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The '''1905 Sallian parliamentary election''' took place on 27 June 1910. | The '''1905 Sallian parliamentary election''' took place on 27 June 1910. The [[2nd Parliament of Sallia]] was dissolved on 2 June 1910 for campaigning to begin. The election resulted in a hung parliament, with the Liberals losing the national popular vote but winning a plurality of seats (they didn't win a majority). After ruling out a coalition, James Cooper formed a minority government with a confidence-and-supply agreement with the Labour Party. The [[3rd Parliament of Sallia]] first met on 10 July 1910. | ||
==Campaign== | ==Campaign== | ||
Campaigning began following the dissolution of the [[2nd Parliament of Sallia]] on 2 June 1910. 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 Party campaigned on social issues. | Campaigning began following the dissolution of the [[2nd Parliament of Sallia]] on 2 June 1910. 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 Party campaigned on social issues. | ||
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==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||
The election resulted in a hung parliament with the Liberals winning the most seats but not a majority. James Cooper, the Prime Minister, ruled out coalition talks but entered into negotiations with the Labour Party for support. A deal was sealed on 4 July 1910. In December 1910, the Labour Party decided to abstain in an important vote in the House of Commons, which resulted in a rejection of the bill presented by the Liberals. Cooper, deciding the government was very ineffective, dissolved the 3rd Parliament on 2 January 1911 for a parliamentary election on 27 January 1911. | |||
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| Registered | 8,397,021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1905 Sallian parliamentary election took place on 27 June 1910. The 2nd Parliament of Sallia was dissolved on 2 June 1910 for campaigning to begin. The election resulted in a hung parliament, with the Liberals losing the national popular vote but winning a plurality of seats (they didn't win a majority). After ruling out a coalition, James Cooper formed a minority government with a confidence-and-supply agreement with the Labour Party. The 3rd Parliament of Sallia first met on 10 July 1910.
Campaign
Campaigning began following the dissolution of the 2nd Parliament of Sallia on 2 June 1910. 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 Party campaigned on social issues.
Opinion polls
Endorsements
| Newspaper | Endorsement |
|---|---|
| The People's Paper | Labour Party |
| The Daily News | Conservative Party |
| The Daily Post | Liberal Party |
Results
Seats
- Liberal Party - 317 seats
- Conservative Party - 241 seats
- Republican Party - 44 seats
- Labour Party - 40 seats
- Independents and others - 7 seats
- The Speaker of the House - 1 seat
Popular vote
- Liberal Party - 3,231,597 (40.4%)
- Conservative Party - 3,432,372 (42.91%)
- Republican Party - 395,951 (4.95%)
- Labour Party - 779,103 (9.74%)
- Independents and others - 131,184 (1.64%)
- The Speaker of the House - 29,018 (0.36%)
Aftermath
The election resulted in a hung parliament with the Liberals winning the most seats but not a majority. James Cooper, the Prime Minister, ruled out coalition talks but entered into negotiations with the Labour Party for support. A deal was sealed on 4 July 1910. In December 1910, the Labour Party decided to abstain in an important vote in the House of Commons, which resulted in a rejection of the bill presented by the Liberals. Cooper, deciding the government was very ineffective, dissolved the 3rd Parliament on 2 January 1911 for a parliamentary election on 27 January 1911.