Empherias Provisional Election of 2487

The 2491 Empherias provisional election was held on 19 February 2491, to elect 600 members to the Empherian House of Parliament. The Socialists, led by Lucy King, won it's second consecutive victory after their victory in the 2487 election - and King's first victory. This election represents the second largest landslide result from politics post-revolution.

Lucy King was returned as Prime Minister, with the Socialists being awarded 487 seats, winning a landslide majority. The second large party was the Nationalist party for the second election in a row. They won 65 seats, which is down nearly half at 64 seats. The Liberals once again came in third place, recording their worst result since their merger with the Old Conservatives in 2423, with just 24 seats (down 53 from the last election). Fringe parties did much better with the Conservatives over tripling their result going from 2 to 7 seats; the Centrists achieving an increase of 3 up to 5 total; and the Greens who gained just one 1 to have a total of 4.

This election saw a massive swing in support of the Socialists, with many voters agreeing with King's leadership. Another contributor for this swing would be the very unpopular leader of the Liberals, Jack Bastion. A boycott for Liberal voters came from liberal rebel William Turner, who urged people to vote for King. Many liberal voters switched to vote either further right to the Nationalists or further left to King to avoid voting for Bastion.

Following the election, Kobrai Ekel announced his resignation as leader of the Conservatives. Having served as leader for 12 years by that point, he appointed James Armisen Bleaker as his successor, who took over in March 2492.

Overview
Elections in Empherias consist of four branches. The local constituency elections; local mayoral elections; provisional High Kingdom government elections; and national union-wide government elections. All but the union-wide government elections would take place in a four month period between 1 January 2491 and 30 April 2491 following the decision to dissolve parliament and call an election on 18 November 2490 by Prime Minister Lucy King. The election was originally scheduled to take place on 30 January 2492 to follow the law and usual tradition of hosting an election every 5 years. However, King wanted to call an early election to gain a mandate to rule after taking over unelected from previous Prime Minister Alistair Walker.

The provisional election would elect all 600 members of the House of Parliament using a system of proportional representation.