1956 Central Shaneville Presidential election

1956 Central Shanevlle presidential election

9 November 1956 (1956-11-09)
264 seats in the Central Shaneville Parliament (CSP) 133 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	83%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Eric Lomax John Dunster Jean Chrétien Party Conservative-Social Credit Coalition Democratic Liberal New Democratic Party Leader since January 1948 August 1949 April 1953 Leader's seat Bastia Sassari Corte Last election 2,130,630 (25.4%) 3,939,904 (47.0%) 1,720,634 (20.5%) Seats before 69 145 31 Seats won - - - Seat change - - - FPTP vote 0 0 0 Percentage 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Swing - - -   Fourth party   Leader William Fieldhouse Party Conservative-Social Credit Coalition Leader since January 1954 Leader's seat Centrale Last election 491,586 (5.9%) Seats before 19 Seats won - Seat change - FPTP vote 0 Percentage 0.0% Swing -
President of Central Shaneville before election John Dunster Democratic Liberal President of Central Shaneville TBD TBD

The 1956 Central Shaneville Presidential election was held on the 9 November 1956, John Dunster was the incumbent President and the Liberal Party was the incumbent party.

Dunster's first proper term as President was a busy one with the creation of the Department of Resources and the construction of the Central Shaneville Highway Bridge connecting the islands of Corsica and Sardinia without needing the ferry between the two islands.

He also signed the Central Europe Concession Agreement with the French and Italian governments which solidified France and Italy's claim over the islands and also signed a bill with both their presidents which confirmed that French citizens could move freely between France and Corsica and Italian citizens could move freely between Italy and Sardinia, a development that was met with mixed public opinions, despite this - Dunster's approval rating skyrocketed.

Conservative Leader, Eric Lomax, decided to form a coalition with the Social Credit Party to try and win back the CSP - this was seen as ineffective by both the Liberals and the New Democratic Party as the Social Credit Workers' Party leader, William Fieldhouse, didn't really want to be in the coalition but reluctantly agreed.

Exit Poll

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

	Parties		Seats	Change
		Liberal Party	158	-
Conservative/Social Credit Coalition		Progressive Conservative Party	69 (84)	-
		Social Credit Workers' Party	15	-
		New Democratic Party	9	-
		Undecided	13	-
LIBERAL PARTY RETAINS MAJORITY

Results

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

Party			Leader	MLs			Votes
					Of total			Of total
Other Parties	Liberal Party		John Dunster (incumbent)	150	0.0%	150 / 264	xxx	50.1%	50.1%
Conservative-Social Credit Coalition	Progressive Conservative Party		Eric Lomax	84 (99)	0.0%	84 / 264	xxx	29.7%	29.7%
	Social Credit Workers' Party		William Fieldhouse	15	0.0%	15 / 264	xxx	5.2%	5.2%
Other Parties	New Democratic Party		Jean Chrétien	15	0.0%	15 / 264	xxx	15.0%	15.0%

Voting summary

Popular vote Liberal Party   50.1% Conservative Party   29.7% New Democratic Party   15.0% Social Credit Workers' Party   5.2%