1932 Central Shaneville Presidential election

1932 Central Shanevlle presidential election

14 October 1932 (1932-10-14)
180 seats in the Central Shaneville Parliament (CSP) 91 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	85%
First party Second party Third party   Leader John Tait George Hargrave William Griesinger Party Conservative National Workers' Alliance Democratic Liberal Leader since October 1928 March 1932 March 1928 Leader's seat Sassari Ajaccio Northern Territory Last election 80,984 (30%) n/a 84,613 (31.3%) Seats before 0 0 33 Seats won 77 72 31 Seat change +77 +72 -2 FPTP vote 74,132 73,048 69,436 Percentage 27.4% 27% 25.6% Swing - -   Fourth party   Leader William Mackenzie Party Progressive Party Leader since May 1922 Leader's seat Bayside Last election 104,561 (38.7%) Seats before 147 Seats won 0 Seat change -147 FPTP vote 54,221 Percentage 20% Swing -
President of Central Shaneville before election William Mackenzie Progressive President of Central Shaneville John Tait Conservative

The 1932 Central Shaneville Presidential election was held on the 14 October 1932. William Mackenzie and his Progressive Party are the incumbent president and party, as for the other parties - the Liberals (the second biggest at the time) went with a new leader in senator William Griesinger whilst the struggling Conservatives look to re-enter the parliament altogether following the immediate firing of far right leader Fletcher Dornor who left the country shortly after his defeat - John Tait was the new nominee for the Conservatives who had the same beliefs as the party bringing some much needed stability.

With the Conservatives looking to get back into parliament and in a weaker position then ever before, a new party called the National Workers' Union headed by George Hargrave, the party's purpose is to stop the urbanization of Central Shaneville from reaching farmland - it also wants to increase social welfare and isn't looking to win seats in this election but in 1936 instead with Hargrave launching a four year plan that if unsuccessful could see the party collapse due to financial reasons.

Pre-election, the predictions suggested a hung parliament with the Liberals and NWA being the main powers in a new minority government.

The 1932 electoral campaigns was most famous for incumbent president William Mackenzie's campaign falling apart in a dramatic way as his number of predicted seats went down during the six weeks of campaigning, the Conservatives would also face a scandal with only two days to go before the election.

John Tait became the next President of Central Shaneville whilst the Conservatives formed a minority government in what was known as the greatest comeback in Central Shaneville Politics.

The Progressives were crushed, winning 0 seats resulting in William Mackenzie's resignation.

Exit Poll

The exit poll suggested a major Conservative comeback scoring themselves a Minority government with the incumbent Progressive Party only predicted to get 1 seat which would likely lead to Mackenzie's resignation.

The Exit Poll took place a week before the election and predicted the following:

Parties		Seats	Change
	Conservative Party	65	-
	Liberal Party	41	-
	National Workers' Alliance	26	-
	Progressive Party	1	-
	Undecided	47	-
CONSERVATIVES WIN A MINORITY GOVERNMENT

Results

After all electoral districts had been declared, the results were:

Party		Leader	MLs			Votes
				Of total			Of total
Conservative Party		John Tait	77	42.8%	77 / 180	xxx	27.4%	27.4%
National Workers' Alliance		George Hargrave	72	40.0%	72 / 180	xxx	27.0%	27.0%
Liberal Party		William Griesinger	31	17.2%	31 / 180	xxx	25.6%'	25.6%
Progressive Party		William Mackenzie (incumbent)	0	0.0%	0 / 180	xxx	20.0%	20.0%

Voting summary

Popular vote Conservative Party   27.4% National Workers' Alliance   27.0% Liberal Party   25.6% Progressive Party   20.0%