1952 East Besmenian federal election

1952 East Besmenian federal election

7 September 1952
211 seats 106 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Candidate Albrecht Nebeling Thomas Erhard Heinrich Farn Party LBB BVP SDU Percentage 33,7% 28,2% 25,5%   Fourth party   Candidate Tom Giertel Party BKP Percentage 8,6%
Strongest party by state
Prime Minister before election Albrecht Nebeling LBB Elected Prime Minister Albrecht Nebeling LBB

Federal elections were held in East Besmenia on 7 September 1952 to elect the 211 members of the Federal Chamber. The Liberal Citizen's Party of Besmenia remained the largest party, winning 75 of the 211 seats in the Federal Chamber.

Background

Eletion poster from the LBB

After the 1948 East Besmenian federal election, the LBB and the SDU formed a government under Prime Minister Albrecht Nebeling. The BVP formed the opposition with the BKP in the Besmenian Federal Chamber.

When the Zoygarian invasion of eastern Nortua began in 1951 during the World War, the LBB and the three other parties in the Federal Chamber had formed a coalition government. The dramatic events in the southern part of East Besmenia led to discussions about postponing the federal election. However, the election went ahead as planned, but the parliamentary parties agreed to exercise restraint in the election campaign. The main aim was for the governing parties to emphasize their credibility.

Contesting parties

Name			Ideology	Party leader	1948 result
					Votes (%)	Seats in the Federal Chamber
	LBB	Liberal Citizen's Party of Besmenia Liberale Bürgerpartei Besmeniens	Conservative liberalism National liberalism	Albrecht Nebeling	36,8%	81 / 211
	BVP	Besmenian People's Party Besmenische Volkspartei	Christian Democracy Conservatism	Franz Lufter	26,6%	58 / 211
	SDU	Social Democratic Union Sozialdemokratische Union	Social democracy	Heinrich Farn	24,4%	53 / 211
	BKP	Besmenian Conservative Party Besmenische Konservative Partei	National conservatism Social conservatism	Tom Giertel	8,6%	19 / 211

Results

Party		Votes in %	Seats
	Liberal Citizen's Party of Besmenia	33.7	75
	Besmenian People's Party	28.2	62
	Social Democratic Union	25.5	56
	Besmenian Conservative Party	8.6	18
	Communist Party of Besmenia	1.9	0
	Other parties	2.1	0
Invalid/blank votes			–
Total		100	211
Registered voters/turnout			–

Government formation

The LBB-BVP-SDU-BKP coalition government with Albrecht Nebeling as Prime Minister took office in 1951 and remained in office until 1954.