1944 Central Shaneville Presidential election

1944 Central Shanevlle presidential election

10 November 1944 (1944-11-10)
264 seats in the Central Shaneville Parliament (CSP) 133 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	96%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Louis Banderas Margaret MacMillan James Moore Party Liberal Party New Democratic Party Progressive Conservative Party Leader since December 1936 November 1944 September 1940 Leader's seat Sassari Lincoln Island Shaneville City Last election 67,588 (25.1%) n/a 68,156 (25.3%) Seats before 43 0 55 Seats won 181 58 15 Seat change +138 +58 -40 FPTP vote 7,246,020 3,727,463 3,524,840 Percentage 47.1% 24.1% 22.9% Swing - - -   Fourth party   Leader John Foster Party Social Credit Workers' Party Leader since November 1944 Leader's seat Northern Territory Last election n/a Seats before 0 Seats won 10 Seat change +10 FPTP vote 883,306 Percentage 5.7% Swing -
President of Central Shaneville before election George Hargrave National Workers' Alliance President of Central Shaneville Louis Banderas Democratic Liberal

The 1944 Central Shaneville Presidential election was held on the 11 November 1944 and saw Louis Banderas return the Liberal Party to power following several reforms in the Central Shaneville Parliament for better representation around the island nation.

1943 saw Parliament pass "The New District Act" giving the CSP it's first major shakeup ahead of the 1944 election - the first reform was the electoral districts bringing the number of seats from 180 to 264 - the second was the parties themselves with the Liberal party surviving the act whole whilst the Conservatives and Progressives merged and the NWA stated they will not be part of this new parliament from the 1944 election onwards.

This lead to the arrival of 2 new parties: the first was the "New Democratic Party" which was formed from the NWA's left-leaning MPs, the second was the Social Credit Workers' party which was a populist party.

The final reform of the act were election dates as they were changed from October to November.

Due to these reforms, George Hargrave didn't run for a chance at a record third term.

This election saw Margaret MacMillan run for the New Democratic Party, MacMillan would be the first woman to run for President in Central Shaneville history.

There was controversy surrounding the 1944 election over the counting of votes as scores didn't sometimes make sense when paralleled with their percentages.

Exit Poll

The Exit polls suggest a Liberal majority which would make Louis Banderas a hero in the eyes of his party after dragging the Liberals back from its worst election ever in 1936.

Parties		Seats	Change
	Liberal Party	174	-
	New Democratic Party	42	-
	Progressive Conservative Party	18	-
	Social Credit Workers' Party	14	-
	Undecided	15	-
LIBERAL PARTY WINS A MAJORITY GOVERNMENT

Results

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

Party		Leader	MLs			Votes
				Of total			Of total
Liberal Party		Louis Banderas	181	0.0%	181 / 264	xxx	47.1%	47.1%
New Democratic Party		Magaret MacMillan	57	0.0%	57 / 264	xxx	24.1%	24.1%
Progressive Conservative Party		James Moore	15	0.0%	15 / 264	xxx	22.9%	22.9%
Social Credit Workers' Party		John Foster	10	0.0%	10 / 264	xxx	5.7%	5.7%

Voting summary

Popular vote Liberal Party   47.1% New Democratic Party   24.1% Conservative Party   22.9% Social Credit Workers' Party   5.7%