1972 Central Shaneville Presidential election

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1972 Central Shanevlle presidential election
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264 seats in the Central Shaneville Parliament (CSP)
133 seats needed for a majority
Turnout89%
  First party Second party Third party
  Louis Guille.jpg John M Perkins.jpg Steve McLaren.jpg
Leader Louis Guille John M Perkins Steve McLaren
Party New Democratic Party Progressive Conservative Party Democratic Liberal
Leader since January 1970 May 1970 October 1960
Leader's seat Centrale Southern Bay Cagliari
Last election 1,837,680 (22.0%) 2,476,447 (30.1%) 3,759,607 (45.8%)
Seats before 25 72 157
Seats won 114 75 51
Seat change +89 +3 -106
FPTP vote 2,984,156 2,399,268 2,196,426
Percentage 36.6% 29.4% 26.9%
Swing - - -

  Fourth party
  Harry Grocer.jpg
Leader Harry Grocer
Party Social Credit Workers' Party
Leader since November 1972
Leader's seat Northern Territory
Last election 670,484 (8.2%)
Seats before 10
Seats won 23
Seat change +13
FPTP vote 583,823
Percentage 7.2%
Swing -

President of Central Shaneville before election

Steve McLaren
Democratic Liberal

President of Central Shaneville

Louis Guille
New Democratic Party

The 1972 Central Shaneville Presidential election was held on the 10 November 1972 - Steve McLaren was the incumbent president and the Liberal Party were the incumbent party - The Liberals' plans of building a larger and more prosperous economy have drawn mixed reactions following his address of infrastructure issues early in his third term.

The leader of the Conservatives, John M Perkins, is the first black presidential candidate for a major political party in Central Shaneville history and he has a strong following among the black community, he has also been criticized by liberals who feel he is too socially conservative, though he has defended his position on his political views saying he is "a different kind of Conservative to get back Central Shaneville from the Liberals."

The Liberals are still predicted to win meaning Steve McLaren would be the first president to sit four terms, he is now also the longest sitting President, taking over his predecessor John Dunston's record in that regard.

The Exit polls suggested that the 1972 election would be the closest election in history with the New Democratic Party on top with the Conservatives and the incumbent Liberals tied at the time of the exit polls.

The election itself provided the first shock result since 1936 with the New Democratic Party taking advantage of the Liberal's failed promises during McLaren's third term and winning a majority making Louis "Lou" Guille the 10th President of Central Shaneville, at his inauguration speech the next day he thanked the NPD's supporters and people of Central Shaneville for putting faith in him and the party.

The Conservatives under John M Perkins came 2nd which Perkins was happy with as the Conservatives had finally beat the Liberal Party in an election for the first time since 1940.

The incumbent Liberals were 3rd and whilst it was close between them and the Conservatives for incumbent President, Steve McLaren, it was a disaster as the people had made their voices known through the elections that his handling of issues in his third term were not popular at all and so ended 32 years of Liberal Party control over Central Shaneville.

Exit Poll

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

Parties Seats Change
New Democratic Party 81 -
Liberal Party 77 -
Progressive Conservative Party 77 -
Social Credit Workers' Party 22 -
Undecided 7 -
NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY WINS A MINORITY GOVERNMENT

Results

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

Party Leader MLs Votes
Of total Of total
New Democratic Party Louis Guille 114 0.0%
114 / 264
xxx 36.6%
36.6%
Progressive Conservative Party John M. Perkins 75 0.0%
75 / 264
xxx 29.4%
29.4%
Liberal Party Steve McLaren
(Incumbent)
51 0.0%
51 / 264
xxx 26.9%'
26.9%
Social Credit Workers' Party Harry Grocer 23 0.0%
23 / 264
xxx 7.2%
7.2%


Voting summary

Popular vote
New Democratic Party
36.6%
Conservative Party
29.4%
Liberal Party
26.9%
Social Credit Workers' Party
7.2%