Liberal Party (Charville)

Liberal Party Frjølsflokken
Abbreviation	FF
Leader	Tomas Banke
Deputy Leader	Bisahalani Kaya
Founded	5 December 1964
Merger of	Liberals and Populars Free Democratic Party
Newspaper	Rikesavarpe
Youth wing	Liberal Youth
Women's wing	Liberal Women
LGBT wing	Liberal+Queer
Membership (2025)	247,208
Ideology	Liberalism Social liberalism
Political position	Centre to centre-left
Colors	Orange
Slogan	"Vi beveger Karvilik fræmyvir" "We move Charville forward"
Forsemling	72 / 425
Rådmennget	24 / 85
Provincial premierships	5 / 19
Provincial legislatures	353 / 1,138
County councils	3,481 / 15,540

The Liberal Party (Oanthanian Våknet: Frjølsflokken, Oanthanian Verth: Frjálsflokkinn, Distani: Ńtsídadiiké yaa Bízhą́) is a federal political party in Charville which sits on the centre to center-left of the political spectrum. The party follows the principles of liberalism, encompassing a broad spectrum of supporters with generally social-liberal sympathies, but classical liberal, libertarian, and centrist factions also exist. As such, the party is often described as big tent. The party supports a mixed capitalist economy, social equality, and protection of civil liberties; it advocates for healthcare reform, abortion rights, legalisation of cannabis, looser immigration laws, and LGBT rights. The party maintains an internationalist stance on foreign policy; it initiated Charville's entry into the United Federation of Telrova (UFT) and International Task Force (ITF) in 2022, and the adoption of the Rova the following year.

The party was founded in 1964 as a merger of the two largest Charvillean liberal parties of that time, the Liberals and Populars, and the Free Democratic Party. The defection of several prominent Socialist Labour members magnified the Liberal Party's popularity, and successes in the 1966 presidential and parliamentary elections reinforced its new status as the major centre-left party in the country. Alongside the Conservative Party and The Centre, the Liberal Party is one of the dominating political parties of contemporary Charville, in government for 31 out of the 61 years of the party's existence. There have been three Liberal presidents, all of which have served two terms in office.

The Liberal Party performs best electorally in urban areas, particularly in the regions of Distan, Malidae and South Oanthan, among ethnic and sexual minorities, and voters with a postgraduate degree. Since the 2000s, the party has gained support among more affluent voters while it has lost support among the working class. The leader of the party is Tomas Banke. It is currently sits in opposition at the federal level as the second largest party in the Forsemling and the Rådmennget, but leads the governments of five Charvillean provinces. It is the largest political party in Charville by number of members.

History

A merger between the two mainstream liberal parties of pre-DCW Charville, the centre-right Liberals and Populars (FAV), and the centre-left Free Democrats 45 (GL45), had been proposed multiple times throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, but opposing views on [fill]. However, the dramatic decline in popularity of the Socialist Labour Party (SAF) after the [name] Crisis of 1963 saw a large swing in opinion polling among SAF moderates to alternative centre-left to centre parties, with many influential members in the FAV and the GL45 suggesting a liberal merger could win a considerable share of the vote from both the middle class and dissatisfied SAF moderates. Althoug

Leadership

Leader		Year
1	Mats Gjertsen	1964–1965
2	Sigbjørn Ketelsen	1965–1974
3	Preben Kvale	1974–1979
4	David Hougen	1979–1984
5	Andreas Borresen	1984–1997
6	Yngve Selberg	1997–2003
7	Hjørdis Auestad	2003–2008
8	Benjamin Veierød	2008–2016
9	Keif Andersen	2016–2023
10	Tomas Banke	2023–present

Election results

Forsemling

Election	Leader	Votes			Seats		Position	Government
		No.	Share	± pp	No.	±
1965	Sigbjørn Ketelsen	261,269	40.8%		106 / 350	New	2nd	Conservative-Liberal
1966		261,269	40.8%		159 / 350	53	1st	Liberal-Conservative
1971		261,269	40.8%		202 / 400	43	1st	Liberal
1976	Preben Kvale	261,269	40.8%		163 / 400	39	1st	Liberal-Red (1976-1979)
								Centre-Conservative-United Peasants (1979)
1979	David Hougen	261,269	40.8%		84 / 400	99	2nd	Centre-Conservative
1984		261,269	40.8%		85 / 400	1	3rd	Centre-Conservative-Reconquest (1984-1988)
								Centre-Conservative minority (1988-1989)
1989	Andreas Borresen	261,269	40.8%		174 / 400	89	1st	Liberal-Social Democrats
1994		261,269	40.8%		141 / 400	33	1st	Liberal-Social Democrats minority (1994-1995)
								Conservative-Centre-Progressive Reform (1995-1996)
1996		261,269	40.8%		126 / 400	15	1st	Conservative-Centre-Social Democrats (1996)
								Liberal-Social Democrats-Left Alliance (1996-1997)
								Liberal-Social Democrats minority (1997)
1997		261,269	40.8%		56 / 400	70	3rd	Conservative
2002	Yngve Selberg	261,269	40.8%		61 / 400	5	3rd	Conservative-Centre
2007	Hjørdis Auestad	261,269	40.8%		92 / 400	31	2nd	Conservative-Centre
2012	Benjamin Veierød	261,269	40.8%		170 / 400	78	1st	Liberal-Left Alliance
2017	Keif Andersen	261,269	40.8%		177 / 400	7	1st	Liberal-Left Alliance
2022		261,269	40.8%		101 / 400	76	2nd	Conservative-Centre-Voice of Distan (2022-2024)
								Conservative-Centre minority (2024)
2024	Tomas Banke	261,269	40.8%		72 / 400	29	2nd	Conservative-Centre-Greens-Advance (2024-2026)
								Conservative-Centre (2026-present)

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