NationStates Jolt Archive

Um...but you didn't get 126. So...why should you get the extra seat?

Yes, and we didn't, and we accept Ariddia's fair decision. Thanks again!

Bah, screw it. Precedent would dictate the commies get it anyway. This happened in the last one, right?

Yes, and we didn't, and we accept Ariddia's fair decision. Thanks again!

You're welcome. See you in Parliament! :)

two seats?

TWO WHOLE SEATS?

Im not sure we have enough arse cheeks to fill them.

*dance dance dance*

Woooo!

Another fine election. I posted for ads than last time. See you next election cycle.

Regards,
The Absurd Political Action Committee.

Democratic Socialist Party : 16.21% => 4 seats
Emphatically Silly Party: 8.83% => 2 seats
MOBRA: 4.65% => 1 seat
New British Imperialist Party: 9.15% => 2 seats
NS Classic Liberals: 8.19% => 2 seats
NS Conservative Party: 19.42% => 5 seats
Reason Party: 19.10% => 5 seats
Revolutionary Trotskyist Party: 5.78% => 1 seat
United Democratic Communist Party: 8.67% => 2 seats

Which gives us 24 seats. The party closest to winning an additional seat, unless I’m very much mistaken, is the RTP. Therefore, the RTP wins the twenty-fifth seat in Parliament.

Thank you all for taking part. :)

From how I read the percentages it doesn't look like the RTP is closest to another seat. Of all the percentages, it looks like the one that is closest to another multiple of 4% is the NSCP.

NS Conservative Party: 19.42%
Reason Party: 19.10%
Revolutionary Trotskyist Party: 5.78%

Now the RTP looks like it would be a good 2.22% from making it to 8% which is the next breakpoint for a seat. However NSCP is only .58% from reaching the next breakpoint for a seat. That's just how I read the statistics following the rule you set for 4% equally a seat in Parliament.

[sidenote: forumwalker, both NSCP and RP got 5 since they had 20% approx, 5 votes...the RTP was the closest]

623 Votes
Leftist Parties 7 Seats
Democratic Socialist Party 4 seats
Revolutionary Trotskyist Party 1 seat
United Democratic Communist Party 2 seats

Rightist Parties 12 Seats
NS Classic Liberals 2 seats
NS Conservative Party 5 seats
Reason Party 5 seats

Independents 5 Seats
Emphatically Silly Party 2 seats
MOBRA 1 seat
New British Imperialist Party 2 seats

The Election was in the end a diluted sucess for its victors while a serious drawback for its losers.
The Conservatives won a close vote tally (121-119) with the Reason Party, but that won't necessarily mean anything without help.
The Conservatives, painted as 'Archie Bunkers' and scolded by the Reason Party and Democratic Socialist Party, will likely be unable to form a majority alliance.
In all likelyhood, the possible picture is as follows...

MOBRA/ESP 3 Seats
UDCP/RTP 3 Seats
NSCL/NSCP/NBIP 9 Seats
RP/DSP 9 Seats

Likely, a center-left group will form with a socially progessive policy, an isolationist foreign policy, and European style mix of capitalism/socialism. The alliance will be the RP and DSP with RTP/UDCP tagging along for a few favors (a program or two.)
The center-right party will be supportive of rodents and some sillyness, it will support free market policies and likely some moderate-conservative social policy. As for foreign policy, the likelyhood is somewhat protective with some props to the NBIP. The alliance will be the NSCL/NSCP/NBIP/MOBRA/ESP.
The only chance of another major alliance forming is if Reason decides to ally with the Conservatives with some bargaining. This pragmatic move might just put a center right alliance that would be able to pass much of each's agenda.
It appears though that spite (thus allying with DSP) might lead the Reason to deal with socialist left to be a bargainer...potentially it could decide what on each side (the left or right, particularly the right) passes with this leverage in this particular hypothetical view.

OPINION
In the end, the NS world made the right choice...but in numbers only.
The win of the Conservatives was a great advancement for NS, but in the end might lead to just bickering and baseless conservative bashing.
Its victory is the hand of the election's true winner.
The true winner was the Reason Party.
The Reason Party has not attempted thus far to make any friends.
It has gone after the DSP and NSCP and the silly in what appeared a party ready to forge on alone.

The Reason Party must be reasonable with this oppurtunity.
It should ally with the Conservatives and Classic Liberals to make an even 12 votes.
From there a few others might tag along, but the setting will all ready good to go.
The NS parliament will not turn into a factory of legislation like the NSUN.
All three right parties agree!
Take for example the controversial issue of abortion.
The Conservatives oppose it entirely, the Classic Liberalists are more murky, leaning pro-choice, and the Reason Party is relatively pro-choice.
Yet all three could easily come to terms with each nationstate deciding the issue themselves unlike the activist left which has insisted on passing social policy upon everyone.
As for the economic policies, the 3 agree on free markets.
The fact one might have a certain interest that opposes this will be futile since the other two will likely disagree.
As for foreign matters, all three are easily satsified with a policy based on self-interest.

So in conclusion, if Reason wants to add reason to NS not more nonsense than it should talk with Conservatives and create a powerful alliance that will push for more openness in views but not push policy down each indiviual nation's throats.

George Allen,
GIRRNS International

On behalf of the NS Conservative Party, thank you, I will post a list of our MP's at about 18.30 GMT, right now i have to go out.

Um...but you didn't get 126. So...why should you get the extra seat?

because we came closest to another seat than any other part, i believe we needed less than 1%, the revolutionst Trtskyist Party needed more than 2%

[sidenote: forumwalker, both NSCP and RP got 5 since they had 20% approx, 5 votes...the RTP was the closest]

*smacks self*

It's what I get when I don't look more at the results and the tables before posting.

Would anyone happen to have linkies to the other pages namely the Election Poster/Propoganda Page?

two seats?

TWO WHOLE SEATS?

Im not sure we have enough arse cheeks to fill them.

*dance dance dance*

Woooo!
Ditto!

*dances the lambada with a squirrel*

*cough* give it to the RTP, we rock *cough*

*Cough* RTP suck

Mobra rule*Cough*

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To all those of you who voted UDCP, many thanks indeed. Our party has been weakened, but I can assure you your votes will not have been for nothing. We will remain an active presence in Parliament, defending and advocating the ideals you have entrusted us to represent.

Thank you again.

What a load of crap.
*storms off in a huff*

When did polling close?

When did polling close?

About twelve hours ago.

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Good afternoon, old chaps - it's absolutely spiffing to see you all. Firstly allow me, as the leader of the New British Imperialist Party (wot, wot!) to take this oppurtunity to congratulate all partipants in the election. Second, it is my pleasure to announce that Kriegorgrad and I will be the two new NBIP MPs who'll take their places in Parliament when it opens.

In the following term, the New British Imperialist Party will be looking to give NS a bloody good sorting-out, starting by introducing a proper leader - and who better than Her Majesty the Queen? Of course, no one. In addition, we at NBIP believe that NS will benefit greatly from being a member of the Commonwealth - a move that we will certainly press for. Our other, less vital policies include constructing a powerful Royal Navy for defence, and massively increasing the industrial output of NS General in terms of bowler hats, umbrellas and tweed jackets. We firmly believe that the health of the populace is paramount - and to that end we will be supplying every schoolchild with fish and chips and tea for their school meals, and we will be launching a campaign aimed at getting adults to follow a similarly healthy diet.

Anyway, these reforms may be hard for some people to swallow, but we know that what we're doing is the best for NS General, and in time I for one am sure that NS General will appreciate being brought into the light of Britannic civilisation, at gunboat-point if needbe.

Yours Faithfully,

The Rt. Hon. Admiral Sir Lord George Barham Praeton, MP, KG, KT, OM, GBE, AC, QSO, PC

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PS. Buy Empire!