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The National Telegraph is a right-wing newspaper associated with the Nationalist Alliance.

'Purple Wave' For Qiao's Nationalist Alliance
March 2nd 4382

Above: Leader of the Nationalist Alliance, Qiao Xinyi, meeting constituents after the election result.

With the election results all counted and certified, the new Nationalist Alliance (民族主义联盟) - led by Qiao Xinyi - has won a striking 87 seats and 6.7 million votes. This makes the centre-right to right-wing party the joint-second largest in the Grand Assembly (大會), having increased their seat share more than any other party. Nicknamed the 'purple wave' by political commentators, many previous non-voters and more radical Lotus Party supporters switched to Qiao and her alliance. The party's biggest victory came from Han Province (汉州), where the party won 47 seats and over 34% of the vote - casting a large shadow over the second-placed Civic Forum. The party did not put forward candidates in Shu Province (舒州), and so won no seats there, yet managed to win 10 seats from the central provinces of Min (岷州) and Anle (安樂州). The party came second with 30 votes and 2.5 million votes in Jiaozhi Province (交趾州).

Qiao's campaign focused on Han and Jiaozhi, and that was clearly reflected in the results. The Nationalist Alliance played to the religious communities in these areas, particularly in rural areas that follow traditional religions but also in cities with growing Hosian populations. The most interesting victory for the party was in the capital of Tian'an, with local elections and assembly elections showing strong returns, particularly among the sizeable Hosian minority who were happy to see a national leader finally sharing their faith. Of the 1 million Hosian voters in Indrala, 700,000 voted for the Nationalist Alliance - representing around a dozen seats handed to the NA. 10 of the party's 87 Assembly members will be Hosians, and there will be the most Hosians in Indrala's legislature in hundreds of years. Other key demographics who went out to vote for the NA were rural people, young people and people who lean towards being, but are not solidly, monarchist.

How a party that could not even organise to stand in a whole province was able to make such a wave is not entirely a mystery, as the right-wing in Indrala has long been underrepresented in the Assembly. Begrudgingly, many on the right have gotten used to supporting the least worst option, but now they and those who have not previously voted 'gave a thunderous mandate to change in Indrala', according to Shi Qigang - National Alliance spokesperson for Infrastructure and Transport and a prospective future minister of said department. Qigang told his constituents in Jiaozhi that 'there is clearly still a large number of people disenchanted with politics, and to them I say: vote, vote, vote!'. 'Vote, Vote, Vote!' was one campaign slogan used by NA candidates in rural areas, were many of the parties members come from. The party has a strong base of support from all sorts of demographics.

Qiao called her party's results 'remarkable' and 'representative of the extreme levels of discontent among our people'. She also vowed to work for her constituents in Han province as their 'representative and voice in the Assembly, arguing for reform and popular policies'. Qiao is tipped to be heading for a top role in government if one is organised, with one proposal in vote currently giving her the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Her rise from poor prostitute to born-again Hosian to business leader to political phenomenon has given her a new nickname among the press: 'the elastic lady'. No matter how far you stretch her, she'll bounce back and probably hit you in the eye. Metaphorically speaking, of course. Regardless of financial and resource constraints on the National Alliance's campaign, the party now is the largest on the right in Indrala. Only time will tell if it stays that way.

Here is a full breakdown of the results from the National Telegraph:

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Originally posted by Pragma on 22 April 2018.