1955 Malgravean General Election

1955 Malgravean General Election
Previous election ← 1950			→ Next election 1960
Chamber of Representatives (Malgrave)
22nd of March, 1955
	Technology Party	Conservative Party	Unity Party'
Leader	Helen Magnus	Stefan Filipowski	Alicja Kumięga
Party	Technology Party	Conservative Party	Unity Party
Percentage Vote Share	48%	30%	15%
Seats before	851	564	266
Seats after	861	587	233
Seat change	10	23	33
	Action Party	Green Party	Socialist Party
Leader	Johann Leipzig	Clemente Bellini	Isabella Acardi
Party	Action Party	Green Party	Socialist Party
Percentage Vote Share	3%	2%	2%
Seats before	0	15	4
Seats after	45	15	4
Seat change	45

After a standard five-year term, the Chamber of Representatives and Chamber of Supervisors were dissolved by Helen Magnus in preperation for the 1955 General Election. This period of time is referred to historians as the golden period of the Technology Party, and looked upon fondly by many members and supporters even to this day.

Election Issues

In 1954 Rosalba Pontecorvo, the Minister of Science and Engineering and Antonio Santoro, the Minister of Health announced that the Malgravean Health Service and the Royal Institute for Biomedical Development had discovered a gradual weakening of the Malgravean immune system, with the cause eventually linked to Malgravean Immunodeficiency Disorder.

It meant that healthcare and overall scientific development was a major issue of the election campaign, with many wild theories floating around the cause of MIDD and the best way to tackle it.

Helen Magnus went on to win the 1955 Malgravean General Election with an increased majority, as she had been able to increase ration shares for goods that were considered luxurious in the past such as olive oil, and eliminate them entirely on stable goods like pasta and milk (although a large portion of this supply was now filled by soya and other non-dairy forms of milk). At the same time Prime Minister Magnus had been in power during a steady increase in the employment rate, although modern analysts argue if this was a result of her policies or the fact the country was in the final stage of its re-construction following the exodus.

Campaigns

Technology Party

The Technology Party outlined an improved funding model for the Royal Institute for Biomedical Development, and long-term planning for the health service to tackle the problems linked with the gradual weakening of the immune system. Between 1950 and 1955 the government had been able to increase rations for olive oil and eliminate them entirely on stable goods like pasta and non-dairy milk, and the Technology Party heavily campaigned on this and the steady increase in the employment rate experienced during the term.

Conservative Campaign

The Conservative Party accused the Technology Party of being too weak on national defence, and criticised the decision of the government to hold off on major offensive operations until the completion of the military modernisation project which the Conservative Party criticised for being a waste of money.

Elsewhere the Conservative Party pledged to open up the pharmaceutical company MalPha to the private sector, a highly controversial policy but one that energised the party base.

Unity Campaign

The Unity Party found themselves drowned out by the efforts of the Technology Party, as they were unable to count upon their traditional support within the industrial base due to the performance of the economy. It was also reported that a few internal issues prevented the party from having a truly unified campaign.