Conservatives and Martin Vorbeck Declare Victory in Highly Contested RaceThe Prime Minister as the results became in his favor and victory was in sight. Aikums, DolgavaNovember 12th 5220
It was a election for the ages, for the first time in a long while, the Conservatives were contested in elections and with polls being variable and inconsistent nobody really knew what was going to happen come November, however last night the election took place. As the two campaigns winded to an end lets take a look at what shaped these results tonight.
Building up to this monumental race two leaders are going at it for a chance at an election victory. For the Conservatives the Party has been in turmoil and floundering for months. With the ousting of Sofia Krämer being the catalyst to this. Krämer was one of the most moderate PM's in the parties long history pushing things like Green Energy, government influence in healthcare, increased spending and welfare and other things. She was widely popular with the right as well, being seen as the PM the crushed terrorism and stood tall to the threats of Trigunian aggression. Her popularity had not waned at all until the extreme right wing of her party started getting restless. Lead by Martin Vorbeck she was seen as too moderate for the Conservatives and with increased supermajorities becoming commonplace, it seemed like it was a simple shoe in for his policies of private ownership of more of government and less taxes. However his ousting of a popular Prime Minister with the public especially the youth hurt his chances out the gate.
At the same time a minor party known as Together Dolgava was formed from several liberal and vocal minority groups. A simple cut to the Dolgavan National Choir lead to mass protests on the day after Vorbeck took office. The grassroots movement is lead by Dolgavan musician turned politician Juhan Lapsberg, a polarizing figure who calls himself an "advocate" for overlooked minority groups in Dolgava. It is no secret that there are several minority groups that are poorer than the traditional Hulstrian-Dolgavan elite in the country, in fact the Conservatives have had back to back Prime Ministers of Hulstrian heritage with the last ethnic Dolgavan Prime Minister (the largest ethnic group in the country we would like to add) being Rudolfs Bergmanis. This movement has especially captured the ethnic Valgrivans-Dolgavans with many posters of solidarity and support sprouting up in ethnically Valgrivan regions across the country. Lapsberg has been very vocal in his opposition to the new Prime Minister calling for him to resign and to include ethnic minorities into government representation and society.
The Prime Minister seemingly doubled down, to the delight of the core conservative base making a now infamous speech saying
These people are making it seem like Dolgava is some kind of third world dictatorship. It is clear they are spinning deceit and falsehoods with every passing day. The Conservatives stand for a United Dolgava, there is nothing "together" about Together Dolgava, who would rather divide us than make us stronger.
However a mere week before the election the Prime Minister softened his rhetoric especially as loyal moderates and former allies of Sofia Krämer started calling for the Prime Minister to stop agitating the other party one member of the Reichstag put it like this
We never had this problem under Sofia Krämer to put it bluntly, if we lose this coming election the fault is on the Vorbeck and Vorbeck alone. I hope he is able to pull this election out of his ass because he will be facing a leadership challenge if we lose this winnable race!
The results came in quickly, the first results showed a strong support for Together Dolgava, especially in Aikums, the Aikums mayoral race quickly flipped to the new party with the mayor admitting defeat in what he called a "disastrous results". The next two provinces to report was Karzon, a polarity of Karzonians (which include a subsection of those who want autonomy however this group has been all but extinct since the July 10th attacks), voted for Together Dolgava as well with nearly 55% of the voters voting against the conservatives. At this point rumors starting circulating pointing to a TD sweep of the nation however as pundits predicted, the heavily conservative rural and northern districts delivered. The Conservatives won the remaining three districts, Lirath, Quagotu and Taldona with the province of Quagotu being especially Conservative heavy voting by a margin of 60-40. In the end the Conservatives hold a narrow majority of 54 seats with Together Dolgava winning 46. This result is far from what the Conservatives wanted. Polls showed that in the province of Quagotu a usual safe seat for Conservatives that the heavy votes from the Valgrivan voters made this seat not only competitive but in play throughout the night.
Together Dolgava Supporters in Noversk waiting for results to come in, the mining, working class second and largest city voted 51-49 in support of the Conservatives, the closest seen in many years
Despite this the Prime Minister was greeted with his wife in a packed celebratory hall in Aikums, Ironic because the city voted nearly 64% against his party. He took the stage basking in the spotlight and said
Ladies and Gentlemen, Dolgavans together we have achieved a strong majority! (applause), together we have achieved a victory against radicalism, against the left and against a party that wishes to divide our country. Tonight Dolgavans said "No" and came out in force to make sure that our government continues to govern. Patriots, we now have a mandate from the people, they have said no to federalism and yes to a strong Conservative Majority! We saw people across the country make their voices heard and heard they did! (applause) Friends today we have a mandate, tomorrow it is the opportunity to shape our country so that it is stronger, our identity is protected and our culture is energized. Soon I will be planning to pass a new Constitution that will look to make Dolgava a unified nation where all groups are incorporated and where it doesn't matter your ethnic background because in the end we are all Dolgavan! This victory tonight is truly a historic occasion for Dolgavans across the country who rejected the woke left and embraced a future that we will all prosper in!
He would go on to pick and choose election results not saying anything about the capital or the narrow win in Noversk a city which has long been a Conservative leaning city where the Conservative mayor won by only a couple hundred votes. He praised the quick election results and called for increased unity during this time. However the celebration did not last long. Moderate Conservatives many of whom were defeated in several districts went to social media calling for Vorbeck to change his approach, several moderates who were defeated and the replacement for the former PM Sofia Krämer who's seat is in the Aikums suburbs called for Vorbeck to flat out resign with many wanting the old Prime Minister to return. The road ahead for the Conservatives is rocky that is for sure.
For Together Dolgava, they also celebrated, their results were better than many polls indicated and they won a large percentage of the Dolgavan vote. For them they should be feeling good tonight as they crawl into bed, the snowdrifts dancing across the entire country, they gave the Conservatives a scare and by many estimates the surge in their support is nearly in the beginning phases
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