Nouveau Centre Makes Surprise Showing; Rildanor Premier Falls to Fifth Place
L'Ancien Observateur
November 4131
Lionel Vanier gives his concession speech before supporters in Arloux, Morbanaque.
Gertrude Bourdain of the political party 1République won the presidential election in the second round with a resounding 62.63% of the vote, helped by the backing of the Rildanor Premier party. Nouveau Centre contender Lionel Vanier, a newcomer to the political arena, won 37.32% of the vote. Nonetheless, Nouveau Centre presidential candidate Lionel Vanier surprised many with a second place finish in the first round of the presidential campaign with 16.57%, behind first place finisher Gertrude Bourdain of 1République who garnered 26.3%, and ahead of Nicholas Baker of the Parti Socialiste de Rildanor (PSR) with 14.8%. Few had expected the relatively new party to attract so many voters. Furthermore, the fifth place showing of Premier Rildanor, formerly the largest party in the Assemblée Nationale, was another cause for shock.
"We have truly conducted a beautiful campaign," said Vanier to the applause of a crowd of dejected but hopeful supporters in Arloux, Morbanaque. "Even though I have lost tonight, the ideas that we have fought for live on to tomorrow! The fight has just begun!"
Despite Vanier's loss, the Nouveau Centre tied with the PSR for second place as it concerned seats in the Assemblée Nationale. The Nouveau Centre and the PSR both won 17 seats, behind 1République with 26 seats. Travailleurs Radicaux came in fourth place with 11 seats, Rildanor Premier tied for fifth place with the Parti Humaniste at 10 seats, and the Parti Nationaliste came in last with 9 seats. 1République won the cantons of Meroix, Niraldonne, and Sirdour, while the Nouveau Centre won the largely wealthy and well-educated canton of Tiralouse and the Travailleurs Radicaux won largely rural Morbanaque.
Aurelien Chatal Heads Center-Left Government
Coalition Bypasses 1République To Form New Minority Coalition
L'Ancien Observateur
February 4132
Aurelien Chatal is the new Prime Minister of Rildanor.
With the passage of the Cabinet Proposal of November 4131, Aurelien Chatal, Nouveau Centre Floor Leader and Deputy for Tiralouse, will become Prime Minister of a center-left cabinet. Following the November election, a group of center-left political parties united to form a minority coalition government which excluded 1République, the largest political party in the Assemblée Nationale. It remains to be seen whether the center-left government will be able to cooperate with center-right President Gertrude Bourdain, but Chatal spoke optimistically on the floor of the chamber.
Monsieur le President,
The Nouveau Centre supports this cabinet proposal and hopes that the involved parties will create a stable government that will put policies before politics. We believe the Nouveau Centre, with the ability to reach out to both the right and left, will be able to bring about effective administration in the Prime Minister's office and the Ministries of Finance, Health and Social Services, and Environment and Tourism.