1968 Central Shaneville Presidential election

1968 Central Shanevlle presidential election

8 November 1968 (1968-11-08)
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 Robert Bourassa Reginald Yoder Party Liberal Party Progressive Conservative Party New Democratic Party Leader since October 1960 January 1962 April 1968 Leader's seat Cagliari Porte-Vecchio Ventiseri-Chisa Last election 4,676,983 (56.1%) 1,304,587 (15.6%) 1,837,680 (22.0%) Seats before 225 15 17 Seats won 157 72 25 Seat change -68 +57 +8 FPTP vote 3,759,607 2,476,447 1,315,616 Percentage 45.8% 30.1% 16.0% Swing - - -   Fourth party   Leader Robert Horne Party Social Credit Workers' Party Leader since January 1965 Leader's seat Ajaccio Last election 521,963 (6.3%) Seats before 7 Seats won 10 Seat change +3 FPTP vote 670,484 Percentage 8.2% Swing -
President of Central Shaneville before election Steve McLaren Democratic Liberal President of Central Shaneville Steve McLaren Democratic Liberal

The 1968 Central Shaneville Presidential election was held on the 8 November 1968.

The candidates of the four parties at the election all agreed that the islands needed to be prosperous, it also needed to be a strong and stable economy which was needed along with increased research and development to ensure that the islands could compete in the modern world which was met with mixed reactions from the public as they prefered Central Shaneville's neutrality on the international stage as its a commonwealth and not a full nation.

The Liberals were expected to win again as the people of Central Shaneville seemed to be happy with them as a party, though the Conservatives were expected to do better than they had in the past - The New Democrats and Social Credit were considered to be the parties of the underclass, they had few issues that were of any real importance and had rather inconsistent results over the past elections.

The Conservative Party hit a scandal on the election campaign trail when it was revealed that a government minister, Walter Sonders, had taken cash payments from an American oil company, and not declared the money as part of his income. Sonders was immediately fired by Bourassa whilst Bourassa then stated that he would not seek the Presidency in the 1972 election.

After the election, The Conservatives were able to grab some seats back from the Liberals however the Liberals still win a majority and Steve McLaren retains his presidency for a record breaking official third term.

Exit Poll

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

Parties		Seats	Change
	Liberal Party	152	-
	Progressive Conservative Party	56	-
	New Democratic Party	23	-
	Social Credit Workers' Party	22	-
	Undecided	11	-
LIBERAL PARTY RETAINS MAJORITTY

Results

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

Party		Leader	MLs			Votes
				Of total			Of total
Liberal Party		Steve McLaren (Incumbent)	157	0.0%	157 / 264	xxx	45.8%'	45.8%
Progressive Conservative Party		Robert Bourassa	72	0.0%	72 / 264	xxx	30.1%	30.1%
New Democratic Party		Reginald Yoder	25	0.0%	25 / 264	xxx	16.0%	16.0%
Social Credit Workers' Party		Robert Horne	10	0.0%	10 / 264	xxx	8.2%	8.2%

Voting summary

Popular vote Liberal Party   45.8% Conservative Party   30.1% New Democratic Party   16.0% Social Credit Workers' Party   8.2%