1960 Central Shaneville Presidential election

1960 Central Shanevlle presidential election

11 November 1960 (1960-11-11)
264 seats in the Central Shaneville Parliament (CSP) 133 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	88.5%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Steve McLaren Bob Dylan Eric Lomax Party Democratic Liberal New Democratic Party Progressive Conservative Party Leader since October 1960 October 1960 January 1948 Leader's seat Cagliari Ajaccio Bastia Last election 4,276,550 (50.1%) 1,277,678 (15.0%) 2,531,229 (29.7%) Seats before 150 15 84 Seats won 103 78 58 Seat change -47 +63 -26 FPTP vote 3,150,762 2,455,822 1,874,911 Percentage 38.7% 30.1% 23.0% Swing - - -   Fourth party   Leader William Fieldhouse Party Social Credit Workers' Party Leader since January 1954 Leader's seat Centrale Last election 446,178 (5.2%) Seats before 15 Seats won 25 Seat change +10 FPTP vote 670,875 Percentage 8.2% Swing -
President of Central Shaneville before election John Dunster Democratic Liberal President of Central Shaneville Steve McLaren Democratic Liberal

The 1960 Central Shaneville Presidential election was held on the 11 November 1960.

By the time the 1960 Presidential election rolled around, John Dunster became the longest sitting Central Shaneville president at 11 years and 97 days, a record at that point - he had also served 3 terms making him the first president to do so (though his first term was as interim president following the death of then President Louis Banderas.)

Having taken over from Louis Banderas in 1949, he then won his first term in 1952 and won re-election in 1956, he is seen as a political and moral authority figure on the island nation to this day and is one of the most famous Central Shaneville figures.

As for the 1960 election, Dunster didn't stand again and instead threw his support behind his successor in the Liberal Party: Steve McLaren who knew he wasn't going to get it easy as Dunster had done such a good job especially in building infrastructure and foreign relations.

Steve McLaren was the son of the Foreign Minister and a well known businessman, this is the first time the McLaren family has had any real political influence in the area, and with Dunster stepping aside, things look to be in good hands, another "out of the box" candidate decided to run this time it was The New Democratic Party, whose power in parliament was shrinking, chose a popular singer called Bob Dylan who went by the name of "Boots" when performing which was met with awkward silence from Parliament with some members saying that the NDP is "losing the plot."

Steve McLaren and the Liberal Party won the election causing McLaren to become the 9th President of Central Shaneville however it was only a minority government which was a big blow to the party.

Exit Poll

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

Parties		Seats	Change
	Liberal Party	138	-
	New Democratic Party	51	-
	Progressive Conservative Party	42	-
	Social Credit Workers' Party	18	-
	Undecided	10	-
LIBERAL PARTY RETAINS MAJORITY

Results

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

Party		Leader	MLs			Votes
				Of total			Of total
Liberal Party		Steve McLaren	103	0.0%	103 / 264	xxx	38.7%	38.7%
New Democratic Party		Bob Dylan	78	0.0%	78 / 264	xxx	30.1%	30.1%
Progressive Conservative Party		Eric Lomax	58	0.0%	58 / 264	xxx	23.0%	23.0%
Social Credit Workers' Party		William Fieldhouse	25	0.0%	25 / 264	xxx	8.2%	8.2%

Voting summary

Popular vote Liberal Party   38.7% New Democratic Party   30.1% Conservative Party   23.0% Social Credit Workers' Party   8.2%