1948 Central Shaneville Presidential election

1948 Central Shanevlle presidential election

12 November 1948 (1948-11-12)
264 seats in the Central Shaneville Parliament (CSP) 133 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	75.7%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Louis Banderas Margaret MacMillan Eric Lomax Party Democratic Liberal New Democratic Party Progressive Conservative Party Leader since December 1936 November 1944 January 1948 Leader's seat Sassari Lincoln Island Bastia Last election 7,246,020 (47.1%) 3,727,463 (24.1%) 3,524,840 (22.9%) Seats before 181 58 15 Seats won 103 86 54 Seat change -78 +28 +39 FPTP vote 3,315,499" 2,294,737 2,189,423 Percentage 39.7%" 27.5% 26.2% Swing - - -   Fourth party   Leader John Foster Party Social Credit Workers' Party Leader since November 1944 Leader's seat Northern Territory Last election 883,306 (5.7%) Seats before 10 Seats won 21 Seat change +11 FPTP vote 440,685 Percentage 5.3% Swing -
President of Central Shaneville before election Louis Banderas Democratic Liberal President of Central Shaneville Louis Banderas Democratic Liberal

The 1948 Central Shaneville Presidential election was held on the 12 November 1948, Louis Banderas entered the election as the incumbent president.

As the campaign trail rolled on however, the Liberals seat predictions kept decreasing whilst the Conservatives under Lomax and New Democratic Party under MacMillan gained seats after the two parties unleashed attack advertising campaigns on incumbent President Banderas - with the Liberals in a tight race to keep their majority, Banderas decided to try and appeal to the younger voters of Central Shaneville by vouching for the importance of "family" whilst also claiming that if the Conservatives got back into power they would take food away from the people of Central Shaneville who need it in an attack campaign of his own.

The results of the 1948 election sees the Liberals win a minority government in what was a major blow for the party as they lost their majority, incumbent President Louis Banderas wins a second term as President of Central Shaneville.

Unlike the 1944 election, there was no voter count issues.

Louis Banderas' second term as President, this time his Liberal party in charge of a minority government is cut short as he dies of a heart attack whilst on vacation in 1949 - The Liberals, instead of calling for a re-election, sworn in deputy leader of the party, John Dunster, who took over the Sassari district seat from Banderas however nothing significant happened during Dunster's term as "interim president" so he is not usually talked about as being a "good" president.

Exit Poll

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

Parties		Seats	Change
	Liberal Party	105	-
	Progressive Conservative Party	65	-
	New Democratic Party	61	-
	Social Credit Workers' Party	20	-
	Undecided	13	-
LIBERAL PARTY WINS BUT FORMS A MINORITY GOVERNMENT.

Results

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

Party		Leader	MLs			Votes
				Of total			Of total
Liberal Party		Louis Banderas (incumbent)	103	0.0%	103 / 264	xxx	39.7%'	39.7%
New Democratic Party		Margaret MacMillan	86	0.0%	86 / 264	xxx	27.5%	27.5%
Progressive Conservative Party		Eric Lomax	54	0.0%	54 / 264	xxx	26.2%	26.2%
Social Credit Workers' Party		John Foster	21	0.0%	21 / 264	xxx	5.3%	5.3%

Voting summary

Popular vote Liberal Party   39.7% New Democratic Party   27.5% Conservative Party   26.2% Social Credit Workers' Party   5.3%