2004 Ostric regional election

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2004 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 Léch Kneller Marek Best
Party Social Democratic Radical Coalition People's
Leader since 1 March 1995 17 December 1998 3 April 2001
Last election 7 seats, 39.47% 1 seat, 8.17% 3 seats, 18.39%
Seats won 5 4 3
Seat change Decrease2 Increase3 Steady
Popular vote 4,290 3,172 2,522
Percentage 32.93% 24.35% 19.36
Swing Decrease6.54pp Increase16.18pp Increase0.97pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
OLP
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Leader Hans-Jürgen Kãdziérski Konrad Roth
Party Liberal National Consolidation
Leader since 21 March 2002 2 September 1998
Last election 3 seats, 20.71% 1 seat, 8.97%
Seats won 2 1
Seat change Decrease1 Steady
Popular vote 1,634 1,410
Percentage 12.54% 10.82%
Swing Decrease8.17pp Increase1.85pp

Minister-Chairman before election

Jón Burgstaller
Social Democratic Radical

Minister-Chairman

Jón Burgstaller
Social Democratic Radical

The 6th Ostric regional election occurred on 4 April 2004. Jón Burgstaller's Social Democratic Radical Party successfully won a third term in office, albeit with a lower share of the vote and losing two seats. The populist Ostric Coalition surged to become the second-largest party, and the main component of the separatist camp. After the election, a SRPO-Liberal coalition was formed, with outside support from the conservative National Consolidation Party

Background

In the previous election, the social democratic SRPO maintained its strong lead, forming a grand coalition with the Ostric Liberal Party.

Although the SRPO itself remained popular, issues arose in the summer of 2001, when it was revealed that Arne Gotti, leader of the OLP and Minister of Labour, Education, and the Environment, had taken bribes from various fisheries to push deregulation. The government's approval ratings sank afterwards, but remained above the opposition. Concurrently, the Ostric Coalition saw its polling improve substantially during the term.

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 4,290 32.93 5 –2
Ostric Coalition 3,172 24.35 4 +3
Ostric People's Party 2,522 19.36 3 0
Ostric Liberal Party 1,634 12.54 2 –1
National Consolidation Party 1,410 10.82 1 0
Total 13,027 100 15 0
Registered voters/turnout 16,528 78.82
Popular vote
SRPO
32.93%
24.35%
ÒSL
19.36%
OLP
12.54%
NKP
10.82%
Seats
SRPO
33.33%
26.67%
ÒSL
20.00%
OLP
13.33%
NKP
6.67%

Reactions

After the announcement of the results, Minister-Chairman Burgstaller stated he preferred renewing the coalition with the OLP, adding the NKP alongside. Initially, Konrad Roth stated the NKP would join the opposition. However, Roth agreed to a supply-and-confidence agreement with the new government.

Emphasis was placed on the Ostric Coalition's second place finish, and the bolstering of the separatist movement behind Léch Kneller, as well as the continuing slow decline of the Ostric People's Party.