2019 Alanwekese general election
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General elections were held in Alanweke on July 5 2019 after being called to replace the Non partisan parliament that had been appointed following the Pretoria Agreement. Voting occurred in all constituencies to select members of the Parliament.
The election was the first democratic election in Alanweke since 1960 which elected the nationalist Alanwekese Self-Government Coalition. Since 1962 the country had been governed by a Military junta until 2015 when Okeli Okparra won that year's Presidential election in a major political upset. After the signing of the Pretoria Agreement, independent members of parliament were appointed out of a pool of Lawyers, Professors and Civil servants to run the country until elections could be held.
In the run up to the election, Okeli Okparra founded the Movement for Democracy (MFD) to contest in that year's election and throughout the campaign the party held a large lead in polls. The Alanwekese People's Union (APU) which was founded by members of the military government sought to contest the election under the promise of stability and economic prosperity for Alanweke. The Far-left All African People's Congress (AAPC) also contested the election.
The MFD won in a landslide victory, winning 146 out of the available 197 seats up for election and over 70% of the popular vote. This was well over the required 99 seats required for a majority and as such the MFD formed a majority government. On the day following the election, Uchie Chimaijem was sworn in as Prime Minister. His inaugural speech became one of the most viewed events in Alanwekese history.