Kalistani Major History

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A Six Horse Race!
Bennots returns and the SPoK remain the plurality but Kalistani politcs has diversified
Ananto, Ananto District
January 20, 4059

This morning the results from the national elections were finally confirmed with the Socialist Party tightening their grip on the Assembly. The real story though was how Kalistan has transformed itself from a single party state to a six-party democracy in less than a decade. The entire results are listed below:

Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK)- 25,674,134 (295 seats)
Kalistan Libertarian Party (KLP)- 15,757,976 (183 seats)
The Conservative Independence Party- 11,362,104 (133 seats)
Labour Party of Kalistan- 8,428,107 (98 seats)
The Kalistan Passion Party (TKPP)- 3,277,305 (40 seats)
Democratic Freedom Alliance (DFA)- 106,508 (1 seat)

It was an impressive showing for the Kalistan Passion Party and Kalistan Libertarian Party, with both increasing their share of the vote and consequently seats in the National Assembly. It was more disappointing for the Labour Party and the Conservative Independence Party who saw their number of seats fall. The Democratic Freedom Alliance gained their first seat in the Assembly which is a positive step forward but will ultimately provide them with relatively minute power. The Socialist Party, who had become accustomed to running unopposed in recent years, increased their number of seats but were still short of an absolute majority.

In the Presidential race, the backing of the Labour Party helped guarantee that Victor Bennots returns for a second term. The results mean that he is likely to propose another Labour-Socialist coalition cabinet, as this would reach the 376 threshold needed to pass through the Assembly, although a unity cabinet involving all five major parties might be another option. Overall, there were no great shocks this time around and the focus will immediately turn to pressing on with government business- most significantly lobbying support for the new ODEN deal.