1924 Sallian parliamentary election

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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
Seats before 288 223 138
Seats won 414 198 30
Seat change +126 -25 -108

Prime Minister before election

Andrew Christian
Conservative Party

Prime Minister

James Long
Labour 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 - 9 seats
  • The Speaker of the House - 1 seat

Popular vote

  • Conservative Party -
  • Labour Party -
  • Liberal Party -
  • Independents and others -
  • National Liberal Party -
  • National Labour Party -
  • The Speaker of the House -

Aftermath