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| before_election  = [[Fred Cavendish]]
| before_election  = [[Felix Carcan]]
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The '''1970 Delamarian General Election''' was held on May 28th, 1970. The [[Social Labour Party of Delamaria|Social Labour]] party of [[Simon Rutherford]] nearly doubled their number of seats however failed to win a majority, resulting in a [[Liberal-Social Coalition (Delamaria)|coalition with the liberals]], ousting the [[United Party of Delamaria|United government]] of [[Fred Cavendish]].
The '''1966 Delamarian General Election''' was held on May 2nd, 1966. The [[United Party of Delamaria|United]] party of [[Alexander Cleese]] was victorious ousting [[Liberal Party of Delamaria|Liberal]] [[Prime Minister of Delamaria|Prime Minister]] [[Felix Carcan]]. It was the worst defeat for the liberals in decades, forcing them into being a third party, twenty seats behind [[Social Labour Party of Delamaria|Social Labour]].
[[Category: Elections of Delamaria]]
[[Category: Elections of Delamaria]]
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Latest revision as of 11:52, 16 October 2024

1966 Delamarian General Election
Flag of Delamaria.jpeg
← 1962 May 2nd, 1966 1970 →
Turnout77%
  First party Second party Third party
  Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham Allan Warren.jpg GeorgeBrown1967.jpg Rab Butler.jpg
Leader Alexander Cleese Wendall Hastings Felix Carcan
Party United Social Labour Liberal
Leader since 1963 1959 1952
Leader's seat Richbush Newton Westchester
Seats before 279 42 329
Seats won 341 168 141
Seat change Increase 62 Increase 126 Decrease 188

Prime Minister before election

Felix Carcan
Liberal

Prime Minister

Alexander Cleese
United

The 1966 Delamarian General Election was held on May 2nd, 1966. The United party of Alexander Cleese was victorious ousting Liberal Prime Minister Felix Carcan. It was the worst defeat for the liberals in decades, forcing them into being a third party, twenty seats behind Social Labour.