Kyotakavian United Syndicalist and Socialist Coalition (Kyotakavia)
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Kyotakavian United Syndicalist and Socialist Coalition Kyjorja Univaysa Syndika-socikanor Coalatzia | |
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Abbreviation | KUSSC |
General Secretary | Johaan Calstaunas |
Chair | Zofi Slatznayan |
Founded | April 16, 1883 |
Paramilitary wing | Union Guard |
Membership (1920) | 835,000 |
Ideology | State Syndicalism Democratic Socialism Kyotakavian Nationalism |
Political position | Left-wing |
Legislative Assembly | 128 / 535
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State Ministerial Council | 9 / 30
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State Presidency | 2 / 5
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The Kyotakavian United Syndicalist and Socialist Coalition is a political party in the Federal State of Kyotakavia that operates as a political alliance of various trade unions and Socialist Groups that exist in the nation. The party is described as left-wing, with it being the largest party in the Legislative Assembly since the last election in 1925 when current party leader, Johaan Calstaunas successfully led the party to large gains in the election.
History
Pre-formation
Early political years (1983-1890)
Coalition decline (1890-1910)
Calstaunas resurgence (1910- )
On the 18th January, 1905, with the resignation of Party Leader Mikaic Sloban in the wake of the disastrous 1905 Kyotakavian general election which had seen the party, for a second successive election, fail to regain seats which it had lost during the post-Coalition decline. The 1905 KUSSC Leadership Election was won by General Secretary Candidate Elannia Brazdiv who immediately appointed an 18-year old Johaan Calstaunas, vitally involved in her campaign, to the position of Deputy Secretary of the Party.
Historians have generally considered this the turning-point in the fortunes of the party as the leadership team which came to centre around Elannia for the first five years, would go on to play a critical role in her successors legacy as leader of the party, including seeing the party not only regain its previously won seats, but also become the largest party in the Assembly.
Affiliation
Trade Unions
Union and Workers Council
- United Union of Steelworkers and Mechanics (UUSM)
- Rally the Workers (Rally)
- Mineworker's Union of Kyotakavia (MUK)
- Kyotakavian Education Union (KEU)
- Solidarity Union (Solidarity)
Independent Unions
Organisations
Associations
Electoral performance
Kyotakavian-wide elections
Kyotakavian Legislative Assembly elections
Election | Leader | Seats | +/– | Vote | +/- | Result |
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1925 | Johaan Calstaunas | 128 / 535
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69 | 24.97% | 13.54 | Majority Coalition with Alliance and the NLP |
1920 | 59 / 535
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21 | 11.43% | 3.97 | Opposition | |
1915 | Elannia Brazdiv | 38 / 535
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23 | 7.46% | ??? | Opposition |