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| 1975 Chawosaurian legislative elections | ||||
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| 600 seats in the Imperial Assembly of the Chawopolis Palace
301 seats needed for a majority | ||||
| These results were published on December 31, 1975 | ||||
| Turnout | 130,058,643 Chawosaurians voted in this legislative election
Voter Turnout Decreased🔻 (The 1975 direct election was the most focused election in the 1975 election series)📝 | |||
| First party | Second party | Third party | ||
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| Leader | Vacant (No leader) | George Windsor (elected) | Jonathan Dragan Bismarck XVII
(term-limited) | |
| Party | Communist Party | Social Democratic Parties | Coalition Party | |
| Leader since | N/A | Taking Office by January 1, 1976 | January 1, 1940 | |
| Leader's seat | N/A | Leader-elect of the Opposition | Prime Minister | |
| Seats before | 600 | did not contest | did not contest | |
| Seats after | 337 | 263 | 0 | |
| Seat change | ➖263 | ➕263 | failed to gain any seats | |
| Popular vote | 65,473,265 | 64,585,378 | no votes | |
| Percentage | 50.3% | 49.7% | 0% | |
| Swing | ➖49.7% | ➕49.7% | no change | |
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| Results of the 1975 legislative elections | ||||
The results of the Chawosaurian Legislative Elections of 1975 were published on December 31, 1975. These elections were held to elect all 600 members of all four houses in the Chawopolis Palace. These elections were part of the 1975 Chawosaurian elections, coincided with the 1975 Chawosaurian direct election. These elections were the final of five elections held during but after the Vietnam War, these elections were held after the Fall of Saigon. Chawosauria being the hotbed for multi-partisanship, this was the last multi-party election until the 2019 Chawosaurian legislative elections. This is the first parliamentary election in Chawosaurian history without Timothy Max Roosevelt as leader of a party, this is George Windsor's first parliamentary election as a party leader, as well as the first parliamentary election in Chawosaurian history where a parliamentary leader did not lead a party, and this would be Jonathan Dragan Bismarck XVII's very last parliamentary election that he has ever participated in.
The Chawallian Communist Party was able a set a record by being able to gain the monarchy and hold on to their majority in the Imperial Assembly of the Chawopolis Palace at the same time, although the party did lost their unanimity but maintained a weakened but strong majority. This election resulted in a moderate Communist victory, but an overall a Socialist victory because the Chawosaurian candidates from various Social-Democratic parties have ran campaigns based on the concepts of social democracy, which allowed them to win 263 of the 600 seats of the Chawopolis Palace, while the Communist Party ran campaigns on the concept of Communism, and the fact that the Communist forces of the Vietnam War won the war over the Capitalist West, which helped the Communist Party maintain their majority. This is the end of the Communism vs Capitalism electoral war (1945-75) and the beginning of the purely Socialist, Communism vs Social Democracy electoral war (1975-2017).
Timothy Max Roosevelt was universally beloved by the Chawosaurian public but his landslide election as Supreme Leader did not produced any coattails for his Communist Party, the Communist Party having no parliamentary leader and the charisma of George Windsor and his army of social democrats and their ideas as well as the economics of the 1970s were marked by recession and inflation were political liabilities to the parliamentary Communist Party, resulting in them to lose a heavy load of seats and nearly lost control of the Imperial Assembly. But in the end, the Communist Party's hold on the Chawopolis Palace was eventually strong, 337 seats, which was 56% of parliamentary seats that they hold while the eventually created Social Democratic Labour Party will only hold just 43% of parliamentary seats.
One interesting fact about the 1975 parliamentary campaign was that it was once proposed that Bismarck's age (he was 85 in this election) should be an issue, however public opinion polls showed that over 95% of Chawosaurians were extremely apathetic to Bismarck's age, the reason being was because Chawosaurians were far more concerned about the Cold War, which had been the only dominate political issue in Chawosaurian politics since 1945. As a result, Bismarck's age had never once been a topic of discussion. In fact, the Cold War was basically why the Communists kept getting reelected back to back since the 1949 Chawosaurian legislative elections.
This is the first legislative election in Chawosaurian history that the Communist Party lost seats. The Communist Party won a 7th victory, obtaining a 7th term as the leading party in the Chawopolis Palace. There was no Speaker but Jonathan Dragan Bismarck XVII served as an Interim Speaker until December 31, 1979.
Context
The Social Democrats entered the race with optimism to break through the Red Palace. The conservative candidates struggled to distance themselves from the unpopular prime minister Jonathan Dragan Bismarck XVII, and identify themselves as "not Bismarck puppets" but their communist and social democratic opponents said they'd vote with Bismarck with any of them were to get elected and it works, all 600 conservative candidates trailed in the polls.
As a result of Emperor Santiago's advancing age, he needed to retire. The Chawopolis Palace called the 1975 Chawosaurian direct election to replace Santiago. The Emperor's seat was open for any candidate who wins. The Incumbent Speaker of the Chawopolis Palace., Timothy Max Roosevelt, announced his candidacy to run for Santiago's open seat. Victoria Belinsky announced, and so did George Windsor who was also running for a seat in the Chawopolis Palace.
The Communist Party now had no party leader as a result of Timothy Max Roosevelt entering the 1975 direct election. The party, with no party leader, had to control their own ranks and, all by themselves, run and promote candidates for the 15th Chawopolis Palace. The party faced tough challenges from social democrats led by George Windsor.
The Communist Party did lose 263 seats to social democrats, but nobody beats a popular incumbent Communist Party in the middle of the Cold War. The Communist Party wins the election by holding on to enough seats to stay in majority territory.
Results
| Leader | Party | National Legislative Seats | National Popular Vote | |||||
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| Seats Won | 1975 Strength | |||||||
| 1969 | 1975 | % | -|+ | Votes | % | -|+ | ||
| Vacant | Communist Party | 600 | 337 | 56.2% | -263 | 65,473,265 | 50.3% | -49.7% |
| George Windsor | Social Democratic Party | 0 | 263 | 43.8% | +263 | 64,585,378 | 49.7% | +49.7% |
| Jonathan Dragan Bismarck XVII | Coalition Party | 0 | 0 | 0% | - | no votes | 0% | - |
| Total Votes | 600 seats | 100% | 130,058,643 | 100% | ||||
| Seats Needed To Win | 301 Seats | |||||||
| Result | Communist Hold | Social Democratic Gains | |||||||
The Communist Party retains a majority of the Chawopolis Palace while gaining the monarchy at the same time, talk about a record. Emperor Santiago's British Liberals couldn't swipe both branches of government in 1899. The Communist Party lost 263 seats to the Social Democrats led by George Windsor.
In the popular vote, it was close. 50.3% of voters backed Communist candidates to 49.7% of voters backed Social Democratic candidates. Voter turnout dropped from 1,317,535,783,365 voters to 130,058,643 voters who participated.
Analysis
The election resulted in a communist-party to social-democratic party system that will exist for 40 years. Communism and Social Democracy became very powerful and popular ideologies.