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Breaking New: Elections 5648: unexpected landslide victory for the center-right

The left loses its bet while the PNL triumphs with an unexpected margin and now looks to alliances to form a new government

PNL celebrates the victory at its headquarters

October 5648

ROMULA - The outcome of the general elections following the resignation of Prime Minister Gian Maria Moretti has given the country a clear picture: Istalia has rewarded the center-right and has done so with a much larger margin than analysts expected, a surprise perhaps even for the PNL itself which has won 198 total seats and returns to being the nation's leading party after more than 15 years.

With the arrival of the very last votes confirmed by the Ministry of the Interior, the final results have been obtained and consequently the composition of the next National Congress will be as follows:

PNL (133 civilians + 64 military) 197
PSD (115 + 38) 153
UOD (28 + 11) 39
PNC (24 + 6) 30
MdV 24
AdA 14
D&L 12
PLR 4
Ind 2

With 475 seats in total and a required majority of at least 237 seats, the game for the formation of the new government is played entirely in the center-right camp. But although the National Liberal Party and the Hosian Democratic Union have long since publicly declared their programmatic harmony, it remains to be seen with whom they intend to ally themselves to ensure a stable majority: Democracy & Freedom is viewed with suspicion by the UOD, which judges many of its positions to be excessively libertarian, especially in the social and bioethical fields, while the Liberal Republican Party, although numerically easier to integrate, could encounter resistance from the monarchist current more faithful to the PNL.

The center-left, on the other hand, is forced to deal with a resounding defeat that feels like a bitter awakening from a sweet dream. If in paying the price of the increasingly clear shift of the program to the left the Democratic Socialist Party has limited the damage, however losing the dominant position it had maintained until a few years ago, even more resounding has been the defeat of the New Communist Party, which has seen its seats almost halved compared to the previous legislature: a resounding defeat that marks the profound crisis of the most orthodox communist proposal. The Green Movement is the only force in the progressive camp that has avoided the erosion of consensus, even gaining a seat compared to the previous legislature, confirming itself as the reference party for a large portion of the youth electorate who appreciated its coherence and commitment to environmental and social issues.

And yet, not even the intense season of popular mobilizations in favor of civil rights, which seemed to reveal a different, perhaps hidden, Istalia, brought the electoral fruits hoped for by the left. According to some observers, the radical economic proposals, of strong Marxist inspiration, have frightened a significant portion of the electorate, even among those who actively participated in the demonstrations. "After all, they also have to put bread on the table", commented, with a mixture of irony and realism, a political analyst: words that summarize the sense of detachment between ideological militancy and daily concreteness.
It was clear in these elections that alongside the left-wing hidden Istalia, a right-wing hidden Istalia emerged more preponderant, attached to the values of family and tradition, and that economic matters currently have more traction than other topics.

A sharp decline was also seen by the Alliance of Autonomies, victim of the radicalization of the nationalist Alariana component, which caused the escape of the Majatran component and the moderates. The latter largely flowed towards the PNL, attracted by its regionalist proposal, considered more concrete and less conflictual. But the regionalism of the PNL also attracted the consensus of the Majatran, in the northern regions of the Sarentina Peninsula, where the majority of the community is concentrated, more confident in being able to make its voice heard at the regional level.

The Armed Forces vote, which as always had 119 reserved seats, was also surprising for its fragmentation, an event that had not been seen for several elections: 64 seats for the PNL, 38 for the PSD, 11 for the UOD and 6 for the PNC. Two elements attracted the attention of experts: the influence of family and religious issues, promoted by UOD, and the unexpected consensus for the PNC, which reveals a still living trace of the socialist past within military circles. The first data shows a clear ideological response to the protests organized by the left and led by secular and progressive demands, while the second, instead, is the sign that the legacy of the Socialist Republic, and above all the fusion between communists and patriots after the civil war and on the eve of the war of liberation, continues to be felt.

Now, while all attention is shifting to Quattroregni Palace, where the Emperor will start consultations in the coming days, the country is watching with interest the next developments: the PNL has the ball in its hand but will have to take the opinion of the UOD into strong consideration or commit to changing it. Parties negotiations for the formation of the new executive have probably already begun during the night while the result was becoming increasingly clear, but what is certain is that Valeriano Giunio, leader of the PNL, will be called by the Head of State to form the new government and who told his supporters at the PNL headquarters:

“It is a victory for all the Istalians who believe in responsibility, national identity and subsidiarity as a tool for balance and growth. We will govern with seriousness, dialogue and vision.”