Niplomian Election
This page temproarily covers the current elections in Niploma
Tri Election Year
Three elections are to be held this year in Niploma, an occurance that happens only every eight years.
First Poll
All parties have begun campaigning. The first major poll from the, 'Niploma News' newspaper suggest the overall voting pattern of the electorate (exluding Council votes) to be:
- Libertarian Reform Party 32%
- Socialist Internationalist Party 30%
- Ecological Foundation Party 16%
- Grand Conservative Party 9%
- Official Communist Workers Party 7%
- Revolutionary Workers Union 4%
- Industrial Nationalist Foundation 3%
Recent polls are extraordinary because if SIP is pushed to opposition statues it will be the first time in Niploma's democratic history. EFP is suprised at the only small rise in votes. Analysts explain the Enviroment means little when a change of Government is on the cards.
However, rules of the Democratic House declare that unless there is 2% between the leading party and the opposition a new election must be held or a coalition formed to break the 2% gap.
However, as usual in political polls the first tend to be the most extreme. Experts predict that actually SIP will win but LRP may well be so close a Coalition will have be formed.
Second Poll
NT1, the government owned news channel, has sponsored a huge poll examining 21,634 people over their likely voting choice for the Democratic House elections. This poll is considered to be more decisive as campaigning if in full swing for elections now with the election mere weeks away. The results of the 79% of those asked who said they would be voting is so:
- Socialist Internationalist Party 30.24% (227 seats)
- Libertarian Reform Party 26.75% (201 seats)
- Ecological Foundation Party 17.46% (130 seats)
- Grand Conservative Party 6.93% (52 seats)
- Official Communist Workers Party 5.38% (40 seats)
- Revolutionary Workers Union 4.61% (35 seats)
- Industrial Nationalist Foundation 2.26% (17 seats)
- Other 0.81% (5 seats)
- Undecided 5.56% (43 undecided seats)
NT1s poll seems to be the first realistic poll and is a fantastic represenatation due to the amount of people asked all over the country.
SIP will be dismayed and shocked that this poll would lose them many, many seats. It is believed this is down to mainly the governmental corruption and the failure not to only fail in lowering tax but actually raising it to the near 80% level.
LRP Deputies and respective supporters will be dismayed as to why and how have they only got a quarter of the support of this poll.
Eviromentalists will be throughly pleased with the EFP picking up support in this poll, evidence that the enviroment is still a huge part of public debate.
Other parties still picked up usual support apart from the GCP who lost a third of their support, but it appears the LRP did not pick up these votes. The undecided in the poll are likely to be SIP supporters hovering over wheter or not to give thier vote to low tax choice, LRP. Even so, it appears up to 21% of the electorate does not support a party so theres still many votes to be won. It is likely the apathetics will support the new choices such as EFP and LRP for their more in touch or even 'radical' views.
All signs still point to a huge dip in support for SIP, a point echoed by LRP's leader David McKibben who commented on this poll by saying, 'It is quite clear Niploma is sick and tired of a currupt Government and ridicolous taxes. Mr Robert, mark my words, this is the end of the Socialist Internationalist political Party.'
Éibhear Elwes, young leader of the Ecological Foundation Party commented on the poll. 'I am estatic over how the EFP has grown in just two elections. We are so very thankful to our supporters. In terms of the democracy in Niploma it is likely it will now work with the three main parties rather close together. Hopefully a fully fluid debate on the enviroment at the next Democratic House will commence and, of course, with the ECP leading the way.'
There are several rumours of many members of SIP leaving to LRP before the election but it is still unknown if LRP will even accep the dissatified Socialists into what is essentially a Conservative party. A member of the OCWP hinted at talks within their party and SIP over forming a coalition. However SIP denied this claiming that they were still throughly confident that they will be re-elected as the ruling party in Niploma.
Finally, Adráin Robert, Prime Minister of Niploma and head of Socialist Internationalist Party was interviewed on NT1 over the next election. 'I don't think I'll lose anymore than 60 seats. Anymore is absolutely ludicrous.' was his reply to a question regarding the loss in the polls. As a general comment regarding the election he exclaimed, 'The fact of the matter is SIP is the party of the people. SIP's forefathers (SR) created this Republic. The Reform party has not done that. We are the party who brought your grandparents out of chains. No enviromentalist has done that. SIP is loyal to Niplomians and we work flat out five days a week to bring you everything from food to jobs. I really don't know of any other country in the Anumist Alliance we live in that has a good a life as us, you've never had it so good Niplomians.'
