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==Results==
==Results==
The Conservative Party won a landslide victory

Revision as of 16:36, 15 January 2020

1900 Sallian parliamentary election
27/06/1900

All 650 seats to the House of Commons of Sallia
326 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered7,119,000
Turnout7,009,255
  First party Second party
 
Leader Nicholas Wilson James Cooper
Party Conservative Party Liberal Party
Leader since 4 August 1899 4 August 1899
Leader's seat Did not stand Palling
Seats won 405 127
Popular vote 3,091,782 2,306,045
Percentage 44.11% 32.9%

Prime Minister before election

None
Independent

Prime Minister

Nicholas Wilson
Conservative Party

The 1900 Sallian parliamentary election took place on 27 June 1900. The provisional government had been dissolved on 25 May 1900 following the ratification of the Conduct Act 1900. The upper-class Conservative Party, led by the rich Nicholas Wilson, ran a campaign promising to raise taxes for the poor to fund the aristocracy. The middle-class Liberal Party, led by James Cooper, promised equality between the classes and a liberal society. No one knew what to expect, due to the new circumstances. Opinion polls showed a Conservative victory, and it turned out to be a landslide when the results were announced on 7 July 2000. Nicholas Wilson then formed a new government, and the 1st Parliament of Sallia met on 1 August 1900.

Campaign

Campaigning began following the dissolution of the provisional government on

Opinion polls

Endorsements

Newspaper Endorsement
The People's Paper Labour Representation Alliance
The Daily News Conservative Party
The Daily Post Liberal Party

Results

The Conservative Party won a landslide victory