1924 Sallian parliamentary election
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| Registered | 19,000,090 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 16,127,454 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.