1980 Central Shaneville Presidential election

1980 Central Shanevlle presidential election

14 November 1980 (1980-11-14)
264 seats in the Central Shaneville Parliament (CSP) 133 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	85%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Tom Johnson John M Perkins Aaron Hoskins Party Liberal Party Progressive Conservative Party New Democratic Party Leader since January 1974 May 1970 January 1977 Leader's seat The Valley Southern Bay Lincoln Island Last election 2,461,075 (30.5%) 2,638,454 (32.7%) 2,341,201 (29.0%) Seats before 64 116 59 Seats won 143 68 34 Seat change +79 -48 -25 FPTP vote 3,706,919 2,587,693 1,527,220 Percentage 44.6% 31.1% 18.4% Swing - - -   Fourth party   Leader Harry Grocer Party Social Credit Workers' Party Leader since November 1972 Leader's seat Northern Territory Last election 639,599 (7.9%) Seats before 25 Seats won 19 Seat change -6 FPTP vote 489,246 Percentage 5.9% Swing -
President of Central Shaneville before election John M Perkins Conservative President of Central Shaneville Tom Johnson Democratic Liberal

The 1980 Central Shaneville Presidential election was held on the 14 November 1980 - John M Perkins was the incumbent President heading into the election, Perkins' first term as President was highly anticipated and is generally considered a success compared to Guille before him.

The exit polls suggested that the people of Central Shaneville wanted the Liberal Party back in power following the shambles of the NDP lead minority in 1972 and the overhyped Conservative lead minority in 1976 - both cabinets not really doing a whole lot for the island nation during the last eight years - There was also a strong desire to return to the policies of the original Liberal administration under John Dunston - one of Central Shaneville's most successful presidents ever.

The people of Central Shaneville felt like a return to a Liberal party President would stabilize the small nation, this was seen as funny because the same people had voted out the Liberals eight years previously.

Despite being runner up in 1976 - Tom Johnson restores the Liberal Party to power and becomes the 11th President of Central Shaneville winning a majority - incumbent president Perkins finishes 2nd in the election race.

Exit Poll

The Exit Poll took place a week before the election and predicted the following:

Parties		Seats	Change
	Liberal Party	153	-
	Progressive Conservative Party	56	-
	New Democratic Party	20	-
	Social Credit Workers' Party	17	-
	Undecided	17	-
LIBERAL PARTY WINS MAJORITY GOVERNMENT

Results

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

Party		Leader	MLs			Votes
				Of total			Of total
Liberal Party		Tom Johnson	143	0.0%	143 / 264	xxx	44.6%	44.6%
Progressive Conservative Party		John M Perkins (Incumbent)	68	0.0%	68 / 264	xxx	31.1%	31.1%
New Democratic Party		Aaron Hoskins	34	0.0%	34 / 264	xxx	18.4%	18.4%
Social Credit Workers' Party		Harry Grocer	19	0.0%	19 / 264	xxx	5.9%	5.9%

Voting summary

Popular vote Liberal Party   44.6% Conservative Party   31.1% New Democratic Party   18.4% Social Credit Workers' Party   5.9%