Malivian Monarchist Coalition is Victorious
Malivian citizens rejoiced as the Malivian Kommunist Party took the lead with 256 seats out of 600. The Malivian Kommunist Party received pluralities in all five of Malivian regions demonstrating their cross appeal. The Freedom Party, a conservative party fell to second place with 131 seats. The Freedom Party received devastating losses losing 61% of their seat share.
Daniel CohenI think it is evident that the Freedom Party betrayed the voters with their legislative changes during the last six years. You can't campaign to keep the Monarchy and then immediately work to overthrow it. The voters have seen through the deception. We are pleased by the results and hope to work closely with our coalition partners to immediately form a cabinet.
Newcomer the Barack Freedom Riders gained a respectable showing of 114 seats. Polls showed that the BFR Party cut Freedom Party's voter share roughly in half thus attributing to their stunning losses. General Franco had successfully courted military voters displeased with the peaceful reign of the last six years. Veteran Malivian Party Supporters in Science in Design had a poor showing by losing even more seats. They are currently in fourth place with 90 seats.
Supporters of Science in Design blame their defeat on widespread voter fraud and stuffing of ballots by the Freedom Party and the Kommunists. They claim the poor performance of Joseph Hunter IV, the son of the late Maharaja was also due to voter fraud and intimidation by Freedom and Kommunist. The Malivian Kommunist Party denies the accusation. Shortly after the election, the Malivian Kommunists, Barack Freedom Riders, and Supporters of Science in Desisn agreed to restore the Monarchy. The Freedom Party called faul calling the move trickery as neither the Kommunists or Barack Freedom Riders advertised their support for the Monarch in the campaign.
Malivian Kommunist Party: 256
Freedom Party: 131
Barack Freedom Riders: 114
Supporters of Science in Design: 90
Monarchist: 469
Republicans: 131
Presidential Election of 2839
The first presidential election in centuries took place in Malivia in 2839. Daniel Cohen of the Malivian Kommunist Party and Juam Kastenlob of the Freedom Party made it to the second round with 45% and 22% of the vote. General Franco of the Barack Freedom Riders and Joseph Hunter IV were defeated with 20% and 13% each. In the second round, Daniel Cohen was endorsed by Supporters of Science in Design, the Barack Freedom Riders refused to endorse either candidate. When asked why SSD endorsed the Kommunist despite being on opposite ends of the political spectrum, Joseph Hunter replied that he could trust the word of the Kommunists where is the Freedom Party seemed to make policy decisions by flipping a coin. On election night, Daniel Cohen won with 51% of the vote. The Freedom Party achieved an almost upset by climbing to 49% of the vote.
Daniel Cohen, newly elected President of MaliviaWe believe we would have had a larger victory if the Barack Riders had endorsed us. We lobbied a great deal for their support, but we have no complaints.
Daniel Cohen 51%
Juam Kastenlob 49%