Social Credit Party (Akashi)
Social Credit Party 社会信用党 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌹𐌽𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻ᚴ𐌾𐍉 | |
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| Abbreviation | SCP |
| Founded | 1935 |
| Dissolved | 1998 |
| Merged into | Communist Party |
| Ideology | Social credit |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | Crimson bloc |
| Colours | Light green |
The Social Credit Party (Miranian: 社会信用党 Shakai shin'yōtō; Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌹𐌽𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻ᚴ𐌾𐍉 Gamains Inmaideins Dailkjō) was a social credit political party in Akashi.
Established in 1935 as an outgrowth of the Tyranian social credit movement, it was one of the few parties predating the Akashian Civil War to continue its existence afterwards. For most of its existence, it was a minor left-wing party, and developed a close collaboration with the Communist Party. This culminated in the two parties' merger in 1998.
History
The SCP was founded in 1935, as an outgrowth of the broader Tyranian social credit movement, inspired by the theories of Schottian engineer C. H. Douglas. It proved to be one of the longest-lasting social credit parties of Tyran.
From the beginning, it allied with the Akashian left, standing against the right and its later collaboration with the Futurist Political Party. It had a negligible role in the Akashian Civil War, and was largely "in hibernation" during it.
In the Constituent Assembly election of 1940, it won 3% of the party vote and 3 party seats, making it the smallest party represented. Nevertheless, membership was encouraged by the fact that it even entered the Constituent Assembly to begin with.
The party languished on the sidelines during the Yurikaran era. It was the smallest party in the National Assembly in 1942 and 1946, and then fell beneath the electoral threshold in 1950, spending the rest of the decade shut out of the National Assembly.
The SCP took part in the United Opposition electoral alliance of 1962, which ended in animosity but earned the party 11 seats, its best ever performance. It lost all its seats in 1966.
The passage of reforms to "open up the system" and the decimation of the National Union opened some space for the party to grow, although it lagged far behind the rest of the crimson bloc. Its best individual performance, in 1974, still yielded only 5 seats in total. It provided outside support for Socialist Party-led coalitions, but was never seriously considered to join them.
It was in opposition to the Ran Tsukuda government during the 1980s. The "blue wave" of 1986 knocked the party out of the National Assembly once again, as it fell beneath the electoral threshold of 3%. It regained its 7 seats in the "red wave" of 1990, and formally joined Shinobu Furukawa's coalition.
By this point, the SCP had developed close ties with the CP, and its consistent and stagnant support demoralised party members who began to question its raison d'être. These doubts were amplified in 1994, when it once again fell short of the electoral threshold, but managed to win one constituency seat for the only time.
Ultimately, the SCP voted to merge with the CP in 1998.
Platform
The SCP was a social credit party. It advocated monetary reform, the construction of economic democracy through democratic control of credit, and the imposition of price controls and social dividends.
Described by Keizai Shinbun as "the mildest of the crimson parties", the SCP's policy proved largely compatible with the aspirations of the Communists to abolish capitalism. During the 1970s, it gained a reputation as a vehicle for various left-leaning monetary reform advocates, including left-wing market anarchists, Georgists, and community-based economics.
The party's headquarters was jokingly dubbed "Megelan's second embassy", since many in the SCP looked to Megelan as a model for economic organisation, and generally advocated closer relations between Akashi and Megelan within the Common Sphere.
Election results
National Assembly
| Election | Party list | Constituency | Seats | +/– | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PR votes | % | STV votes | % | ||||
| 1940 | 49.235 | 3,0% | 3 / 245
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 3
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Opposition | ||
| 1942 | 52.833 | 3,0% | 6 / 200
|
3
|
Opposition | ||
| 1946 | 58.699 | 2,8% | 6 / 200
|
|
Opposition | ||
| 1950 | 52.529 | 2,2% | 0 / 200
|
 6
|
No seats | ||
| 1954 | 57.938 | 2,0% | 0 / 200
|
|
No seats | ||
| 1958 | 52.565 | 1,6% | 0 / 200
|
|
No seats | ||
| 19621 | 1.227.100 | 32,5% | 11 / 200
|
11
|
Opposition | ||
| 1966 | 81.975 | 2,0% | 0 / 200
|
11
|
No seats | ||
| 1970 | 143.653 | 3,0% | 57.526 | 1,2% | 3 / 200
|
3
|
Opposition |
| 1972 | 200.231 | 4,0% | 84.908 | 1,7% | 4 / 200
|
1
|
Outside support |
| 1974 | 258.224 | 5,0% | 77.205 | 1,5% | 5 / 200
|
1
|
Outside support |
| 1978 | 243.676 | 4,4% | 89.006 | 1,6% | 4 / 200
|
1
|
Outside support |
| 1980 | 180.533 | 3,2% | 78.808 | 1,4% | 3 / 200
|
1
|
Interim |
| 1982 | 201.880 | 3,5% | 103.598 | 1,8% | 7 / 400
|
4
|
Opposition |
| 1986 | 142.797 | 2,4% | 119.129 | 2,0% | 0 / 400
|
7
|
No seats |
| 1990 | 201.653 | 3,2% | 188.842 | 3,0% | 7 / 400
|
7
|
Coalition |
| 1994 | 172.991 | 2,7% | 255.133 | 4,0% | 1 / 400
|
6
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Coalition |
1 Result for the whole United Opposition, consisting of the Socialist Party, Liberal Party, National Democratic Party, Communist Party, Workers' Party, and SCP.
Presidency
| Election | Candidate | First round | Second round | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| 1940 | No candidate | |||||
| 1945 | No candidate | |||||
| 1950 | No candidate | |||||
| 1955 | No candidate | |||||
| 1960 | No candidate | |||||
| 1965 | No candidate | |||||
| 1970 | No candidate | |||||
| 1975 | No candidate | |||||
| 1980 | No candidate | |||||
| 1985 | No candidate | |||||
| 1990 | Naoki Shiba | 172.181 | 2,8% | Lost | ||
| 1995 | No candidate | |||||
