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'''Seats'''
'''Seats'''
*
*Liberal Party - 397 seats
*Conservative Party - 190 seats
*Republican Party - 33 seats
*Labour Party - 24 seats
*Independents and others - 5 seats
*The Speaker of the House - 1 seat


'''Popular vote'''
'''Popular vote'''
*
*Liberal Party - 3,690,338 (47.04%)
*Conservative Party - 2,759,909 (35.18%)
*Republican Party - 679,386 (8.66%)
*Labour Party - 323,218 (4.12%)
*Independents and others - 344,400 (4.39%)
*The Speaker of the House - 47,855 (0.61%)
 
The Liberal Party received the most votes ever cast in a parliamentary election up until that point by some 600,000 votes. Despite this, they won 10 seats less than the Conservatives had in the previous election.


==Aftermath==
==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.
The Liberals won a landslide victory of 397 seats (a majority of 144 seats). The incumbent Prime Minister Arthur Chapman (who had also lost his seat) immediately resigned, and the Leader of the Liberal Party James Cooper became the third Prime Minister of Sallia. On 8th February 1906, Conservative Leader Arthur Chapman re-entered Parliament at a by-election in the Conservative safe seat of the [[City of Swington]]. He continued to serve as Leader of the Opposition until the 1910 election.


Chapman dissolved Parliament on 2 June 1905 in compliance with the law for a parliamentary election on 27 June 1905.
Cooper dissolved Parliament on 2 June 1910 in compliance with the law for a parliamentary election on 27 June 1910.

Revision as of 17:40, 15 January 2020

1905 Sallian parliamentary election
27/06/1905
All 650 seats to the House of Commons of Sallia
326 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered8,000,638
Turnout7,845,107
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader James Cooper Arthur Chapman Hugh Banks
Party Liberal Party Conservative Party Republican Party
Leader since 4 August 1899 8 August 1902 4 August 1899
Leader's seat Palling Hammerbridge (defeated) Hampstead
Seats before 183 407 48
Seats won 397 190 33
Seat change +214 -217 -15
Popular vote 3,690,338 2,759,909 679,386
Percentage 47.04% 35.18% 8.66%
  Fourth party
 
Leader Oliver Anderson
Party Labour Party
Leader since 4 August 1899
Leader's seat Dielo
Seats before 2
Seats won 24
Seat change +22
Popular vote 323,218
Percentage 4.12%
Prime Minister before election

Arthur Chapman
Conservative Party

Prime Minister

James Cooper
Liberal Party

The 1905 Sallian parliamentary election took place on 27 June 1905. The 1st Parliament of Sallia had been dissolved on 2 June 1905 for a parliamentary election. There had been lots of discontent with the Conservative government led by Nicholas Wilson and then Arthur Chapman, and so the election resulted in a landslide victory for the Liberal Party led by James Cooper. Chapman actually lost his seat to the Liberal candidate, but did not resign as Leader of the Conservative Party, promising to fight a by-election when one came and win. The 2nd Parliament of Sallia first met on 14 July 1905.

Campaign

Campaigning began following the dissolution of the 1st Parliament of Sallia on 2 June 1905. 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

Endorsements

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

Results

Seats

  • Liberal Party - 397 seats
  • Conservative Party - 190 seats
  • Republican Party - 33 seats
  • Labour Party - 24 seats
  • Independents and others - 5 seats
  • The Speaker of the House - 1 seat

Popular vote

  • Liberal Party - 3,690,338 (47.04%)
  • Conservative Party - 2,759,909 (35.18%)
  • Republican Party - 679,386 (8.66%)
  • Labour Party - 323,218 (4.12%)
  • Independents and others - 344,400 (4.39%)
  • The Speaker of the House - 47,855 (0.61%)

The Liberal Party received the most votes ever cast in a parliamentary election up until that point by some 600,000 votes. Despite this, they won 10 seats less than the Conservatives had in the previous election.

Aftermath

The Liberals won a landslide victory of 397 seats (a majority of 144 seats). The incumbent Prime Minister Arthur Chapman (who had also lost his seat) immediately resigned, and the Leader of the Liberal Party James Cooper became the third Prime Minister of Sallia. On 8th February 1906, Conservative Leader Arthur Chapman re-entered Parliament at a by-election in the Conservative safe seat of the City of Swington. He continued to serve as Leader of the Opposition until the 1910 election.

Cooper dissolved Parliament on 2 June 1910 in compliance with the law for a parliamentary election on 27 June 1910.

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