1978 Seketese General Election

1978 Seketese general election

November 13, 1978 (1978-11-13)
All 193 seats to the Commons Council of the Hérvynsken 97 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	92.9%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Patjik Moulette Michjeal Simonson Þorn Manneir Party Socialist Democrats Kjedorate Leader since May 1969 September 1978 March 1977 Last election Decriminalized Decriminalized 141 Seats before 0 0 138 Seats won 70 56 42 Seat change 70 56 96 Popular vote 1,013,423 896,367 887,581 Percentage 29.3% 25.9% 25.6% Swing 29.3% 25.9% 51.0%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   UNA Leader Jeameson Treirþe Marc Joulette Simon Creatin Party Liberals Labour National Union Leader since June 1974 July 1968 May 1977 Last election 7 32 pre-creation Seats before 8 31 0 Seats won 9 6 4 Seat change 1 25 4 Popular vote 276,945 156,367 134,987 Percentage 8.0% 4.5% 3.9% Swing 0.1% 5.6% 3.9%

The 1978 Seketese General Election was the first fully democratic election after the 1970 Seketese Revolution and the first since the Kjedorates took power and suspended democratic elections in the 1920's. It was the first election the new pro-democracy Socialist Party (SY) and Democratic Party (DY) ever competeded in.

After a tight three way election, The two biggest pro-democracy parties formed a grand coaltion (SY and DY) along with the Liberal Party. The Kjedorate Party formed Chief Oppostion for the first time in its history, and it was the first time since 1950 that the Kjedorates were not in power. The Labour Party won its lowest amount of seats in it's history, holding onto only small mining towns in rural Seketan. The newly formed National Union Allience won a few seats in the working areas of Conelibek.

Background

Since the 1920's Seketan had been ruled by the authoritarian Kjedorate Party under Loren Allis. While technically there were still elections for the Commons Council, they were highly rigged with many liberal and pro-democracy candidates being banned or coerced into not running. This enabled the Kjedorates to easily win all elections between 1925-1973 with only token opposition, usually from the Liberal Party and Labour Party.

Around the 1970's several economic and social crises sprung up, such as hyperinflation and the stagnation of Seketans oil and gas sector, in a period of time known as Zemasy. Under these conditions unrest started to build, leading to many underground revolutionary and pro-democracy groups to form, such as the Workers Liberty Association, the Democratic Seketan Movement and the Student Democratic Union. Groups like these organized major protests across the country such as the Conelibek General Strike. These protests culminated into the 1978 Seketese Revolution, wherein the Kjedorate government caved to domestic and international pressure, allowing for free and open elections to be held in November.

Results

Party	Acym.	Leader	Seats		Votes
			Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Socialist	SY	Patjik Moulette	70	70	1,013,423	29.3%	29.3%
	Democratic	DY	Michjeal Simonson	56	56	896,367	25.9%	25.9%
	Kjedorate	KY	Þorn Manneir	42	96	887,581	25.6%	51.0%
	Liberals	ELY	Jeameson Treirþe	9	1	276,945	8.0%	0.1%
	Labour	OeUC	Marc Joulette	6	25	156,367	4.5%	5.6%
	National Union	UNCA	Simon Creatin	4	4	134,987	3.9%	3.9%
	Independent	IND	N/A	6	7	86,458	2.5%	1.5%