1900 Sallian parliamentary election

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1900 Sallian parliamentary election
27/06/1900

All 650 seats to the House of Commons of Sallia
326 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered7,119,000
Turnout7,009,255
  First party Second party
 
Leader Nicholas Wilson James Cooper
Party Conservative Party Liberal Party
Leader since 4 August 1899 4 August 1899
Leader's seat Did not stand Palling
Seats won 405 127
First-past-the-post vote 2,306,045
Percentage 32.9%

Prime Minister before election

None
Independent

Prime Minister

Nicholas Wilson
Conservative Party

The 1900 Sallian parliamentary election took place on 27 June 1900. The provisional government had been dissolved on 25 May 1900 following the ratification of the Conduct Act 1900. The upper-class Conservative Party, led by the rich Nicholas Wilson, ran a campaign promising to raise taxes for the poor to fund the aristocracy. The middle-class Liberal Party, led by James Cooper, promised equality between the classes and a liberal society. No one knew what to expect, due to the new circumstances. Opinion polls showed a Conservative victory, and it turned out to be a landslide when the results were announced on 7 July 2000. Nicholas Wilson then formed a new government, and the 1st Parliament of Sallia met on 1 August 1900.

Campaign

Conservative Party

The Conservative Party ran a campaign aimed at the aristocracy and the upper-class, promising to raise taxes for the lower class to make life even easier for the aristocracy. The party, led by Nicholas Wilson, also promised a society of capitalism and conservatism. Due to the mass amount of upper-class people in the new country, the Conservatives won a landslide of 405 seats.

Liberal Party

The Liberal Party ran a campaign aimed at everyone, promising to make the division between the classes very small, and the country's system beneficial to all the people. The party, led by James Cooper, also promised a society of capitalism and liberalism. They were decisively defeated by the majority of the upper-class, who elected a Conservative majority government.

Labour Representation Alliance

The Labour Representation Alliance ran a campaign aimed at the lower-class, promising to tax the upper-class heavily to make the division between the classes much smaller. The party, led by Ben Patricks, also promised a socialist society, to eventually become a Marxist, communist society. They only won two MPs.

Republican Party

The Republican Party ran a campaign promising a presidential system similar to that of the United States, as well as promising a society of capitalism and conservatism.

Opinion polls

Endorsements

Newspaper Endorsement
The People's Paper Labour Representation Alliance
The Daily News Conservative Party
The Daily Post Liberal Party

Results