Deltaria

[Rogue]

Tsargrad - Prime Minister Horvat acknowledged a loss in seats for his KDU party last night, after the exit polls showed the KDU losing 47 seats and its absolute majority in the chamber of deputies. Suprising winner this election was the liberal Savez!, capturing 82 seats and becoming the second party in the country. Despite slipping poll numbers for the KDU in this campaign, the socialist SRS failed to garner much support beyond what they already had last election, resulting in a net gain of just 2 seats. For the first time since the reintroduction of democracy, the SRS is not the second party in the country. 

Savez! under their new young leader Božo Sedlar managed to chip away at the KDU's majority, with many of the lost seats going to Savez!. Many voters called the sex scandal concerning the Secretary of the Treasury Vasić as a main reason for voting Savez!, as well as a slowing economy and worries over autocratic tendencies within the KDU. Sedlar thanked supporters in a packed arena in Branovice, promising that his party will do whatever it can to get into government and "secure a free society for all Deltarians." 

Prime Minister Horvat expressed to his supporters a willingness to continue his current government, but it remains to be seen whether this is a possibility. Together with their national governing partner the Nacionalni, the KDU would have 143 seats, three short of a majority. Nacionalni leader Daniel Lungu already rejected any government that Savez! is part of, fearing a liberal government that would undermine "conservative values" in Usmarea. If the KDU were to break with Nacionalni and form a government with Savez!, it will likely mean a more centrist and less conservative course for Deltaria. 

While Horvat is likely to retain his position as Prime Minister, it is clear that the KDU is no longer in the position to govern alone, with the first true coalition government of Deltaria likely to be a fact following this historic result.


The new composition of the chamber of deputies