1988 Central Shaneville Presidential election

1988 Central Shanevlle presidential election

11 November 1988 (1988-11-11)
264 seats in the Central Shaneville Parliament (CSP) 133 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	85%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Michael Duffy Peter Smith Aaron Hoskins Party Liberal Party Progressive Conservative Party New Democratic Party Leader since November 1988' February 1986 January 1977 Last election 3,422,787 (41.3%) 2,450,187 (29.6%) 1,837,985 (22.2%) Seats before 111 72 58 Seats won 157 72 21 Seat change +46 0 -37 FPTP vote 3,716,772 2,482,113 1,636,748 Percentage 44.4% 29.6% 19.5% Swing - - -   Fourth party   Leader Lydie Poulson Party Social Credit Workers' Party Leader since November 1988 Last election 567,371 (6.9%) Seats before 23 Seats won 14 Seat change -9 FPTP vote 548,068 Percentage 6.5% Swing -
President of Central Shaneville before election Tom Johnson Democratic Liberal President of Central Shaneville Michael Duffy Democratic Liberal

The 1988 Central Shaneville Presidential election was held on the 11 November 1988. Tom Johnson and the Liberal Party was the incumbent president and party respectively.

Johnson's second term was marked by many scandals, the most prominent is the "Sibyl Vane affair", Vane was a well known author and close friend of Johnson's, she was appointed the Governor of the Bank of Central Shaneville by Johnson in 1985, but she is caught having an affair with Tom Johnson and is later revealed to have been sleeping with her as well - In January 1986, Parliament calls for a vote of no-confidence against President Johnson, on the day of the vote, the House of Representatives is sitting on a motion to adjourn, which was brought forward by the Speaker of the House, Bruce Fitch.

The vote is carried out and Johnson is the only one who votes against the adjournment, many believe he will resign however his position was becoming increasingly difficult and resigns ahead of the 1988 election after Parliament kept him in charge yet they stripped him of all presidential power between 1986 and 1988, making him the first president to be impeached in Central Shaneville history.

Replacing the scandalous President Tom Johnson, the Liberal Party's 1988 candidate is a young politician called Michael Duffy, he is seen as a breath of fresh air by many, whilst others see him as a carpetbagger in true Liberal fashion.

This election also saw the first "Communist" candidate with Lydie Poulson running for President however the rest of the communist world outside of Central Shaneville during the time called Poulson "a fake communist" whilst the Social Credit Party never brought this up hoping it wouldn't affect their results knowing all this drama could effect their results in the election.

A new regulation in Parliament abolishes of "Leader seats" to make voting more open and less biased in the districts where the party leaders are from.

After the election was called, the Liberals and Michael Duffy win a majority meaning that the people of Central Shaneville clearly wanted to give Duffy a chance to redeem the Liberal Party after the scandals of the second term of Tom Johnson.

Exit Poll

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

Parties		Seats	Change
	Liberal Party	135	-
	Progressive Conservative Party	52	-
	New Democratic Party	42	-
	Social Credit Workers' Party	16	-
	Undecided	17	-
LIBERAL PARTY WINS A MAJORITY GOVERNMENT

Results

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

Party		Leader	MLs			Votes
				Of total			Of total
Liberal Party		Michael Duffy	157	0.0%	157 / 264	xxx	44.4%	44.4%
Progressive Conservative Party		Peter Smith	72	0.0%	72 / 264	xxx	29.6%	29.6%
New Democratic Party		Harry Grocer	21	0.0%	21 / 264	xxx	19.5%	19.5%
Social Credit Workers' Party		Lydie Poulson	14	0.0%	14 / 264	xxx	6.5%	6.5%

Voting summary

Popular vote Liberal Party   44.4% Conservative Party   29.6% New Democratic Party   19.5% Social Credit Workers' Party   6.5%