Final Election Results

The Franklin Times
5/11/09

The NEC has released the results for the seven states with outstanding results. Results by state can be found below. The NEC has also confirmed that turnout was at 81% of eligible voters.

Capital State: 30 Seats

FP: 25% 7 seats
MDP: 20% 6 seats
MP: 8% 2 seats
RKP: 12% 4 seats
TPP: 35% 11 seats

Conover: 42 Seats

FP: 19% 8 seats
MDP: 17% 7 seats
MP: 8% 4 seats
RKP: 17% 7 seats
TPP: 39% 16 seats

Gearhart: 22 Seats

FP: 19% 4 seats
MDP: 17% 4 seats
MP: 9% 2 seats
RKP: 19% 4 seats
TPP: 36% 8 seats

North Riegel: 26 Seats

FP: 21% 5 seats
MDP: 15% 4 seats
MP: 5% 1 seats
RKP: 26% 7 seats
TPP: 33% 9 seats

Pennyroyal: 68 Seats

FP: 29% 20 seats
MDP: 12% 9 seats
MP: 1%
RKP: 17% 11 seats
TPP: 41% 28 seats

South Riegel: 28 Seats

FP: 14% 4 seats
MDP: 7% 2 seats
MP: 4%
RKP: 37% 11 seats
TPP: 38% 11 seats

Wayne: 48 Seats

FP: 20% 10 seats
MDP: 13% 6 seats
MP: 4% 2 seats
RKP: 19% 9 seats
TPP: 44% 21 seats

Total: 350 Seats

FP: 67 seats 19.14%
MDP: 54 seats 15.42%
MP: 17 seats 4.85%
RKP: 90 seats 25.71%
TPP: 122 seats 34.85%

Governing Coalition Must Control at least 176 Seats or 50.29%

Election Results: The Team Papi Party has captured the most seats in the General Assembly. The TPP will control 122 seats in the 350 seat chamber or 34.85%.

King Guy has now charged the TPP Leader, Mr. Blake Chaffins with the authority to form a coalition government.

Mr. Chaffins and his party are now free to enter into negotiations with any of the other political parties as they attempt to form a working coalition that controls at least 176 seats in the General Assembly.

If such an attempt fails, the RKP, which finished in 2nd place, will be given authority to form a coalition.

The following positions must be filled:

Prime Minister:
Deputy Prime Minister:
Foreign Minister:
Defense Minister:
Treasury Minister:
Justice Minister:
Homeland Minister:
Commerce and Trade Minister:
Health Minister:
Education Minister:
Environmental Minister:
Agricultural and Mining Minister:
Speaker of the National Assembly:

Election Analysis:
With the TPP the clear victor in the election over the past weekend, it is time to analyze the reasons behind the electoral results. The nation's third election cycle revealed a number of factors.

1) The Power of Organization: Organization was pivotal to the electoral results. The TPP's early investments in party headquarters and organization resulted in dramatically high turnouts among its likely supporters. The TPP message was widely received and accepted by voters, especially in the seven most eastern states. The TPP garnered at least 30% of all votes in these seven states resulting to huge electoral pluralities. This effect was most pronounced in the states of Pennyroyal and Wayne. These pluralities more than offset the RKP's huge advantage in the more conservative but more sparsely populated west. The TPP's party organization was able to create a get-out-the-vote drive that when combined with organized labor's voter machine was able to overwhelm the opposition.

2) Conservatives have problems in the East: For the second consecutive election, conservative parties have been unable to compete in the eastern suburbs or urban areas. In the 2007 election cycle, the Free Conservative Party was able to develop a message that attracted suburban, moderate, and women voters. This enabled the FCP to remain competitive throughout the east while racking up huge majorities in the West. This election cycle, the RKP seemed to adopt a purely turnout-the-base strategy. Their highly conservative policies, while popular throughout the western states failed to attract suburban swing voters.

3) Economy Rules: The economy was clearly the dominant issue as unemployment continues to grow. The caretaker government's inability to take proactive measures to deal with the worsening crisis seemed to only persuade more voters that direct action was necessary. These events seemed to coincide with the TPP's message. Election results are often reflections of the times and events in which they occur. This election seems to only confirm the pattern, for this cycle events simply assisted the TPP message.


Mr. Blake Chaffins now has a weighty decision on his hands. He must decide which party or parties to include in his coalition. The more parties he allows in, the larger his majority. However, large coalitions with diverse party interests often have stability problems as the different factors controlling ministries fight among each other. A smaller coalition is more stable but will make party loyalty that much more important. Additionally, Chaffins will have to weigh the competing interests of his party members and supporters with those of his coalition partners. Potential partners may demand a high price and sizable control of the government in exchange for their support.