1940 Central Shaneville Presidential election

1940 Central Shanevlle presidential election

11 October 1940 (1940-10-11)
180 seats in the Central Shaneville Parliament (CSP) 91 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	83.6%
First party Second party Third party   Leader George Hargrave James Moore Louis Banderas Party National Workers' Alliance Conservative Democratic Liberal Leader since March 1932 September 1940 December 1936 Leader's seat Ajaccio Shaneville City Sassari Last election 71,862 (26.5%) 70,169 (25.9%) 59,735 (22%) Seats before 85 53 5 Seats won 56 55 43 Seat change -29 +2 +38 FPTP vote 68,951 68,156 67,588 Percentage 25.6% 25.3% 25.1% Swing - - -   Fourth party   Leader Thomas Valentine Party Progressive Party Leader since October 1932 Leader's seat Grass Hill Last election 69,953 (25.6%) Seats before 37 Seats won 26 Seat change -11 FPTP vote 64,291 Percentage 23.9%
President of Central Shaneville before election George Hargrave National Workers' Alliance President of Central Shaneville George Hargrave National Workers' Alliance

The 1940 Central Shaneville Presidential election was held on the 11 October 1940.

In 1940 amidst World War 2 - Central Shaneville announced "The Isolation Act" effectively shutting itself off from the outside world until further notice, this made the outcome of the 1940 election very interesting as this would be the last election with the original 180 seat layout of the CSP.

George Hargrave's term is surrounded in mystery after opposition Conservative Party leader John Tait was assassinated in a mysterious hit and run incident which to this day no one knows the identity of the killer with many thinking it was some kind of coup by the NWA to get rid of the opposition - Hargrave ran for re-election to clear his name and promised a full investigation regarding the assassination.

At the start of the campaign trail it was the Liberals on top with what was predicted to be another minority government, pundits predicted a Liberal minority as they were the only party in this term to not have done something controversial.

The controversial George Hargrave won the election and second term with a minority government by just 1 seat, he also became the first president since Ben Murker in 1920 to win back to back elections.

Exit Poll

The Exit Poll took place a week before the election and predicted the following:

Parties		Seats	Change
	National Workers' Alliance	42	-
	Liberal Party	30	-
	Conservative Party	26	-
	Progressive Party	26	-
	Undecided	56	-
NATIONAL WORKERS' ALLIANCE RETAIN MINORITY

Results

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

Party		Leader	MLs			Votes
				Of total			Of total
National Workers' Alliance		George Hargrave (Incumbent)	56	0.0%	56 / 180	xxx	25.6%	25.6%
Conservative Party		James Moore	55	0.0%	55 / 180	xxx	25.3%	25.3%
Liberal Party		Louis Banderas	43	0.0%	43 / 180	xxx	25.1%	25.1%
Progressive Party		Thomas Valentine	26	0.0%	26 / 180	xxx	23.9%	23.9%

Voting summary

Popular vote National Workers' Alliance   25.6% Conservative Party   25.3% Liberal Party   25.1% Progressive Party   23.9%