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The '''1900 Sallian parliamentary election''' took place on 27 June 1900. The provisional government had been dissolved on 25 May 1900 following the ratification of the [[Conduct Act 1900 (Sallia)|Conduct Act 1900]]. The upper-class Conservative Party, led by the rich [[Nicholas Wilson]], ran a campaign promising to raise taxes for the poor to fund the aristocracy. The middle-class Liberal Party, led by [[James Cooper]], promised equality between the classes and a liberal society. No one knew what to expect, due to the new circumstances. Opinion polls showed a Conservative victory, and it turned out to be a landslide when the results were announced on 7 July 2000. Nicholas Wilson then formed a new government, and the [[1st Parliament of Sallia]] met on 1 August 1900.
The '''1900 Sallian parliamentary election''' took place on 27 June 1900. The provisional government had been dissolved on 25 May 1900 following the ratification of the [[Conduct Act 1900 (Sallia)|Conduct Act 1900]]. The upper-class Conservative Party, led by the rich [[Nicholas Wilson]], ran a campaign promising to raise taxes for the poor to fund the aristocracy. The middle-class Liberal Party, led by [[James Cooper]], promised equality between the classes and a liberal society. No one knew what to expect, due to the new circumstances. Opinion polls showed a Conservative victory, and it turned out to be a landslide when the results were announced on 7 July 2000. Nicholas Wilson then formed a new government, and the [[1st Parliament of Sallia]] met on 1 August 1900.
==Campaign==
==Campaign==
===Conservative Party===
Campaigning began following the dissolution of the provisional government on 25 May 1900. It was a month-long gruelling campaign. The Conservatives campaigned mostly on economic issues, the Liberals campaigned on economic ''and'' social issues, the Republicans campaigned on changing the political system to a presidential one, and the Labour Representation Alliance campaigned on social issues.
The Conservative Party ran a campaign aimed at the aristocracy and the upper-class, promising to raise taxes for the lower class to make life even easier for the aristocracy. The party, led by [[Nicholas Wilson]], also promised a society of capitalism and conservatism. Due to the mass amount of upper-class people in the new country, the Conservatives won a landslide of 405 seats.
 
===Liberal Party===
The Liberal Party ran a campaign aimed at everyone, promising to make the division between the classes very small, and the country's system beneficial to all the people. The party, led by [[James Cooper]], also promised a society of capitalism and liberalism. They were decisively defeated by the majority of the upper-class, who elected a Conservative majority government.
===Labour Representation Alliance===
The Labour Representation Alliance ran a campaign aimed at the lower-class, promising to tax the upper-class heavily to make the division between the classes much smaller. The party, led by [[Ben Patricks]], also promised a socialist society, to eventually become a Marxist, communist society.
===Republican Party===
The Republican Party ran a campaign promising a presidential system similar to that of the United States, as well as promising a society of capitalism and conservatism.
==Opinion polls==
==Opinion polls==
''Main article: [[Opinion polling for the 1900 Sallian parliamentary election]]''
==Endorsements==
==Endorsements==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Newspaper !! Endorsement
|-
| [[The People's Paper (Sallia)|The People's Paper]] || [[Labour Representation Alliance (Sallia)|Labour Representation Alliance]]
|-
| [[The Daily News (Sallia)|The Daily News]] || [[Conservative Party (Sallia)|Conservative Party]]
|-
| [[The Daily Post (Sallia)|The Daily Post]] || [[Liberal Party (Sallia)|Liberal Party]]
|}
==Results==
==Results==
The Conservative Party won a landslide victory of 407 seats (a majority of 164) over their main rivals, the Liberal Party, who only won 183 of the 650 House of Commons seats. The Republican Party, who campaigned mainly on changing the political system to one similar of the United States's system, won 48 seats. The Labour Representation Alliance won only 2 seats, but its leader [[Oliver Anderson]] (who won his seat) was very optimistic about the future. The Speaker of the Provisional Parliament, [[Adam Foster]], won his seat under the ticket "The Speaker Candidate" (and eventually successfully ran to become Speaker of the House). 9 independent candidates won their seats.
'''Seats'''
*Conservative Party - 407 seats
*Liberal Party - 183 seats
*Republican Party - 48 seats
*Independents and others - 9 seats
*Labour Representation Alliance - 2 seats
*"The Speaker Candidate" - 1 seat
'''Popular vote'''
*Conservative Party - 3,091,782 (44.11%)
*Liberal Party - 2,306,045 (32.9%)
*Republican Party - 1,331,058 (18.99%)
*Independents and others - 114,251 (1.63%)
*Labour Representation Alliance - 140,185 (2.0%)
*"The Speaker Candidate" - 26,209 (0.37%)
==Aftermath==
As a result of the election, the Leader of the Conservative Party, [[Nicholas Wilson]], formed a government and became the first Prime Minister. He hadn't run for Parliament, and soon found that it was ineffective to run a government without having a seat in Parliament. After losing a by-election on 8th August 1902, Wilson resigned as Prime Minister and Leader of the Conservative Party, and was replaced in both roles by the Parliamentary Leader of the Conservative Party, [[Arthur Chapman]], who became the second Prime Minister of Sallia.
Chapman dissolved Parliament on 2 June 1905 in compliance with the law for a parliamentary election on 27 June 1905.

Latest revision as of 19:20, 15 January 2020

1900 Sallian parliamentary election
27/06/1900
All 650 seats to the House of Commons of Sallia
326 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered7,119,000
Turnout7,009,255
  First party Second party
 
Leader Nicholas Wilson James Cooper
Party Conservative Party Liberal Party
Leader since 4 August 1899 4 August 1899
Leader's seat Did not stand Palling
Seats won 407 183
Popular vote 3,091,782 2,306,045
Percentage 44.11% 32.9%
Prime Minister before election

None
Independent

Prime Minister

Nicholas Wilson
Conservative Party

The 1900 Sallian parliamentary election took place on 27 June 1900. The provisional government had been dissolved on 25 May 1900 following the ratification of the Conduct Act 1900. The upper-class Conservative Party, led by the rich Nicholas Wilson, ran a campaign promising to raise taxes for the poor to fund the aristocracy. The middle-class Liberal Party, led by James Cooper, promised equality between the classes and a liberal society. No one knew what to expect, due to the new circumstances. Opinion polls showed a Conservative victory, and it turned out to be a landslide when the results were announced on 7 July 2000. Nicholas Wilson then formed a new government, and the 1st Parliament of Sallia met on 1 August 1900.

Campaign

Campaigning began following the dissolution of the provisional government on 25 May 1900. It was a month-long gruelling campaign. The Conservatives campaigned mostly on economic issues, the Liberals campaigned on economic and social issues, the Republicans campaigned on changing the political system to a presidential one, and the Labour Representation Alliance campaigned on social issues.

Opinion polls

Main article: Opinion polling for the 1900 Sallian parliamentary election

Endorsements

Newspaper Endorsement
The People's Paper Labour Representation Alliance
The Daily News Conservative Party
The Daily Post Liberal Party

Results

The Conservative Party won a landslide victory of 407 seats (a majority of 164) over their main rivals, the Liberal Party, who only won 183 of the 650 House of Commons seats. The Republican Party, who campaigned mainly on changing the political system to one similar of the United States's system, won 48 seats. The Labour Representation Alliance won only 2 seats, but its leader Oliver Anderson (who won his seat) was very optimistic about the future. The Speaker of the Provisional Parliament, Adam Foster, won his seat under the ticket "The Speaker Candidate" (and eventually successfully ran to become Speaker of the House). 9 independent candidates won their seats.

Seats

  • Conservative Party - 407 seats
  • Liberal Party - 183 seats
  • Republican Party - 48 seats
  • Independents and others - 9 seats
  • Labour Representation Alliance - 2 seats
  • "The Speaker Candidate" - 1 seat

Popular vote

  • Conservative Party - 3,091,782 (44.11%)
  • Liberal Party - 2,306,045 (32.9%)
  • Republican Party - 1,331,058 (18.99%)
  • Independents and others - 114,251 (1.63%)
  • Labour Representation Alliance - 140,185 (2.0%)
  • "The Speaker Candidate" - 26,209 (0.37%)

Aftermath

As a result of the election, the Leader of the Conservative Party, Nicholas Wilson, formed a government and became the first Prime Minister. He hadn't run for Parliament, and soon found that it was ineffective to run a government without having a seat in Parliament. After losing a by-election on 8th August 1902, Wilson resigned as Prime Minister and Leader of the Conservative Party, and was replaced in both roles by the Parliamentary Leader of the Conservative Party, Arthur Chapman, who became the second Prime Minister of Sallia.

Chapman dissolved Parliament on 2 June 1905 in compliance with the law for a parliamentary election on 27 June 1905.

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