1994 Ostric regional election

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1994 Ostric regional election

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All 15 seats in the Dorada
8 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
  Tomasz Posadzki.JPG Jan Szafraniec Kancelaria Senatu 2005.jpg
Leader Robert Szucher Ernst Reiher
Party People's National Consolidation
Leader since 17 March 1984 26 April 1986
Last election 4 seats, 28.01% 3 seats, 17.22%
Seats won 5 4
Seat change Increase1 Increase1
Popular vote 4,223 3,519
Percentage 32.39% 26.99%
Swing Increase4.38pp Increase9.77pp

  Third party Fourth party
  Tadeusz Truskolaski Senat RP 01.JPG Paweł Arndt Sejm 2016.JPG
Leader Remigiùsz Woss Arne Gotti
Party Social Democratic Radical Modern Centre
Leader since 30 February 1986 23 October 1987
Last election 5 seats, 34.37% 3 seats, 20.40%
Seats won 4 2
Seat change Decrease1 Decrease1
Popular vote 3,204 1,437
Percentage 24.58% 11.02%
Swing Decrease9.79pp Decrease9.38pp

Minister-Chairman before election

Remigiùsz Woss
Social Democratic Radical

Minister-Chairman

Robert Szucher
People's

The 3rd Ostric regional election occurred on 7 August 1994. In a surprise result, the left-wing nationalist Ostric People's Party led by Robert Szucher defeated the governing Social Democratic Radical Party, which collapsed to four seats and the lowest percentage of votes in its history. A heavily divided Dorada led to the first seperatist government, and the first true minority administration.

Background

In the 1990 election, the SRPO-Liberal "social-liberal" coalition secured a term in office, which saw it struggle with a deep Euclean recession beginning in 1991 that hit Ostry particularly hard as the debt ceiling rose exponentially.

Austerity measures passed by the government to curb expenditures proved unpopular, and the SRPO saw itself trailing third in polls behind both the People's Party and the Ostric Liberal Party by mid-1993, with many calling for Chairman-Minister Remigiùsz Woss to resign before 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 People's Party 4,221 32.38 5 0
Social Democratic Radical Party 3,134 24.04 4 –2
Ostric Liberal Party 2,038 15.63 2 +1
Ostric Party 1,759 13.49 2 0
National Consolidation Party 1,493 11.45 2 +1
Green Party 392 3.01 0 New
Total 13,037 100 15 0
Registered voters/turnout 17,798 73.25
Popular vote
ÒSL
32.38%
SRPO
24.04%
OLP
15.63%
13.49%
NKP
11.45%
Greens
3.01%
Seats
ÒSL
33.33%
SRPO
26.67%
OLP
13.33%
13.33%
NKP
13.33%

Reactions

The election saw a deeply divided Dorada, with unionist parties keeping a reduced majority of the legislature while the separatist People's Party topped the popular vote. An attempt to create a cross-aisle "Green-Red" coalition between the People's Party and the SRPO failed, primarily due to opposition from outgoing Minister-Chairman Woss, leading to the formation of an unstable People's Party minority government, with sporadic and unstable support from the Ostric Party.