Candidate name
! Party
! Votes for / Total votes cast (% support)
|-
|'''Stephen Jones'''
|Speaker
|{{Composition bar|1204|1204|#000|per=1}}
|-
|}

===District 12 (Distant Gates)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Candidate name
! Party
! Votes for / Total votes cast (% support)
|-
|'''Priscilla Costa'''
|Farmers' and Workers' Union
|{{Composition bar|800|1174|#33C|per=1}}
|-
|Sam Taverner
|Justice Party
|{{Composition bar|374|1174|#F99|per=1}}
|-
|}

===District 13 (Baldridge)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Candidate name
! Party
! Votes for / Total votes cast (% support)
|-
|'''Owen McDonald'''
|Farmers' and Workers' Union
|{{Composition bar|836|1152|#33C|per=1}}
|-
|Harriet Silverton
|Independent
|{{Composition bar|316|1152|#CCC|per=1}}
|-
|}

===District 14 (Pennysworth)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Candidate name
! Party
! Votes for / Total votes cast (% support)
|-
|'''David Chatham'''
|Farmers' and Workers' Union
|{{Composition bar|963|1138|#33C|per=1}}
|-
|Simon Brown
|Justice Party
|{{Composition bar|124|1138|#F99|per=1}}
|-
|Bobby the Cig-Smoking Big Wig
|Don't Stop The Party Party
|{{Composition bar|24|1138|#0FF|per=1}}
|-
|Lucy Richards
|Inheritance Tax Now
|{{Composition bar|19|1138|#F63|per=1}}
|-
|Joe Michael
|Independent
|{{Composition bar|7|1138|#CCC|per=1}}
|-
|}

===District 15 (Illington and Blooming Green)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Candidate name
! Party
! Votes for / Total votes cast (% support)
|-
|'''John Alexander'''
|Farmers' and Workers' Union
|{{Composition bar|710|1164|#33C|per=1}}
|-
|Bill Evans
|Justice Party
|{{Composition bar|454|1164|#F99|per=1}}
|-
|}

===District 16 (Newport)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Candidate name
! Party
! Votes for / Total votes cast (% support)
|-
|Matthew Kennedy
|Farmers' and Workers' Union
|{{Composition bar|634|1212|#33C|per=1}}
|-
|'''Tess Morgan'''
|Justice Party
|{{Composition bar|538|1212|#F99|per=1}}
|-
|Craig Mitchell
|Inheritance Tax Now
|{{Composition bar|40|1212|#F63|per=1}}
|-
|}

===District 17 (Westwood)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Candidate name
! Party
! Votes for / Total votes cast (% support)
|-
|''Robert Howell''
|Farmers' and Workers' Union
|{{Composition bar|628|1180|#33C|per=1}}
|-
|Emily Brunt
|Justice Party
|{{Composition bar|526|1180|#F99|per=1}}
|-
|Stephen Marcus
|Inheritance Tax Now
|{{Composition bar|26|1180|#F63|per=1}}
|-
|}

===District 18 (Collins Fair)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Candidate name
! Party
! Votes for / Total votes cast (% support)
|-
|Brandon Lyle
|Justice Party
|{{Composition bar|611|1210|#F99|per=1}}
|-
|'''Sophie Jenkins'''
|Farmers' and Workers' Union
|{{Composition bar|599|1210|#33C|per=1}}
|-
|}

===District 19 (Henblebush)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Candidate name
! Party
! Votes for / Total votes cast (% support)
|-
|''Lily Turnbull''
|Justice Party
|{{Composition bar|740|1163|#F99|per=1}}
|-
|David Northend
|Farmers' and Workers' Union
|{{Composition bar|423|1163|#33C|per=1}}
|-
|}

===District 20 (Hartley and Smitherston East)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Candidate name
! Party
! Votes for / Total votes cast (% support)
|-
|Esther Braddock
|Justice Party
|{{Composition bar|620|1227|#F99|per=1}}
|-
|'''William Freeman'''
|Farmers' and Workers' Union
|{{Composition bar|607|1227|#33C|per=1}}
|-
|}

===District 21 (Smitherston West)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Candidate name
! Party
! Votes for / Total votes cast (% support)
|-
|''Michelle Wickham''
|Justice Party
|{{Composition bar|775|1171|#F99|per=1}}
|-
|James Tarrant
|Farmers' and Workers' Union
|{{Composition bar|396|1171|#33C|per=1}}
|-
|}

===District 22 (Broadgate East)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Candidate name
! Party
! Votes for / Total votes cast (% support)
|-
|'''Barry Vaughan'''
|Justice Party
|{{Composition bar|717|1177|#F99|per=1}}
|-
|Patricia Mowbray
|Farmers' and Workers' Union
|{{Composition bar|460|1177|#33C|per=1}}
|-
|}

===District 23 (Broadgate West)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Candidate name
! Party
! Votes for / Total votes cast (% support)
|-
|'''Bruce Martin'''
|Justice Party
|{{Composition bar|798|1172|#F99|per=1}}
|-
|Jack Woolley
|Farmers' and Workers' Union
|{{Composition bar|374|1172|#33C|per=1}}
|-
|}

===District 24 (Elysium and Branson)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Candidate name
! Party
! Votes for / Total votes cast (% support)
|-
|'''Amanda Curran'''
|Farmers' and Workers' Union
|{{Composition bar|636|1195|#33C|per=1}}
|-
|Lydia Clark
|Justice Party
|{{Composition bar|559|1195|#F99|per=1}}
|-
|}

===District 25 (Silver Coast and Sabler)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Candidate name
! Party
! Votes for / Total votes cast (% support)
|-
|'''John Lucas'''
|Farmers' and Workers' Union
|{{Composition bar|725|1163|#33C|per=1}}
|-
|Philip Millar
|Justice Party
|{{Composition bar|438|1163|#F99|per=1}}
|-
|}

===District 26 (Ironbridge)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Candidate name
! Party
! Votes for / Total votes cast (% support)
|-
|'''Alan Edwards'''
|Farmers' and Workers' Union
|{{Composition bar|658|1172|#33C|per=1}}
|-
|Derek Rainford
|Justice Party
|{{Composition bar|514|1172|#F99|per=1}}
|-
|}

===District 27 (Overwood)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Candidate name
! Party
! Votes for / Total votes cast (% support)
|-
|'''Dan Shipton'''
|Farmers' and Workers' Union
|{{Composition bar|801|1160|#33C|per=1}}
|-
|Lynn Green
|Justice Party
|{{Composition bar|317|1160|#F99|per=1}}
|-
|Katie Williamson
|Independent
|{{Composition bar|42|1160|#CCC|per=1}}
|-
|}

===District 28 (Bradford and Henley)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Candidate name
! Party
! Votes for / Total votes cast (% support)
|-
|'''Ellie Oakman'''
|Farmers' and Workers' Union
|{{Composition bar|770|1183|#33C|per=1}}
|-
|Michael Allinson
|Justice Party
|{{Composition bar|413|1183|#F99|per=1}}
|-
|}

===District 29 (Grayling)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Candidate name
! Party
! Votes for / Total votes cast (% support)
|-
|'''John Fisher'''
|Farmers' and Workers' Union
|{{Composition bar|815|1174|#33C|per=1}}
|-
|Keith Morrison
|Justice Party
|{{Composition bar|359|1174|#F99|per=1}}
|-
|}

===District 30 (Broadgate North and Anneswater)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Candidate name
! Party
! Votes for / Total votes cast (% support)
|-
|'''Tammy Whitehead'''
|Farmers' and Workers' Union
|{{Composition bar|691|1181|#33C|per=1}}
|-
|Gordon Harris
|Justice Party
|{{Composition bar|447|1181|#F99|per=1}}
|-
|Jacob Croft
|Inheritance Tax Now
|{{Composition bar|43|1181|#F63|per=1}}
|-
|}

=Seats in order of largest Union majority=
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! District no.
! [party] Winner
! [party] Runner-up
! Winner's margin
over runner-up (%)
|-
|14
|<span style="color:#33C">'''[Union] David Chatham'''</span>
|<span style="color:#F99">'''[Justice] Simon Brown'''</span>
|{{Percentage bar|73.73|hex=33C}}
|-
|13
|<span style="color:#33C">'''[Union] Owen McDonald'''</span>
|<span style="color:#CCC">'''[Independent] Harriet Silverton'''</span>
|{{Percentage bar|45.10|hex=33C}}
|-
|8
|<span style="color:#33C">'''[Union] Paul Ellis'''</span>
|<span style="color:#F99">'''[Justice] Rich Carter'''</span>
|{{Percentage bar|43.10|hex=33C}}
|-
|27
|<span style="color:#33C">'''[Union] Dan Shipton'''</span>
|<span style="color:#F99">'''[Justice] Lynn Green'''</span>
|{{Percentage bar|41.72|hex=33C}}
|-
|29
|<span style="color:#33C">'''[Union] John Fisher'''</span>
|<span style="color:#F99">'''[Justice] Keith Morrison'''</span>
|{{Percentage bar|38.84|hex=33C}}
|-
|12
|<span style="color:#33C">'''[Union] Priscilla Costa'''</span>
|<span style="color:#F99">'''[Justice] Sam Taverner'''</span>
|{{Percentage bar|36.29|hex=33C}}
|-
|28
|<span style="color:#33C">'''[Union] Ellie Oakman'''</span>
|<span style="color:#F99">'''[Justice] Michael Allinson'''</span>
|{{Percentage bar|30.18|hex=33C}}
|-
|6
|<span style="color:#33C">'''[Union] Catherine Jones'''</span>
|<span style="color:#F99">'''[Justice] Fred Shoemaker'''</span>
|{{Percentage bar|28.52|hex=33C}}
|-
|25
|<span style="color:#33C">'''[Union] John Lucas'''</span>
|<span style="color:#F99">'''[Justice] Philip Millar'''</span>
|{{Percentage bar|24.68|hex=33C}}
|-
|5
|<span style="color:#33C">'''[Union] Liam Appleton'''</span>
|<span style="color:#F99">'''[Justice] Chris Johnson'''</span>
|{{Percentage bar|23.84|hex=33C}}
|-
|15
|<span style="color:#33C">'''[Union] John Alexander'''</span>
|<span style="color:#F99">'''[Justice] Bill Evans'''</span>
|{{Percentage bar|21.99|hex=33C}}
|-
|30
|<span style="color:#33C">'''[Union] Tammy Whitehead'''</span>
|<span style="color:#F99">'''[Justice] Gordon Harris'''</span>
|{{Percentage bar|20.66|hex=33C}}
|-
|10
|<span style="color:#33C">'''[Union] Daniel Leonard'''</span>
|<span style="color:#F99">'''[Justice] Oliver Coward'''</span>
|{{Percentage bar|17.96|hex=33C}}
|-
|26
|<span style="color:#33C">'''[Union] Alan Edwards'''</span>
|<span style="color:#F99">'''[Justice] Derek Rainford'''</span>
|{{Percentage bar|12.29|hex=33C}}
|-
|17
|<span style="color:#33C">'''[Union] Robert Howell'''</span>
|<span style="color:#F99">'''[Justice] Emily Brunt'''</span>
|{{Percentage bar|8.64|hex=33C}}
|-
|16
|<span style="color:#33C">'''[Union] Matthew Kennedy'''</span>
|<span style="color:#F99">'''[Justice] Tess Morgan'''</span>
|{{Percentage bar|7.92|hex=33C}}
|-
|24
|<span style="color:#33C">'''[Union] Amanda Curran'''</span>
|<span style="color:#F99">'''[Justice] Lydia Clark'''</span>
|{{Percentage bar|6.44|hex=33C}}
|-
|7
|<span style="color:#33C">'''[Union] Graham Smith'''</span>
|<span style="color:#CCC">'''[Independent] Hannah Moore'''</span>
|{{Percentage bar|4.83|hex=33C}}
|-
|18
|<span style="color:#F99">'''[Justice] Brandon Lyle'''</span>
|<span style="color:#33C">'''[Union] Sophie Jenkins'''</span>
|{{Percentage bar|0.99|hex=F99}}
|-
|20
|<span style="color:#F99">'''[Justice] Esther Braddock'''</span>
|<span style="color:#33C">'''[Union] William Freeman'''</span>
|{{Percentage bar|1.06|hex=F99}}
|-
|4
|<span style="color:#F99">'''[Justice] Mike Woodley'''</span>
|<span style="color:#33C">'''[Union] Rachel Hopkins'''</span>
|{{Percentage bar|4.41|hex=F99}}
|-
|22
|<span style="color:#F99">'''[Justice] Barry Vaughan'''</span>
|<span style="color:#33C">'''[Union] Patricia Mowbray'''</span>
|{{Percentage bar|21.84|hex=F99}}
|-
|9
|<span style="color:#F99">'''[Justice] Lara Simpson'''</span>
|<span style="color:#33C">'''[Union] Alan Gregory'''</span>
|{{Percentage bar|23.73|hex=F99}}
|-
|2
|<span style="color:#F99">'''[Justice] Paul Woodacre'''</span>
|<span style="color:#33C">'''[Union] Kieran Smith'''</span>
|{{Percentage bar|24.59|hex=F99}}
|-
|19
|<span style="color:#F99">'''[Justice] Lily Turnbull'''</span>
|<span style="color:#33C">'''[Union] David Northend'''</span>
|{{Percentage bar|27.26|hex=F99}}
|-
|3
|<span style="color:#F99">'''[Justice] Lucy McCaul'''</span>
|<span style="color:#33C">'''[Union] Simon Willis'''</span>
|{{Percentage bar|29.98|hex=F99}}
|-
|21
|<span style="color:#F99">'''[Justice] Michelle Wickham'''</span>
|<span style="color:#33C">'''[Union] James Tarrant'''</span>
|{{Percentage bar|32.37|hex=F99}}
|-
|23
|<span style="color:#F99">'''[Justice] Bruce Martin'''</span>
|<span style="color:#33C">'''[Union] Jack Woolley'''</span>
|{{Percentage bar|36.18|hex=F99}}
|-
|1
|<span style="color:#F99">'''[Justice] Amanda McKinley'''</span>
|<span style="color:#33C">'''[Union] John Rough'''</span>
|{{Percentage bar|48.87|hex=F99}}
|-
|11
|'''[! Speaker] Stephen Jones'''
|''Uncontested seat''
|{{Percentage bar|100.00}}
|-
|}