Conservative Party of Our Holy Traditions
| Conservative Party of Our Holy Traditions | |
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| Baranxitu Zanter. Baranxi's Justice. | |
| Party Leader House of Moon Leader House of Sun Leader |
Gapati Sepilitu Nedoni Ekona Ardanatu Nedona Gapati Sepilitu Nedoni |
| Founded Headquarters |
3.6.1792 23 Pritη Imbana 8-AB-001 Lamaŋra |
| Political Ideology Colors |
Religious Nationalism white |
The Conservative Party of Our Holy Traditions is the oldest party of Baranxtu and also the smallest.
It runs only in the province of Abasina, and currently has three seats in the Baranxtuan parliament.
History
The CPOHT was founded as the Baranxtuan State Party in 1794 on orders of High Priest Naostati, when a single-party system was introduced to the country. Therefore, the BSP was the only party running in the Baranxtuan legislative elections, 1795. Subsequently, it received all 31 seats, however, only about 45% of all votes cast were in support of the BSP - the ballot allowed for a "yea" and a "nay" vote. Support was generally greater in those districts with a large government presence, as for example in the provincial capitals.
In the Baranxtuan legislative elections, 1805, the "nay" option was eliminated, and subsequently, more than two thirds of Baranxtuans boycotted the election.
At the beginning of the First Baranxtuan Civil War, the BSP still had about 12,000 members. During the course of the war, these members were often the target of violent attacks. It is estimated that between 1,000 and 2,000 of all BSP members were assassinated during the war, a further approximately 5,000 members were physically harmed.
When the republican forces won the civil war, the state party BSP was officially dissolved, and the new constitution gave rise to a multi-party democracy. The BSP reconstituted itself as the Conservative Party of Our Holy Traditions, and ran as such in the Baranxtuan legislative elections, 1815 against the National Party of the Republic, the Baranxtiman Party, the Asuanituan Party and the Nidajian Party. Overall, the CPOHT received 6.7% of the vote, but in the first past the post system adopted, it did not gain a single seat as it was unable to gain the plurality in any of the 75 newly formed districts.
Over the next few decades, the CPOHT stayed small, only gaining seats in municipal elections.
However, when Abasina became part of Baranxtu in 1830 through the Abasina Treaty, followers of the CPOHT mass-migrated to the new territory so that in the elections of 1836, the CPOHT could win the district of Abasina. In the following elections, the CPOHT could remain the strongest party in Abasina, which was almost exlusively settled by Traditional Baranxtimans.
Only after the reconstitution of Baranxtu in 1860, when the district of Phip came to Baranxtu as a part of the province Abasina, not all Abasinan districts went to the CPOHT anymore.
Following the Second Baranxtuan Civil War, Abasina was settled by non-Traditional Baranxtimans during the Mesumaha especially on the western coast. In 1888, five of the then seven districts of Abasina still went to the CPOHT.
Over the following decades, support for the CPOHT slowly and steadily decreased.
In 2004, six of nine Abasinan districts still went to the CPOHT, but this was halved during the 2006 elections. Many voters of the CPOHT have grown increasingly alienated from the party, turning to the SUP in droves.
