2018 Lynsk General Election

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2018 Lynsk general election

January 30th, 2018
All 215 seats to the Lundsthing 108 seats are needed for a majority in the Lundsthing
Turnout	66.98% (1.37%) 5,471,902
First party Second party Third party   Leader Christoffer Burchardt Jens Haagensen Berit Larsen Party Alliance of Christian Democrats Socialist Workers Party Reform Coalition Leader since 13th May 2016 8th May 1999 10th January 2015 Seats won 37 35 32 Seat change 7 39 20 Popular vote 897,992 837,989 781,288 Percentage 17.13 15.99 14.9%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Mikael Solberg Rasmus Vollan Samuel Stefansen Party Green Party National People's Party National Workers Coalition Leader since 6th March 2010 23rd October 2014 3rd August 2011 Seats won 29 28 24 Seat change 11 24 7 Popular vote 692,018 682,967 577,239 Percentage 13.2% 13.03% 11.01%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Leader Amund Droit Ann Eje Jocelyne Ottosberg Party Farmers Party Indigenous People's Party Red-Green Ecology Coalition Leader since 28th October 2017 1st July 2005 1st May 2017 Seats won 19 7 4 Seat change 21 1 4 Popular vote 477,218 189,294 105,897 Percentage 9.1% 3.61% 2.02%
Prime Minister before election Jens Haagensen Socialist Workers Party Elected Prime Minister Christoffer Burchardt Alliance of Christian Democrats

The 2018 Lynsk General Election held on January 30th, 2018, saw the Alliance of Christian Democrats led by Christoffer Burchardt, who served as Leader of the Opposition prior to the election. Burchardt would officially be named Prime Minister by King Christian Magnus XI on February 21st after. Burchardt would form a minority government coalition with the Reform Coalition, Farmers Party, and Indeginous People's Party. Jens Haagensen would resign as leader of the Socialist Workers Party, he would be succeeded by Josephine Byquist. She would formally establish an official opposition with the Green Party, and the National Workers Coalition. Unable to enter into any formal coalition agreements, the National People's Party, and the Red-Greeen Ecology Coalition would enter parliament as non-coalition opposition.

The Election was held to elect members of the Lundsthing, for the 76th Session of the Lundsthing. In keeping with the Edicts of Royal Authority, King Christian Magnus XI formally dissolved parliament on November 1st 2017. it would be the first time since the 1983 General Election that a prime minister would attempt to run for a 4th consecutive term.

The Christian Democrats would drop their vote share, losing 7 seats, But would still remain the largest single party in the Lundsthing. The Socialist Workers Party would suffer one of its biggest electoral losses, losing over half its seats. The Reform Coalition, who split from the SAP in 2014 after an internal disagreement over the District Tax Reform Bill. The party initially had 12 ML's all of whom were former members of the SAP, they increased their presence after winning 20 seats and became the third largest party in the Lundsthing. The Greens, NWC and Ecology Party all saw gains at the expense of the SAP. The Farmers Party, a Liberal Conservative and Agrarian political party, and formally the third largest party in the Lundsthing, saw most of its support go to either the Reform Coalition or the National People's Party. The NAtional People's Party also saw the biggest electoral swing for any party in the Lundsthing, increasing its seat count from 4 to 28, mostly in the Rural and Exurban areas of the Medøxnej River Basin. The National Workers Coalition saw its support rise in Regnhaven, and the Red-Green Ecology Coalition entered parliament for the first time, with its core region of support being in the Fyrhøgh.

The 2018 election is considered one of the most competitive general elections in recent history, signaling a shift in political alignments across the country as the nations far-left and far-right siphoned support from the traditional parties. The Reformed Coalition has also become a major political force in its own right having taken the left-liberal faction of the SAP. Amund Droit initially declared that he would stay on as leader of the Farmers Party, but would face a leadership challenge from Ludvig Albrechtssen in late Fubruary, he would lose 47-481 in the Party Conference and be replaced by Albrechtssen on April 6th. Later that year, the Farmers Party would formally reconstitute itself as the Radical-Liberal Union Party (RLFP).