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National Party clinches slim majority, Coalition in crisis
Nationals secure majority whilst Reform-Labor are left in chaos and crisis
June 8, 5645 (backdated)

Randworth, Coliwick – The conservative National Party has secured a narrow majority in the Federal Parliament these elections, winning 176 seats out of the 351 seats. This makes makes it the party’s strongest electoral performance since the election of 5635 and gives it the slimmest possible majority with just 1 seat over the 175 required to govern alone. Without this one seat they will lose their majority.

 

Nationals rewarded by the voters

It goes without saying that the Nationals are very happy with this turn-out. Prime-Minister Michael Hewson had campaigned to give the Nationals a majority to govern more effectively and ‘’keeping the country on the right track’’. For the last five years the Nationals had to gain a majority through working with other parties in the parliament. Though a deal with Forward Mordusia created a majority for the National-led government to implement its goals, it had to give way to Forward Mordusia is moderating some of their plans. On other topics that it couldn’t reach a deal with the party it had to search for other allies in parliament. This proved increasingly difficult. Reform-Labor were plagued by infighting over policy choices and were constantly attacked by Forward Mordusia and the Wildlife Party trying to take voters away from them. Mr. Hewson however got his wish, he now has a clear mandate for the Nationals to continue on their own, responding to the election results by saying that ‘’the voter has chosen to award the stability of the National Party and Forward Mordusia after infighting and chaos on the left’’.

 

Reform-Labor lose as liberals and Greens gain

The election brought no joy to the traditional centre-left coalition of the Reform Party and Labor Party. The election was a stinging defeat for the Coalition, which fell from 138 seats to just 101, marking a loss of over a quarter of its representation and the heaviest loss to date. Political analysts attribute the result to internal division within the coalition ranks, the unclear message and accusations of flipflopping on issues. Clearly the party entered a period of identity troubles, especially with the liberal Forward Mordusia and the green Wildlife Party taking up roles to the right and left of the party respectively, taking away more hardline and more moderate voters away from the party. The loss attributed to the Reform Party leader stepping down as leader of the Reform-Labor Coalition after the election. The new leader Rohan Delvene of the Labor Party taking over, saying that ‘’its time to reinvent ourselves’’.

 

Minor parties capitalise on Coalition chaos

Amidst this collapse however the minor parties made major gains this election. The Wildlife Party added 11 seats, now holding 36. Continuing its steady growth in urban and coastal electorates with its message of green energy investment and animal welfare. The more centrist liberals of Forward Mordusia offered a great alternative for mostly Reform voters who want a progressive centre to centre-right alternative to both the centre-left Reform Party and the conservative National Party.   Formed just one election agi, doubled its presence to 33 seats, gaining traction in middle-class and mostly highly educated voter groups in the suburbs and regional tech corridors with a focus on digital innovation and moderate liberalism. New to the parliament is the regional party Parti Voisainaise. This party did not compete in previous elections because of their nominal support of the Reform Party's original platform of regionalism. With the Reform-Labor coalition becoming ever more closely linked in identity the party decided that Voisains interests can only be served by themselves. The state of Voisain is the state with a large canrillaise minority and an even larger Voisainse Mordusian minority (red: Mordusians who are bilingual and a unique Mordusian-Canrille hybrid culture in Voisain).