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People's Front Wins in Landslide
June 18, 4769
Victorious President-Elect Ndidi Afolayan
Federal Council Composition (left to right; People's Front, Conservative Party, National Movement, Kitembo Power)
Departmental Prefect Election Map
The People's Front's Mighty Wind campaign seems to have paid off with astounding success, as election results are in and the People's Front front has swept the nation. In the Federal Council, the Conservative Party has been dethroned as the plurality and stripped of fifteen seats and pushed into second place by the People's Front, which now controls a comfortable majority at 58 seats. The results of the Presidential elections have also ended in a victory for the People's Front and their candidate Ndidi Afolayan, the new President-Elect who will take office in August. The People's Front seems to also have been successful in their voter turnout campaign, with an overall increase to a turnout rate of 64%.
The more indecisive results of the elections lie in the Department Prefect elections, where no single party holds a majority or plurality. Three parties won Prefectures in these elections, the People's Front winning four (Furutari, Juuyada, Mwibonde, and Araresa), the Conservative Party also carrying four (Lýore, Shiratoku, Minaraha, and Yrasêma), while the National Movement walked away from the elections with Arami. With neither the People's Front nor the Conservative Party controlling a majority of Department Prefects, Prefect Mubumbo Qatami of the National Movement will be playing the role of kingmaker in the decision of who is made National Director. In the past, the National Movement has aligned itself with the Conservative Party which has made many People's Front politicians and commentators uneasy, however it is not outside the realm of possibility that the National Movement will side with the People's Front, as the National Movement had begun to distance itself from the Conservative Party over the past few year due to the Conservatives' perceived idleness with regards to fixing the many problems ailing Liore. The National Movement could theoretically be persuaded into supporting Thabo Okeke for National Director if the People's Front offered the National Movement positions in the government, however it is too early tell. Departmental Prefects will take office on July first, and discussions on the appointment of the National Director will begin on July tenth.