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2019 Alotol general election

May 21, 2019 (2019-05-21)

1050 seats in the Kajeth 700 seats needed for a majority Turnout 62.8% ( 4.2 pp)   First party Second party Third party   Leader Pra Densok Soe Medan Eul Abnak Party Yellow Coalition United Right Manist Party Last election - 460 - Seats won 470 264 165 Seat change 470 196 165 Popular vote 22,347,615 13,869,244 4,082,360 Percentage 45.6% 28.3% 8.3%   Fourth party Fifth party   Dain Liago Leader Dain Liago Goe Dsona Party Republicans Absolutists Last election - 26 Seats won 93 53 Seat change 93 27 Popular vote 3,538,372 2,401,388 Percentage 7.2 4.9%

Composition of the Ministry after the election

Composition of the House of Status after the election

Prime Minister before election Eul Lana Manist Party Elected Prime Minister Pra Densok Hansobel

The 2019 Liosol general election was Liosol's 40th general election, held on Wednesday, 1 May, 2019. The Yellow Coalition defeated four other candidates, including the leading coalition's nominee Soe Medan, resulting in Pra Densok's selection as the 23rd Prime Minister of Liosol.

Background

Goe Jegan became Prime Minister of Liosol following the untimely death of Te Matn. Previously Chancellor of the House of Status, the Ministry advanced Goe to the role of Prime Minister due to his youth and experience in the Alotol government. Some experts hypothesize that Goe's quick appointment to the role was a bid by the more conservative parties in the country to attract younger voters. However, many members of the Ministry objected to his appointment, instead calling for a general election alongside the mandatory internal election that would take place in the House of Status.

Eul Lana, a centrist, was asked to return to the role of Chancellor of the House. She filled this position under the Te Administration until 2012, when she resigned and focused solely on her role as the representative for Sonbany-24. Eul decided to run as an independent in the internal election, easily beating her two opponents due to her reputation as a negotiator in the House.

Results

Jebba Co reported early Wednesday morning that the Yellow Coalition had won 82 seats and would form a new government with Pra Densok as its leader. Pra unexpectedly announced that he would nominate Eul Lana, the previous Prime Minister following Goe Jegan's removal from office, to continue in her previous capacity as Chancellor of the House of Status. The United Right commended Pra for this bipartisan act and "promised to act in good faith during his term."

Analysis

This election ended nearly four decades of unrestricted rule by the ring-wing, conservative parties of the Kajeth. Pra's win is owed to many factors: the Deunic papers and Operation Badol, shifts in the White Party changing it from a primarily centrist party to a leftist one, the Manist Party's withdrawal from the United Right in 2018 after the "unfair appointment of Goe Jegan as Prime Minister by way of the oligarchic Blue Cabinet", creation of the Absolutist and Republican coalitions - two groups that formerly caucused with the United Right, anger at the leading parties' inability to handle foreign and domestic matters, and the vote of No Confidence against the former Prime Minister.