1916 Central Shaneville Presidential election
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180 seats in the Central Shaneville Parliament (CSP) 91 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1916 Central Shaneville Presidential election was held on the 12 October 1916, Henry Hind and the Conservative Party were the incumbent president and party respectively, this election also saw only 2 parties run for the presidency with Hite declaring that he would run for a second term all the way in 1914, the early buildup to the election saw the dissolvement of the Anti-Confederation Party following their leader's death at a public demonstration weeks after the 1912 election, parliament decided to give the empty 15 seats to the Liberals in early 1913.
Pre-election, the Liberal Party claimed that whilst many saw Hite's first term as President in a successful way he had been slow to enact change on Central Shaneville which was developing in a rapid way (though not enough to justify changing the electoral districts.)
In August, two months before the election, Jack Dunn (former Liberal party leader) was replaced with Ben Murker who had been a outspoken critic of the Conservative government, he also had formed his own vigilante group in response to the government's failure to deal with crime however this was disbanded shortly after the government found out, Murker was cleared of any wrong doing following the investigation, Murker chose his seat as the New Helvetia district in a hope the large amount of American and European immigrants in that region can help boost the Liberal Party's numbers.
The campaigns of both Hite and Murker were focused on addressing Central Shaneville's neutrality during what would soon be called World War 1 with both Hite and Murker saying that there was no need for the island nation to get involved, whilst a non-aligned country would be seen as a safe pair of hands to the people and would keep the established parliament and political structure together, neither candidate offered any plan to deal with the Central Powers if things got too close to home, luckily the war never got to Central Shaneville shores.
Stories of the Election
Before the election, Parliament predicted a Liberal majority ever since they absorbed the defunct Anti-Confederate seats, the Conservative Party saw this as an opportunity to challenge the legitimacy of these seats, as did their leader Henry Hite, the Conservatives were seen as petty by the Liberals for questioning the legitimacy of their newly absorbed seats, they started calling the members during their campaign "the usurpers."
The second debate of the campaign ended in a draw, which was the first time in Central Shaneville history a debate ended in a draw.
The Liberals campaign trail saw them get endorsed by companies because of their economy promises, the key promise was to heavily expand the mining industry to create more jobs and encourage people to go back to the rural areas.
Exit Poll
The exit poll predicted a narrow Liberal majority win with 103 seats with the Conservatives predicted to win only 77 seats.
| Parties | Seats | Change | |
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| Liberal Party | 103 | - | |
| Conservative Party | 77 | - | |
| LIBERAL PARTY WINS A MAJORITY GOVERNMENT | |||
Results
After all electoral districts had been declared, the results were:
| Party | Leader | MLs | Votes | |||||
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| Conservative Party | Henry Hite (Incumbent) |
0 | 0.0% | 0 / 180
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xxx | 0.0 | 0.0% | |
| Liberal Party | Ben Murker | 0 | 0.0% | 0 / 180
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xxx | 0.0%' | 0.0% | |