At the end of a historic campaign, the ballots have all been counted and the OFA has come out on top. The full results are as follows:
Omegan People's Party: 28 (11.2%)
Omegan Socialist Party: 10 (4%)
Omegan Democratic Alliance: 30 (12%)
Omegan Centrist Party: 66 (26.4%) *
Omegan Freedom Alliance: 113 (45.2%) *
Omegan Nationalist Party: 3 (1.2%)
*- Denotes the two parties that have formed a governing coalition. They will control 71.6% of the seats in the Supreme Electorate.
This is an incredible result for the OFA as it makes the first time the OCP has not been the largest party in the SE. This comes after the OCP ran a campaign that could be described as "standard" in a year where the OPP and OFA both ran groundbreaking campaigns. Here's a break down of these results mean for each party:
OPP- They ran a campaign focused on appealing to rural voters. Largely it was successful but they also made impressive gains among young people, notably in college towns, who are traditionally OSP supporters. For a party seen to be on the "fringe" controlling a little more than 11% of the seats will put them into the conversation. They were just 2 seats away from becoming the main opposition party.
OSP- The OSP fell apart this election. They lost young people, the lost urban voters, they in fact won zero seats. All of their Electors come from Terra where Electors serve for life. If these 10 will choose to caucus as OSP members remains to be seen. If they don't, most are expected to lean toward the OPP potentially making them the largest opposition party.
ODA- Winning 30 seats in their first election was cause for celebration. They attribute this success to young voters but also urban voters and while it wasn't as resounding as they had hoped for, they are excited nonetheless. They will be the 3rd largest party in the SE and while they had hoped to be 2nd largest or largest and go into coalition with the OCP, they do believe they may see one or two members as chairs on a couple of committees. Those appointments will be announced by the Speaker of the SE.
OCP- The OCP are largely disappointed with this result. They lost a significant number of voters to the ODA and OFA and while they maintained a decent block of seats, for the first time they will not be the largest party. It has already been announced that incumbent Elector Primo Thomas Winston, an OCP member, will be backed by the coalition to be Vice Elector Primo. The Vice Elector Primo does serve as Speaker of the SE so the OCP will still have sway over the legislation taken up in the SE.
OFA- The OFA won. Decisively. Controlling more than 45% of all seats, they will be able to pass most legislation advocated for in their manifesto. The success came in appealing to urban voters, a new block for the OFA, which propelled them to victory in Litus. OFA member and incumbent VEP John Colbert is the coalition choice for EP. They are also expected to control a majority of committee chairmanships, a condition for having an OCP VEP, and John Colbert is expected to announce a majority OFA cabinet.
ONP- The ONP expected a collapse with a surge in OFA voters. While they have forced the OFA to the right on immigration and other issues, their 3 members are expected to be vocal opponents to the coalition. The ONP believes that if the OFA continues to go toward the center, their voters will come back to them but until that time, they are content to just be in the SE, even with only 3 members.
The coalition agreement signed by the OFA and OCP specifies that the OCP speaker must have a majority of the committee chairman, including the chairman of economic development, be OFA members and in turn, at least 1/3rd of the cabinet will be OCP members, including the Secretary of State. All of the partisan affiliations of the remaining members of the Cabinet and the other committee chairs will be up to the determination of the EP and VEP, respectfully.
The new SE will be sworn in on Wednesday at which point that will officially vote in the EP and VEP. Following that statements are to be made announcing chairman and cabinet members.
As soon as chairman and cabinet members are announced INN will have full coverage so stay tuned.
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