West Craftian general election, 1996

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1994 ← 	26 October 1996 	26 October 1996 	→ 1999
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75 seats in the West Craftian House of Representatives38 needed for a majority	75 seats in the West Craftian House of Representatives38 needed for a majority	75 seats in the West Craftian House of Representatives38 needed for a majority	75 seats in the West Craftian House of Representatives38 needed for a majority
 	First party 	Second party 	Third party
 	 	 	
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Leader 	Ken Moto 	Natasha Garcia 	Jeremy Law
Party 	Liberal 	Republican 	Alliance
Leader since 	24 January 1993 	20 March 1996 	3 June 1994
Leader's seat 	Clarendon 	North Shore(won seat) 	Richmond Central
Last election 	47 seats, 57.83% 	8 seats, 23.68% 	2 seats, 6.77%
Seats won 	36 	30 	3
Seat change 	11 	22 	1
Popular vote 	132,970 	103,707 	20,568
Percentage 	46.03% 	35.90% 	7.12%
Swing 	11.80% 	12.22% 	0.35%
TPP percentage 	53.22% 	46.78% 	
TPP swing 	12.23% 	12.23% 	
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 	Fourth party 	Fifth party 	Sixth party
 	 	 	
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Leader 	W.H. Lindberg 	Billy Bob Jones 	Rose Fuller
Party 	Democrats 	Nationalist 	Luminan Bloc
Leader since 	16 November 1995 	3 March 1995 	2 June 1994
Leader's seat 	Woden 	Austinmer(won seat) 	Lumina West(won seat)
Last election 	2 seats, 4.64% 	0 seats, 2.51% 	0 seats, 1.19%
Seats won 	3 	2 	1
Seat change 	1 	2 	1
Popular vote 	5,922 	10,053 	3.784
Percentage 	2.05% 	3.48% 	1.31%
Swing 	2.59% 	0.97% 	0.12%
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Results by electorate
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Prime Minister before election 	Prime Minister before election 	Elected Prime Minister 	Elected Prime Minister
Ken MotoReunification 	Ken MotoReunification 	Ken MotoLiberal 	Ken MotoLiberal
A federal election was held on Saturday, 26 October 1996 for members of the 2nd Parliament of the Republic of West Craftia. The incumbent centre-left Liberal Party of West Craftia (formerly the Craftian Reunification Party) government, led by Prime Minister Ken Moto, lost its majority in the expanded parliament but remained the largest party. The opposition centre-right Republican Party of West Craftia, led by Opposition Leader Natasha Garcia, had large gains in this election to pull closer to the Liberals after the right-wing radical Democrats of West Craftia pulled out of the Republican–Democratic coalition, allowing the Republicans to attract more moderate voters. After two weeks of negotiation, the incumbent Liberal government secured a confidence and supply deal with the centrist Alliance and the left-wing Luminan Bloc, forming a working majority with 40 seats against the Republicans' 30, the Democrats' 3 and the far-right West Craftian Nationalist Party's 2.
==Results==
===National results===
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36 	3	3	3	30
Liberal	A	O	D	Republican
Party 	Party 	Votes 	Percentage 	Percentage 	Swing 	Seats 	Change
 	Liberal Party of West Craftia 	132,970 	46.03 	  	11.80 	36 	11
 	Republican Party of West Craftia	103,707 	35.90 	  	12.22 	30 	22
 	The Alliance 	20,568 	7.12 	  	0.35 	3 	1
 	West Craftian Nationalist Party 	10,053 	3.48 	  	0.97 	2 	2
 	Democrats of West Craftia 	5,922 	2.05 	  	2.59 	3 	1
 	Luminan Bloc 	3,784 	1.31 	  	0.12 	1 	1
 	Independent 	11,873 	4.11 	  	0.73 	0 	1
Two-party-preferred vote	Two-party-preferred vote 	Two-party-preferred vote	Two-party-preferred vote	Two-party-preferred vote	Two-party-preferred vote	Two-party-preferred vote	Two-party-preferred vote
 	Liberal Party of West Craftia 	153,740 	53.22 	  	12.23 	36 	11
 	Republican Party of West Craftia	135,137 	46.78 	  	12.23 	30 	22
Total 	Total 	288,877 	 	 	 	75