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BW in huge election upset - largest party with 40% of the vote
5 September 5321
The snap election prevented a leadership review, but controversial BW leader Depares holds the cards now.
In a historic electoral upset, the Bandiera Waħda has emerged the largest party in the first multi-party elections since the coup of 5283. The conservative outfit took 39.6% of the vote and an incredible tally of 145 seats in the Council of Deputies. This makes the BW the largest party and makes it difficult for a coalition to be formed without them. A coalition with the BW would require all three other parties to unite, while a conservative coalition of the BW and the national-conservative Constitutionalist Party (PK) would have a decent majority in the legislature.
The party won a majority of the vote (54.6%) in the Jilrit region, where the AgK alliance ran a joint list and the PLR stood aside to minimise the chances of the BW. In Kinaan region the Bandiera Waħda won a staggering 52.1% of the vote, while in Aheblun they won 45%. They are the largest party in both regions and finished a strong second in Gilzon. As expected the party performed very poorly in major cities - which are more secular and cosmopoltian - and stormed to victory in Hebilean areas. Some Hebilean villages went as strongly as 80% in favour of the BW, on exceptionally high turnout. In Qart Qildar, the largest city and capital of Cildania, the BW received less than 10% of all votes cast - including an average of just 2% in polling booths around the city's largest universities. As the national results map began to fill in, it resembled a sea of blue with small but densely populated red, yellow and orange dots scattered throughout.
Just weeks ago, Bandiera Waħda leader Denzilee Depares was on the verge of a leadership review amid poor poll numbers and party infighting. After an impressive and energetic campaign, Depares has now been given an extraordinary boost by leading his party to a stunning election result. His job is surely safe, with far-right leadership contender Lażżru Alessi being dropped from the party list entirely for conspiring against the leadership.
For Depares to be made Prime Minister, however, would be extraodinary given his strongly religious views on LGBT+ rights and women's rights. He would be required to compromise his strident views or nominate another party member to the top job for the PK to consider supporting a BW-led government, perhaps angling for the Justice Ministry instead. Alec Benaglia, the party's deputy leader, and Yan Despott, its foreign affairs spokesman, stayed loyal during the leadership crisis and could be rewarded with top jobs including the Prime Minister's office if the DW were to enter government. Margerita Giudice, who challenged Depares's leadership from the left, could make a reappearence in a cabinet position - possibly as foreign minister - to reassure neighbours and allies. She was demoted to a lower spot on the party's list but won a seat regardless due to the party's over-performance.
Whatever government is formed, even if the BW is not involved, this year's elections are a shock for the ages and could have an exceptional impact on the burgeoning democracy of Cildania.
Il Bandiera Indipendenti is a political and current affairs newspaper aligned with the Bandiera Waħda movement in Cildania. It has a religious, conservative and pro-Hebilean editorial stance.
Originally posted by Pragma on 23 Jun 2023.
5 September 5321
The snap election prevented a leadership review, but controversial BW leader Depares holds the cards now.
In a historic electoral upset, the Bandiera Waħda has emerged the largest party in the first multi-party elections since the coup of 5283. The conservative outfit took 39.6% of the vote and an incredible tally of 145 seats in the Council of Deputies. This makes the BW the largest party and makes it difficult for a coalition to be formed without them. A coalition with the BW would require all three other parties to unite, while a conservative coalition of the BW and the national-conservative Constitutionalist Party (PK) would have a decent majority in the legislature.
The party won a majority of the vote (54.6%) in the Jilrit region, where the AgK alliance ran a joint list and the PLR stood aside to minimise the chances of the BW. In Kinaan region the Bandiera Waħda won a staggering 52.1% of the vote, while in Aheblun they won 45%. They are the largest party in both regions and finished a strong second in Gilzon. As expected the party performed very poorly in major cities - which are more secular and cosmopoltian - and stormed to victory in Hebilean areas. Some Hebilean villages went as strongly as 80% in favour of the BW, on exceptionally high turnout. In Qart Qildar, the largest city and capital of Cildania, the BW received less than 10% of all votes cast - including an average of just 2% in polling booths around the city's largest universities. As the national results map began to fill in, it resembled a sea of blue with small but densely populated red, yellow and orange dots scattered throughout.
Just weeks ago, Bandiera Waħda leader Denzilee Depares was on the verge of a leadership review amid poor poll numbers and party infighting. After an impressive and energetic campaign, Depares has now been given an extraordinary boost by leading his party to a stunning election result. His job is surely safe, with far-right leadership contender Lażżru Alessi being dropped from the party list entirely for conspiring against the leadership.
For Depares to be made Prime Minister, however, would be extraodinary given his strongly religious views on LGBT+ rights and women's rights. He would be required to compromise his strident views or nominate another party member to the top job for the PK to consider supporting a BW-led government, perhaps angling for the Justice Ministry instead. Alec Benaglia, the party's deputy leader, and Yan Despott, its foreign affairs spokesman, stayed loyal during the leadership crisis and could be rewarded with top jobs including the Prime Minister's office if the DW were to enter government. Margerita Giudice, who challenged Depares's leadership from the left, could make a reappearence in a cabinet position - possibly as foreign minister - to reassure neighbours and allies. She was demoted to a lower spot on the party's list but won a seat regardless due to the party's over-performance.
Whatever government is formed, even if the BW is not involved, this year's elections are a shock for the ages and could have an exceptional impact on the burgeoning democracy of Cildania.
Il Bandiera Indipendenti is a political and current affairs newspaper aligned with the Bandiera Waħda movement in Cildania. It has a religious, conservative and pro-Hebilean editorial stance.
Originally posted by Pragma on 23 Jun 2023.
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