1911 Sallian parliamentary election

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1910 Sallian parliamentary election
27/06/1910

All 650 seats to the House of Commons of Sallia
326 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered8,410,971
Turnout7,964,092
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader James Cooper Arthur Chapman George Francois
Party Liberal Party Conservative Party Republican Party
Leader since 4 August 1899 8 August 1902 14 September 1910
Leader's seat Palling City of Swington Maxwell Bridge
Seats before 317 241 44
Seats won 318 236 45
Seat change +1 -5 +1
Popular vote 3,385,536 3,497,829 284,318
Percentage 42.51% 43.92% 3.57%

  Fourth party
 
Leader Arthur Davies
Party Labour Party
Leader since 9 April 1909
Leader's seat Mother Falls
Seats before 40
Seats won 43
Seat change +3
Popular vote 673,762
Percentage 8.46%

Prime Minister before election

James Cooper
Liberal Party

Prime Minister

Henry Brewer
Liberal Party

The 1910 Sallian parliamentary election took place on 27 January 1911. The 4th Parliament of Sallia first met on 10 February 1911.

Campaign

Campaigning began following the dissolution of the 3rd Parliament of Sallia on 2 June 1910. The Conservatives campaigned mostly on economic issues, the Liberals campaigned on economic and social issues, the Republicans campaigned on changing the political system to a presidential one, and the Labour Party campaigned on social issues.

Opinion polls

Main article: Opinion polling for the 1911 Sallian parliamentary election

Endorsements

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

A famous front page was created on 2 January 1911 when the election was declared by the People's Paper with the title: "Here We Go Again".

Results

Seats

  • Liberal Party - 318 seats
  • Conservative Party - 236 seats
  • Republican Party - 45 seats
  • Labour Party - 43 seats
  • Independents and others - 8 seats
  • The Speaker of the House - 1 seat

Popular vote

  • Liberal Party - 3,385,536 (42.51%)
  • Conservative Party - 3,497,829 (43.92%)
  • Republican Party - 284,318 (3.57%)
  • Labour Party - 673,762 (8.46%)
  • Independents and others - 79,641 (1.0%)
  • The Speaker of the House - 43,006 (0.54%)

Aftermath