1972 Central Shaneville Presidential election

1972 Central Shanevlle presidential election

10 November 1972 (1972-11-10)
264 seats in the Central Shaneville Parliament (CSP) 133 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	89%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Louis Guille John M Perkins Steve McLaren Party New Democratic Party Progressive Conservative Party Democratic Liberal Leader since January 1970 May 1970 October 1960 Leader's seat Centrale Southern Bay Cagliari Last election 1,837,680 (22.0%) 2,476,447 (30.1%) 3,759,607 (45.8%) Seats before 25 72 157 Seats won 114 75 51 Seat change +89 +3 -106 FPTP vote 2,984,156 2,399,268 2,196,426 Percentage 36.6% 29.4% 26.9% Swing - - -   Fourth party   Leader Harry Grocer Party Social Credit Workers' Party Leader since November 1972 Leader's seat Northern Territory Last election 670,484 (8.2%) Seats before 10 Seats won 23 Seat change +13 FPTP vote 583,823 Percentage 7.2% Swing -
President of Central Shaneville before election Steve McLaren Democratic Liberal President of Central Shaneville Louis Guille New Democratic Party

The 1972 Central Shaneville Presidential election was held on the 10 November 1972 - Steve McLaren was the incumbent president and the Liberal Party were the incumbent party - The Liberals' plans of building a larger and more prosperous economy have drawn mixed reactions following his address of infrastructure issues early in his third term.

The leader of the Conservatives, John M Perkins, is the first black presidential candidate for a major political party in Central Shaneville history and he has a strong following among the black community, he has also been criticized by liberals who feel he is too socially conservative, though he has defended his position on his political views saying he is "a different kind of Conservative to get back Central Shaneville from the Liberals."

The Liberals are still predicted to win meaning Steve McLaren would be the first president to sit four terms, he is now also the longest sitting President, taking over his predecessor John Dunston's record in that regard.

The Exit polls suggested that the 1972 election would be the closest election in history with the New Democratic Party on top with the Conservatives and the incumbent Liberals tied at the time of the exit polls.

The election itself provided the first shock result since 1936 with the New Democratic Party taking advantage of the Liberal's failed promises during McLaren's third term and winning a majority making Louis "Lou" Guille the 10th President of Central Shaneville, at his inauguration speech the next day he thanked the NPD's supporters and people of Central Shaneville for putting faith in him and the party.

The Conservatives under John M Perkins came 2nd which Perkins was happy with as the Conservatives had finally beat the Liberal Party in an election for the first time since 1940.

The incumbent Liberals were 3rd and whilst it was close between them and the Conservatives for incumbent President, Steve McLaren, it was a disaster as the people had made their voices known through the elections that his handling of issues in his third term were not popular at all and so ended 32 years of Liberal Party control over Central Shaneville.

Exit Poll

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

Parties		Seats	Change
	New Democratic Party	81	-
	Liberal Party	77	-
	Progressive Conservative Party	77	-
	Social Credit Workers' Party	22	-
	Undecided	7	-
NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY WINS A MINORITY GOVERNMENT

Results

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

Party		Leader	MLs			Votes
				Of total			Of total
New Democratic Party		Louis Guille	114	0.0%	114 / 264	xxx	36.6%	36.6%
Progressive Conservative Party		John M. Perkins	75	0.0%	75 / 264	xxx	29.4%	29.4%
Liberal Party		Steve McLaren (Incumbent)	51	0.0%	51 / 264	xxx	26.9%'	26.9%
Social Credit Workers' Party		Harry Grocer	23	0.0%	23 / 264	xxx	7.2%	7.2%

Voting summary

Popular vote New Democratic Party   36.6% Conservative Party   29.4% Liberal Party   26.9% Social Credit Workers' Party   7.2%