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| leader_since3    = 11 January 1919
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| popular_vote3    = 2,548,138
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*The Speaker of the House - 27,417 (0.17%)
*The Speaker of the House - 27,417 (0.17%)


For the fourth election in a row, the Conservative Party broke the record for the most amount of votes cast for one party. This time, contrary to last time, the Conservatives won a landslide victory of 412 seats, not quite beating the 418 they had once achieved.
==Aftermath==
==Aftermath==
The Conservatives won a landslide victory of 412 seats (a majority of 177). The Labour Prime Minister James Long immediately resigned the premiership, and called for Conservative Leader Sam Clarkson. He became the seventh Prime Minister upon Long's resignation, and formed a government on 28 May. The [[8th Parliament of Sallia]] first met on 10 June.
The 65-year-old Liberal leader James Cooper was defeated in his seat of Palling, losing to the Conservative candidate after 24 years as an MP. He immediately announced his resignation as Leader of the Liberal Party and from politics altogether.
In compliance with the law, after 5 years, on 2 June 1929, the Prime Minister Sam Clarkson dissolved the 8th Parliament for a parliamentary election on 27 June 1929.

Latest revision as of 19:40, 16 January 2020

1924 Sallian parliamentary election
27/05/1924

All 650 seats to the House of Commons of Sallia
326 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered19,000,090
Turnout16,127,454
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Sam Clarkson James Long James Cooper
Party Conservative Party Labour Party Liberal Party
Leader since 17 August 1923 28 January 1923 11 January 1919
Leader's seat James's Church Silverpool Palling (defeated)
Seats before 288 223 138
Seats won 414 198 30
Seat change +126 -25 -108
Popular vote 7,612,158 5,483,334 2,548,138
Percentage 47.8% 34.0% 15.8%

Prime Minister before election

James Long
Labour Party

Prime Minister

Sam Clarkson
Conservative Party

The 1924 Sallian parliamentary election took place on 27 June 1924. The election resulted in a landslide victory for the Conservative Party. A new Conservative government was soon formed. The 8th Parliament of Sallia first met on 10 June 1924.

Campaign

Campaigning began following the dissolution of the 7th Parliament of Sallia on 2 May 1924. The Conservatives campaigned mostly on economic issues, the Liberals and National Liberals campaigned on economic and social issues, the National Labour Party campaigned wholly on creating a third National Government, and the Labour Party campaigned on social issues.

Campaigning ended on 26 May 1924.

Opinion polls

Main article: Opinion polling for the 1924 Sallian parliamentary election

Endorsements

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

Results

Seats

  • Conservative Party - 412 seats
  • Labour Party - 198 seats
  • Liberal Party - 30 seats
  • Independents and others - 7 seats
  • The Speaker of the House - 1 seat

Popular vote

  • Conservative Party - 7,612,158 (47.8%)
  • Labour Party - 5,483,334 (34.0%)
  • Liberal Party - 2,548,138 (15.8%)
  • Independents and others - 161,275 (1.0%)
  • National Liberal Party - 149,985 (0.93%)
  • National Labour Party - 145,147 (0.90%)
  • The Speaker of the House - 27,417 (0.17%)

For the fourth election in a row, the Conservative Party broke the record for the most amount of votes cast for one party. This time, contrary to last time, the Conservatives won a landslide victory of 412 seats, not quite beating the 418 they had once achieved.

Aftermath

The Conservatives won a landslide victory of 412 seats (a majority of 177). The Labour Prime Minister James Long immediately resigned the premiership, and called for Conservative Leader Sam Clarkson. He became the seventh Prime Minister upon Long's resignation, and formed a government on 28 May. The 8th Parliament of Sallia first met on 10 June.

The 65-year-old Liberal leader James Cooper was defeated in his seat of Palling, losing to the Conservative candidate after 24 years as an MP. He immediately announced his resignation as Leader of the Liberal Party and from politics altogether.

In compliance with the law, after 5 years, on 2 June 1929, the Prime Minister Sam Clarkson dissolved the 8th Parliament for a parliamentary election on 27 June 1929.