1996 Central Shaneville Presidential election

1996 Central Shanevlle presidential election

8 November 1996 (1996-11-08)
301 seats in the Central Shaneville Parliament (CSP) 151 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	67%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Michael Duffy Joe Clark James Carville Party Democratic Liberal Reform Progressive Conservative Party Leader since November 1988 January 1994 December 1992 Last election 6,401,267 (52.7%) 2,753,748 (22.7%) 910,559 (7.5%) Seats before 249 38 2 Seats won 114 65 54 Seat change -135' +27 +52 FPTP vote 4,271,804 2,837,809 2,489,373 Percentage 32.5% 21.6% 19.0% Swing - - -   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Paul Martin Caroline Lucas Party New Democratic Party Green Party Leader since January 1991 December 1992 Last election 1,961,590 (16.2%) 119,096 (1.0%) Seats before 6 0 Seats won 34 34 Seat change +28 +34 FPTP vote 1,991,995 1,520,373 Percentage 15.2% 11.6% Swing - -
President of Central Shaneville before election Michael Duffy Democratic Liberal President of Central Shaneville Michael Duffy Democratic Liberal

The 1996 Central Shaneville Presidential election was held on the 8 November 1996. Michael Duffy and the Liberal Party were incumbent President and political party respectively, this election also saw more parliamentary reforms with six more seats being added to the CSP following Duffy's plan to get more people to vote, this didn't work however as the 1996 election is almost infamous now a days for its incredibly low turnout.

Even though the election had one of the lowest turnouts in history, it was also one of the closest in Central Shaneville history with Duffy and the Liberals retaining power but only with a minority government.

Exit Poll

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

Parties		Seats	Change
	Liberal Party	137	-
	Reform Party	59	-
	Progressive Conservative Party	45	-
	Green Party	28	-
	New Democratic Party	20	-
	Undecided	9	-
LIBERAL PARTY WINS A MINORITY GOVERNMENT

Results

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

Party		Leader	MLs			Votes
				Of total			Of total
Liberal Party		Michael Duffy (Incumbent)	114	0.0%	114 / 301	xxx	32.5%	32.5%
Reform Party		Joe Clark	65	0.0%	65 / 301	xxx	21.6%	21.6%
Progressive Conservative Party		James Carville	54	0.0%	54 / 301	xxx	19.0%	19.0%
New Democratic Party		Paul Martin	34	0.0%	34 / 301	xxx	15.2%	15.2%
Green Party		Caroline Lucas	34	0.0%	34 / 301	xxx	11.6%	11.6%

Voting summary

Popular vote Liberal Party   32.5% Reform Party   21.6% Conservative Party   19.0% New Democratic Party   15.2% Green Party   11.6%