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Weranic media placed great emphasis on the rise of separatist sentiments in Ostry during the election campaign, and the issues brought by the formation of a "Blue-Green" nationalist government.
Weranic media placed great emphasis on the rise of separatist sentiments in Ostry during the election campaign, and the issues brought by the formation of a "Blue-Green" nationalist government.
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Revision as of 03:36, 15 October 2019

2008 Ostric regional election

← 2004 17 February 2008 2012 →

All 15 seats in the Dorada
8 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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NKP
Leader Léch Kneller Hugo Górka Adóm Hirszel
Party Coalition Social Democratic Radical National Consolidation
Leader since 17 December 1998 9 April 2006 18 November 2005
Last election 4 seats, 22.80% 5 seats, 31.45% 4 seats, 15.97%
Seats won 6 5 2
Seat change Increase2 Steady Steady
Popular vote 3,922 3,428 1,900
Percentage 34.25% 29.94 16.59%
Swing Increase11.45pp Decrease1.51pp Increase0.62pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
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PMZ
Leader Marek Best Radek Jôgoda
Party People's Modern Centre
Leader since 3 April 2001 31 May 2006
Last election 3 seats, 18.39% 1 seat, 11.39%
Seats won 2 0
Seat change Decrease1 Decrease1
Popular vote 1,649 552
Percentage 14.40 4.82%
Swing Decrease3.99pp Decrease6.57pp

Minister-Chairman before election

Hugo Górka
Social Democratic Radical

Minister-Chairman

Léch Kneller
Coalition

The 7th Ostric regional election occurred on 17 February 2008. In a surprise upset, the Ostric Coalition led by Léch Kneller defeated the government of Minister-Chairman Hugo Górka, ending twelve years of Social Democratic Radical Party rule and forming the first fully separatist government with the left-wing Ostric People's Party.

Background

In the previous election, the centre-left SRPO under Jón Burgstaller was able to create a governing majority with the Modern Centre Party, with outside support from the conservative National Consolidation Party.

Starting his third term as Minister-Chairman, Jón Burgstaller was diagnosed with late-stage liver cancer in the fall of 2005, and resigned from his post due to poor health on 9 April 2006. He was succeeded as leader of the SRPO and Minister-Chairman by Hugo Górka, who oversaw a tightening in opinion polls between himself and the Ostric Coalition in the two years prior to the election.

Electoral system

The electorate elects all fifteen members of the Dorada using single non-transferable vote in one island-wide multi-member constituency.

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Ostric Coalition 3,922 34.25 6 +2
Social Democratic Radical Party 3,428 29.94 5 0
National Consolidation Party 1,900 16.59 2 0
Ostric People's Party 1,649 14.40 2 –1
Modern Centre Party 552 4.82 0 –1
Total 11,451 100 15 0
Registered voters/turnout 16,528 69.28
Popular vote
34.25%
SRPO
29.94%
NKP
16.59%
ÒSL
14.40%
PMZ
4.82%
Seats
40.00%
SRPO
33.33%
NKP
13.33%
ÒSL
13.33%

Reactions

The election results were a surprise to Coalition leader Léch Kneller, who oversaw the first time that separatists gained a numerical majority in the Dorada. The Coalition was later able to form an agreement with the Ostric People's Party, which faced its worse result in its history and saw leader Marek Best resign on election night. The main point of the coalition agreement was a referendum on independence by 2010, in which the SRPO, now in opposition, denounced.

Weranic media placed great emphasis on the rise of separatist sentiments in Ostry during the election campaign, and the issues brought by the formation of a "Blue-Green" nationalist government.