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Quote from: West_Midlander on March 11, 2023, 11:32:58 AM

The House of Commons
71/141 seats for a majority
Conservative Party of Midland: 38 (+22)
Party Leader: Mr. R
Deputy Leader: LT
Midland Popular Coalition: 32 (+23)
Party Leader: Christian Man
Deputy Leader: Laki
Republican: 26 (+18)
Party Leader: Young Texan
Deputy Leader: Cao
Socialist: 21 (+16)
Party Leader: Classic Liminal
Deputy Leader: Scott
The Democrats: 11 (-6)
Party Leader: Ray Goldfield & Utah Neolib
Deputy Leader: None
Green Party of Midland: 5 (+3)
Party Leader: Khuzifenq & ReallySuper
Deputy Leader: Lourdes
Libertarian Party of Midland: 2 (+2)
Party Leader: Conservatopia & theflyingmongoose
Deputy Leader: None
Independents/Other*: 4 (-6)
Vacant: 2

*Independents/Other Party members: Progressive Realist, Cathcon, MarkD, Anarcho-Statism, Spark (withdrew before the election but won anyway and declined to serve; special election scheduled)

Additional Party Information

The Republicans: Fmr. PM Cao (retconning his retirement, just assume everyone lives to 1000 ITTL) did not stand for election to the House but entered the race when polls showed a write-in campaign for him had enough votes to win in his constituency. A Cao comeback seemed possible, however, Young Texan emerged as a dark horse in the race. As a result, Cao refused to enter as YT had the support of 50% (but not an outright majority) of party delegates at the outset of the convention. YT won by acclamation and tapped Cao as his deputy.

GregTheGreat emerged with a small caucus in this election and agreed to serve as the party's whip.

Other party members include OSR, TheReckoning, and courts.

Midland Popular Coalition: The Midland Left Coalition saw a great rejuvenation as PM Christian Man merged his Popular Front party into the MLC, now MPC, and conservative members deserted for the Republican Party.

Christian Man was nominated by the party with 65% of delegates on the first round and Laki was elected party deputy unanimously.

Other party members include SawxDem, WB, Abdullah, MormDem, Wulfric, ZMUN, and the party's whip, Spiral.

The Democrats: Former party leader khuzifenq left the party for the Greens as the Democrats saw some losses. The party agreed to a joint leadership with no official deputy as Ray Goldfield and Utah Neolib became deadlocked at the party convention with no one able to attain a majority after more than ten votes.

Other party members include Clarko95, President Johnson, Snow Labrador, Peebs, Interlocutor, dw93, and Alben Barkley.

Conservative Party of Midland: LT, a former Popular Front member and PM, joined the Conservatives and served as Mr. R's deputy. Mr. R. had the support of about 64% of party delegates over LT who declined to stand for the leadership. Both were confirmed by acclamation. The Conservatives cooperated carefully with the Republicans in this election and did not run against each other in any race.

The Greens: Fhtagn ran as a Green candidate but switched to the Conservatives after losing the nomination with under 30% of the delegates. Really Super and khuzifenq were tied with fhtagn but both agreed to lead the party jointly and Lourdes, the longtime party leader, was tapped as Deputy.

The Socialists: The Socialists did very well in this election. Classic Liminal was the initial frontrunner until veteran politician Scott entered the race for party leader. The two were effectively tied heading into the convention. Many delegates abstained and both candidates rebuked Western Democrat who was under investigation for electoral fraud at the time of the convention. Classic Liminal won a plurality of votes at the convention, 48%, winning the nomination over Scott at 38% of delegates after AFE's supporters broke for Classic Liminal. On the previous round, the party delegates voted in a voice vote to not require a pure majority (including abstentions) and that a plurality or a majority without counting abstentions would suffice. Scott was tapped for party Deputy and AFE was tapped as party whip.

Other party members included Oppo and gerritcole. WD was expelled by the party after Classic Liminal's nomination and he was expelled by the full House after taking his seat given his indictment for electoral fraud.

The Election:

Christian Man shifted to the left and eventually joined the Midland Left, avoiding a snap election. The party also cooperated on a constitutional change to return to unicameralism. This move was strongly opposed by the Democrats since it weakened their power federally and it had the support of 50% of Midlanders with 46% opposed.

In this election, every party gained seats except the Democrats and the Libertarians re-emerged. Voter turnout increased increasing the size of the House in the pre-election census (terrible idea but it's the only way to justify a legislature changing size so much). In fact, turnout increased by about 40% from the previous election.

Christian Man lost in an upset and agreed to serve as Deputy PM again, this time under a Grand Coalition between the three largest parties under Mr. R who finally won the Prime Minister's Residence after several campaigns. Mr. R, though, said he would make significant efforts to work with the opposition parties as well. The three largest parties notably have a supermajority together.

After the election, some Democratic politicians decried the outcome citing the fact that 52% of Midlanders voted for a left-of-center party while 48% voted for a right-of-center party. Christian Man, however, accepted the election results and denounced the claim as inaccurate since he is a Christian Democrat, and not solidly on the left or right. Also, notably, if Christian Man's caucus within the MPC is counted alone it would constitute nearly 15% if he is counted for the "center," putting the right solidly ahead with a plurality.

Sad I lost but I like the sound of unicameralism.

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