1990 Malgravean General Election

1990 Malgravean General Election
Previous election ← 1985			→ Next election 1994
Chamber of Representatives (Malgrave)
22nd of March, 1990
	Conservative Action Party	Technology Party '	Progressive Unity Party
Leader	Alicja Kowalska	Vittorio Bellandini	Sebastyan Kowalski
Party	Conservative Action Party	Technology Party	Progressive Unity Party
Percentage Vote Share	44%	27%	18%
Seats before	837	217	1060
Seats after	1096	537	438
Seat change	259	320	622
	Green Party	Socialist Party	Future Party
Leader	Silvio Berti	Damian Jaskulski	Valente Pesaro
Party	Green Party	Socialist Party	Future Party
Percentage Vote Share	6%	3%	1%
Seats before	71	8	4
Seats after	114	8	4
Seat change	43
	Agricultural Coalition
Leader	Filip Lewandowski
Party	Agricultural Coalition
Percentage	1%
Seats before	3
Seats after	3
Seat change

After a ten-year stint in government, the Progressive Unity Party headed into the 1990 Malgravean General Election in a rather weakened position due to the decision of several senior members of the party to step back from politics. At the same time, the Conservative Action Party was experiencing a resurgence following on from defeats in 1985 and 1980.

Election Issues

In 1987 the economy started to show signs of stagnation and unemployment in the country started to increase. As a result economic issues formed a major part of the election campaign, and every political party in Malgrave put forward their own economic proposals. As the Progressive Unity Party were in government they received criticism from all sides for their handling of the economy and their relative inexperience meant that they handled this poorly.

At this time, the Conservative Action Party proposed a radical change to the structure of the economy to try and inject some energy into it and spur on growth. All of these plans were controversial at the time and were questionable in their popularity, however, the pledge of the Conservative Party to implement a technocratic review of these policies proved popular and attracted a lot of younger voters to their cause.

Campaigns

Conservative Campaign

In recognition of economic concerns experienced by many Malgraveans, the Conservative Action Party pledged to implement a technocratic review to reorganise and revitalise aspects of the economy. Alicja Kowalska also promised to look at the power of the trade union confederation, although, such ideas were controversial many Malgraveans felt that the economy was stuck and thought that radical action needed to be taken to try and avert disaster.

The Conservative Action Party also promised to invest in improvements to TDF bases in the country which resonated well with serving and former conscripts, as base infrastructure had been a complaint for many conscripts since the end of the civil war.

Technology Party

The Technology Party started their campaign by outlining a strategy to improve scientific facilities present on Naxos, a medium-sized island that had been settled by the Malgraveans after larger plans for a research colony proposed by Rosalba Pontecorvo had to be abandoned due to the civil war.

Naxos was planned to form a prototype of a larger overseas territory that would be organised after the end of isolationism planned for 2000, a way to try and avoid some early mistakes predicted to form part of the expansion process. The Technology Party also favoured conducting an academic review into the possibility of ending isolationism earlier, although, this strategy was controversial and it was soon replaced with a modernisation plan for the countries industry.

Progressive Campaign

The Progressive Unity Party was roundly criticised for the possibility of economic stagnation hitting the country, as the leadership of the party was relatively inexperienced it was unable to deal with these criticisms effectively and suffered in the polls.

In response to growing concern over the economy, the Progressive Unity Party suggested that the country should exit isolation in 1995 and put forward a large investment strategy to achieve this plan, however, such a proposal was unpopular as many feared that the early end of this plan would lead the country to be attacked by external powers.

Green Party

The Green Party promoted a series of anti-poverty measures and infrastructure investment which they claimed would reverse the economic stagnation being experienced. Green politicians also proposed extending environmental protection zones in the waters around Malgrave and working more proactively to stop illegal fishing.