1928 Central Shaneville Presidential election

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1928 Central Shanevlle presidential election
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180 seats in the Central Shaneville Parliament (CSP)
91 seats needed for a majority
Turnout86%
  First party Second party Third party
  William Mackenzie.jpg Bradley Murker.jpg Fletcher Dorner.jpg
Leader William Mackenzie Bradley Murker Fletcher Dorner
Party Progressive Party Democratic Liberal Conservative
Leader since May 1922 March 1928 January 1928
Leader's seat Bayside New Helvetia Catia Island
Last election 90,876 (33.2%) 88,584 (32.4%) 93,362 (34.4%)
Seats before 27 70 83
Seats won 147 33 0
Seat change +120 -37 -83
FPTP vote 104,561% 84,613 80,984
Percentage 38.7% 31.3% 30%
Swing - - -

President of Central Shaneville before election

Jean Andre
Progressive-Conservative Coalition

President of Central Shaneville

William Mackenzie
Progressive

The 1928 Central Shaneville Presidential election was held on the 12 October 1928, Jean Andre of the Conservative Party was the incumbent president after overthrowing the Progressive Party as coalition leaders in the 1925 re-election, the coalition between the Progressives and the Conservatives was disbanded however due to a leadership change in the Conservative Party to a far-right wing man called Fletcher Dorner making it very unstable.

Due to bad health, former Liberal Party president Ben Murker didn't run for the first time since 1916 and was replaced with his son Bradley Murker - a strange and bias choice in the eyes of many due to the fact that the Liberals had many more ideal candidates.

William Mackenzie ran as leader of the Progressive Party again, the people of Central Shaneville were cautious approaching them due to the problems that the last proper election in 1924 had caused - with the Progressive Party aware of this they gave Mackenzie an ultimatum - "Get our minority back at least or be fired."

During the campaign, in the first debate Bradley Murker verbally attacked Fletcher Dorner on his far-right views (even calling him a flawed man) this only decreased the controversial Dorner's popularity.

After election night ended, William Mackenzie reclaimed his presidency with a dominant Progressive majority, in fact it was one of the most dominant displays in election history despite a scandal late in his campaign.

Exit Poll

The Exit Poll took place a week before the election and predicted an easy Progressive majority which was unexpected by both Conservatives and Liberals.

Parties Seats Change
Progressive Party 129 -
Liberal Party 32 -
Conservative Party 2 -
Undecided 17 -
PROGRESSIVE PARTY WINS A MAJORITY

Results

After all electoral districts had been declared, the results were:

Party Leader MLs Votes
Of total Of total
Progressive Party William Mackenzie 147 81.7%
147 / 180
xxx 38.7%
38.7%
Liberal Party Bradley Murker 33 18.3%
33 / 180
xxx 31.3%'
31.3%
Conservative Party Fletcher Dorner 0 0.0%
0 / 180
xxx 30%
30.0%


Voting summary

Popular vote
Progressive Party
38.7%
Liberal Party
31.3%
Conservative Party
30.0%

Aftermath

Following the Conservatives getting 0 seats, because of the people of Central Shaneville's view of Dorner, Dorner was immediately fired and the Conservative Party considered its options however with no seats in Parliament, they had no power to do anything - Dorner then leaves the country never to be seen again, his role in events that led to this is still a point of debate.

William Mackenzie and the Progressive Party's first full term was a strong one, the election of 1928 could be a sign of what was to come.