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The Political Telegraph| Humperdinck Media |

Election results in: Hung parliament, Nationals largest party

National Party wins plurality, coalition talks imminent. Jeremy Wilson elected for second term.

November 5564

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Port Alexander - This month the public headed towards the polling stations to cast their party vote for the next parliament and next government of the Commonwealth. People could vote in two rounds for the Governor-General, Her Majesty's official and loyal representative and elected Viceroy, and for the parliament. The campaigning was fierce with all parties trying to bring as many people to the voting booth as possible. In the end the result remains as it was before, a hung parliament, with the largest party only gaining 31% of the seats.

 
The election of the Governor-General of the Commonwealth
For the election of the representative of our regal head of state all parties fielded a promising candidate for the office. Going into the election, sitting Governor-General Jeremy Wilson hoped to be re-elected to the same office once more. This result would be a stunning one for the Nationals, as they would have won the office for the 5th time in a row. His main challenger was Simon Reeves of the Progressives, who wished to head the government into a more centre-left progressive way. The other two challangers were Joel Knight of the Democrats and Christopher Belfort of the Reform Party. Mr. Belfort is a well-known and outspoken individual, wishing to give the rural and local governments and communities a bigger say in their future. In the end the result was very narrow:
 

1. Jeremy Wilson, Nationals - 32,43%
   
2. Simon Reeves, Progressives - 26,57%
   
3. Joel Knight, Democrats - 20,80%
   
4. Christopher Belfort, Reform - 20,20%
   

Interestingly, it seems that Simon Reeves, who was very much the favourite candidate in the first round in the last elections lost quite some support. In that election he won about 42,66% of the vote, with Jeremy Wilson only getting 29,59% of the vote, narrowly winning from Christopher Belfort. This time it seems that the Democrats have taken away valuable votes from the Reform and Progressives candidates and that the Nationals won more votes this time about. In the second round another thing surprised us; the Reform and National Parties made a pact to support each other’s candidates in the second round, although so it seems. Christopher Belfort and the Reform Party went on to support Jeremy Wilson in the second round. This resulted in the following outcome:
 

1. Jeremy Wilson, Nationals - 54,22%
   
2. Simon Reeves, Progressives - 45,72%
   

With this result, Jeremy Wilson won both rounds and thus has won his second term as Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Mordusia. In his victory speech mr. Wilson said that ''Mordusians have given a clear signal, they want rural matters to matter too, they want a business orientated government with a global perspective that fights for Mordusia and that is loyal to the Crown. I am honoured to be given this second term and honoured that for the 5th time in a row, the people picked a candidate from my party to represent Her Majesty the Queen in our great Commonwealth. Thank you''.
 
Results for the Federal Parliament
For the elections for the parliament of the Commonwealth the people chose a bit different than their choice for the Governor-General. The previous election divided the voters amongst the four parties and this spread has only gotten worse. The largest party last time, the Progressives, had won 52 seats, still becoming a rather large party. However this time around the largest party only won 47 seats, with the smaller parties winning a few extra seats.

The surprise of the evening was the big loss of the Progressives, they lost 12 seats going from 52 to 40 seats. Another surprise was the Democrats, who albeit being often absent in the Parliament won the largest amount of seats, 6. Going from 28 to 34 seats. The Nationals gained some extra votes and gained a good number of seats, 4. Not the amount they had hoped for. During the election they often campaigned against hung parliaments and had hoped to convince the people to vote them in with a clear majority. Though it seems that the Nationals don’t mind the outcome, they were glad with the victory. The last winner of the evening was the Reform Party, who won 2 extra seats. The Party who stands up for local autonomy went from 28 seats to 30 seats.
 

Coalition
With the election results a given it falls upon the Governor-General to formulate a new government. He, as the representative of the Sovereign, invites the leader of the largest party to try and form a coalition government in Her name. With this in mind His Excellency invited Mr. Edward DeWitt, leader of the Nationals to form a government. Given the remarks of the Governor-General and the support he and his party got from the Reform Party, it is most likely that these two will form a new coalition. They would have a majority of 2 seats, totalling 77 seats in the Parliament.