1980 Central Shaneville Presidential election

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1980 Central Shanevlle presidential election
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264 seats in the Central Shaneville Parliament (CSP)
133 seats needed for a majority
Turnout85%
  First party Second party Third party
  Tom Johnson CSV.jpg John M Perkins.jpg Aaron Hoskins.jpg
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
  Harry Grocer.jpg
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%