2000 Ostric regional election

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2000 Ostric regional election

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All 15 seats in the Dorada
8 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Jón Burgstaller Arne Gotti Waléry Plank
Party Social Democratic Radical Liberal People's
Leader since 1 March 1995 20 January 1990 20 August 1997
Last election 5 seats, 30.49% 3 seats, 17.57% 4 seats, 26.36%
Seats won 7 3 3
Seat change Increase2 Steady Decrease1
Popular vote 5,287 2,774 2,464
Percentage 39.47% 20.71% 18.39
Swing Increase8.98pp Increase3.14pp Decrease7.97pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Leader Konrad Roth Léch Kneller Marek Szréber
Party National Consolidation Coalition Ostric
Leader since 2 September 1998 17 December 1998 27 August 1994
Last election 1 seat, 10.97% Did not exist 2 seats, 11.38%
Seats won 1 1 0
Seat change Steady Increase1 Decrease2
Popular vote 1,202 1,094 575
Percentage 8.97% 8.17% 4.29%
Swing Decrease2.00pp Increase8.17pp Decrease7.09pp

Minister-Chairman before election

Jón Burgstaller
Social Democratic Radical

Minister-Chairman

Jón Burgstaller
Social Democratic Radical

The 5th Ostric regional election occurred on 19 March 2000. The governing Social Democratic Radical Party of Jón Burgstaller not only retained its lead, but increased its vote substantially, the first time a senior Ostric governing party increased its vote share. After the election, a centrist grand coalition between the SRPO and the Ostric Liberal Party was formed.

Background

The 1996 snap election saw the formation of a left-wing grand coalition between the unionist Social Democratic Radical Party and the separatist Ostric People's Party, in both the first "cross-sectarian" government and first grand coalition.

The government presiding over a vast expansion of the Ostric welfare system and a time of economic growth after the recession of the early 1990s. However, many supporters of the People's Party felt betrayal over agreeing to joining in government without negotiating a referendum on independence, seeing the party consistently drop in polls in favour of the newly established Ostric Coalition, founded by fishing magnate Léch Kneller.

Electoral system

The electorate elects all fifteen members of the Dorada using single non-transferable vote in one island-wide multi-member constituency.

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Social Democratic Radical Party 5,287 39.47 7 +2
Ostric Liberal Party 2,774 20.71 3 0
Ostric People's Party 2,464 18.39 3 –1
National Consolidation Party 1,202 8.97 1 0
Ostric Coalition 1,094 8.17 1 New
Ostric Party 575 4.29 0 –2
Total 13,396 100 15 0
Registered voters/turnout 16,528 81.05
Popular vote
SRPO
39.47%
OLP
20.71%
ÒSL
18.39%
NKP
8.97%
8.17%
4.29%
Seats
SRPO
46.67%
OLP
20.00%
ÒSL
20.00%
NKP
6.67%
6.67%

Reactions

The SRPO dominated the election, polling the highest in its history at that point. Minister-Chairman Burgstaller announced after the results released that he was open to various negotiations from both the People's Party and the Liberal Party. With dropping to third place and facing a new challenger in the separatist camp, People's Party leader Waléry Plank announced his resignation on election night, and the party stated it would go in opposition. After this, a agreement was signed between the SRPO and the Liberal Party to form government together, eased by the turn of the OLP and its leader Arne Gotti to the left during the campaign.

Weranic media focused heavily on the populist Ostric Coalition and its entry into the Dorada, passing in votes the more established Ostric Party in the process, who failed to re-enter the legislature. Papers often considered the Coalition a rival against the People's Party for nationalist votes, and a possibly thorn in the side of the new government.