Craftian federal election, 1998

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1995 ← 	12 September 1998 	12 September 1998 	→ 2001
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80 seats in the Craftian House of Representatives41 needed for a majority	80 seats in the Craftian House of Representatives41 needed for a majority	80 seats in the Craftian House of Representatives41 needed for a majority 	80 seats in the Craftian House of Representatives41 needed for a majority
 	 	 	
 	First party 	Second party 	Third party
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Leader 	Alexander Lee 	Peter McDonald 	Steve Bergensten
Party 	Conservative 	United 	Liberal
Leader since 	27 September 1995 	5 July 1994 	1 May 1995
Leader's seat 	Yarrayonga, AD 	Goldun, JL 	Intyuana, WT (won seat)
Last election 	31 seats, 38.32% 	30 seats, 37.83% 	4 seats, 4.91%
Seats won 	44 	21 	10
Seat change 	13 	9 	6
Popular vote 	463,832 	218,838 	99,048
Percentage 	55.68% 	26.27% 	11.89%
Swing 	17.36% 	11.56% 	6.98%
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 	Fourth party 	Fifth party 	
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Leader 	Jonathan Johnson 	Jim McIntyre 	
Party 	Liberty 	National 	
Leader since 	29 September 1990 	25 October 1969 	
Leader's seat 	Riverview, JS 	Oronton, WT 	
Last election 	12 seats, 14.65% 	3 seats, 4.01% 	
Seats won 	4 	1 	
Seat change 	8 	2 	
Popular vote 	42,984 	6,664 	
Percentage 	5.16% 	0.80% 	
Swing 	9.49% 	3.21% 	
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Craftian House of Representatives after the election 	Craftian House of Representatives after the election 	Craftian House of Representatives after the election 	Craftian House of Representatives after the election
Political groups 	Political groups 	Government (44): Conservative (44)Opposition (36): United (21) Liberal (10) Liberty (4) National (1)	Government (44): Conservative (44)Opposition (36): United (21) Liberal (10) Liberty (4) National (1)
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Prime Minister before election 	Prime Minister before election 	Elected Prime Minister 	Elected Prime Minister
Peter McDonaldUnited 	Peter McDonaldUnited 	Alexander LeeConservative 	Alexander LeeConservative
A federal election was held on Saturday, 12 September 1998 to elect the members of the 5th Parliament of Craftia. The incumbent centre-left National United Party government, led by Prime Minister Peter McDonald, was heavily defeated by the opposition centre-right Craftian Conservative Party, led by Opposition Leader Alexander Lee, after a single term in office.
The Conservative Party won a sweeping 17% and 13-seat swing, giving it a majority in parliament, thus bypassing the coalition forming process completely. The Conservatives' 4-seat majority and 55.68% of the popular vote is both the highest proportion of seats and popular vote ever won by a single party in Craftia's post-independence history. It was also the first of three occasions where a single party formed a majority government since 1987, the others being 2019 and 2028.
==Results==
===National results===
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21 	10 	5 	44
United	Liberal	Other	Conservative
Party	Party 	Votes 	Percentage	Percentage	Swing	Seats 	Seats	Seats	Change
Party	Party 	Votes 	Percentage	Percentage	Swing	Electorate	List 	Total	Change
 	Craftian Conservative Party	463,832	55.68 	  	17.36	30 	14 	44 	13
 	National United Party 	218,838	26.27 	  	11.56	14 	7 	21 	9
 	Liberal Party of Craftia 	99,048 	11.89 	  	6.98 	2 	8 	10 	6
 	Craftia Liberty Party 	42,984 	5.16 	  	9.49 	3 	1 	4 	8
 	National Party of Craftia 	6,664 	0.80 	  	3.21 	1 	0 	1 	2
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Other 	1,666 	0.20 	  	0.03 	0 	0 	0 	0
Total	Total 	833,032	 	 	 	50 	30 	80