2024 Uskadian general election
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| Registered | 74,201,217 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 74.0% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2024 Uskadian general election was recently held on Friday, 28 June 2024. The governing Progressive Workers' Party, leading the Together for Progress coalition, gained a supermajority in Parliament. This also marks the first time ever in the history of Uskad, that the Conservative Nationalist Party finished third place at a general election, marking the worst results ever for the party. TfP member and centrist party Initiative took the CNP's place as the second largest party and also became a governing partner of the PWP.
In the previous election the PWP-Initiative coalition defeated the CNP, but fell short of a majority. The coalition brokered a confidence and supply agreement with the Majengipun/Advancement party. PWP leader William Sarbalsta was then appointed Prime Minister. Due to his controversial handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, and failed economic recovery efforts, he resigned in 2022, and former PWP youth leader Peter Jasubulu was elected and took his place.
Jasubulu's economic policies has caused a relatively fast recovery of the Uskadian economy, and even furthered the growth rate. During his premiership, the PWP was at its highest approval rates since the Sasanta premiership in 2005. Opinion polls organised by various polling organisations showed high popularity rates for the PWP and Initiative, but also for the left-wing Socialists & Greens.
Jasubulu announced an extension of the current governing coalition, named Together for Progress. The TfP contained the PWP, Initiative, Socialists and Greens, and the PNT. The combined coalition was set to gain a supermajority according to various opinion polls. Talks between the opposition CNP and the new libertarian Popular Alliance party occurred, but broke down due to major ideological differences.
The PWP and the coalition won a major victory over the CNP, gaining a supermajority. Factors leading to the CNP's loss include vote-splitting by the PA, and general incompetence shown by CNP provincial governments. After the election, the PWP reformed the government. The new Popular Alliance party has also made the largest gains by any party in the election, gaining 43 seats. The Javanese-minority rights party Manjengipun suffered the highest losses in the election, losing 37 out of its 62 seats, just one seat more than CNP losses.
Campaign and main issues
Environment
One of the main issues and arguably the most important topic is the environment. The Together for Progress coalition proposes substantial investments in renewable energy, industrial waste filtering, stronger regulations on emissions, and encouraging sustainable industry. TfP also proposes the fostering of a eco-tourism industry.