2019 Patagonian general election: Difference between revisions
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| leader_since1 = 8 May 2016 | | leader_since1 = 8 May 2016 | ||
| leaders_seat1 = Roche | | leaders_seat1 = Roche | ||
| last_election1 = 48 seats, | | last_election1 = 48 seats, 37.6% | ||
| seats_before1 = | | seats_before1 = | ||
| seats1 = 64 | | seats1 = '''64''' | ||
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} | | seat_change1 = {{increase}} 16 | ||
| popular_vote1 = 1, | | popular_vote1 = '''1,195,093''' | ||
| percentage1 = | | percentage1 = '''46.6%''' | ||
| swing1 = {{increase}} 9.0 [[Wikipedia:Percentage point|pp]] | |||
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| leader_since2 = 24 January 2012 | | leader_since2 = 24 January 2012 | ||
| leaders_seat2 = South East Saint George | | leaders_seat2 = South East Saint George | ||
| last_election2 = 68 seats, 44. | | last_election2 = 68 seats, 44.8% | ||
| seats_before2 = | | seats_before2 = | ||
| seats2 = 56 | | seats2 = 56 | ||
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 12 | | seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 12 | ||
| popular_vote2 = 1, | | popular_vote2 = 1,034,740 | ||
| percentage2 = 40. | | percentage2 = 40.4% | ||
| swing2 = {{decrease}} 4.4 [[Wikipedia:Percentage point|pp]] | |||
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| colour4 = | | colour4 = 01B096 | ||
| leader4 = Thomas Masser | | leader4 = Thomas Masser | ||
| party4 = [[Reform Party (Patagonia)|Reform]] | | party4 = [[Reform Party (Patagonia)|Reform]] | ||
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| leader_since4 = 3 February 2008 | | leader_since4 = 3 February 2008 | ||
| leaders_seat4 = Sandy Point East | | leaders_seat4 = Sandy Point East | ||
| last_election4 = | | last_election4 = 6 seats, 7.7% | ||
| seats_before4 = | | seats_before4 = | ||
| seats4 = | | seats4 = 4 | ||
| seat_change4 = {{ | | seat_change4 = {{decrease}} 2 | ||
| popular_vote4 = | | popular_vote4 = 187,828 | ||
| percentage4 = | | percentage4 = 7.3% | ||
| swing4 = {{decrease}} 0.4 [[Wikipedia:Percentage point|pp]] | |||
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| leader_since5 = 1 May 2011 | | leader_since5 = 1 May 2011 | ||
| leaders_seat5 = Cordova South<br>''(defeated)'' | | leaders_seat5 = Cordova South<br>''(defeated)'' | ||
| last_election5 = | | last_election5 = 5 seats, 8.9% | ||
| seats_before5 = | | seats_before5 = | ||
| seats5 = | | seats5 = 2 | ||
| seat_change5 = {{decrease}} | | seat_change5 = {{decrease}} 3 | ||
| popular_vote5 = | | popular_vote5 = 76,544 | ||
| percentage5 = | | percentage5 = 3.0% | ||
| swing5 = {{decrease}} 5.9 [[Wikipedia:Percentage point|pp]] | |||
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The 2019 Patagonian general election was held on Thursday 31 October 2019, four years after the previous general election in 2015. The election resulted in a hung parliament where no party was able to command a majority in the House of Assembly. This was only the second general election since the Second World War to return a hung parliament, the first being the March 1973 election.
Opinion polls had consistently shown strong leads for the official opposition Labour Party, led by Albert Ferguson, over the incumbent National Party, led by Prime Minister Rhys MacRae. From an 18-point lead, Labour's lead began to diminish in the final weeks of the campaign. In a surprising result, Labour fell a single seat short of a majority; a strong majority of between 10 and 20 seats had been predicted.
Having lost his majority and suffered considerable losses, MacRae announced his resignation as Prime Minister and National Party leader on 1 November. Later that same day, Ferguson announced he would seek to form a minority government. After discussion with opposition parties to ensure a Speech from the Throne would pass, Ferguson was appointed Prime Minister by Governor-General Claudia Leadsom on 15 November 2019.