Cartrian House of Commons Election, 553AER

The Cartrian State Election of 553 was held in early January. The election is significant as it is the first election in many years where most of the main parties have undergone significant change or reform.
== The Parties ==
The Imperial-Conservative Party union, which had existed since 546, broke down in early 551 following the willingness of the leadership to allow a referendum on seeking Home Rule and thus the Imperial Party announced it was breaking away from the merger and fighting the 553 election on their own ticket.
The United Liberal Alliance finally overcame their factional divides and unified into the Centre Party in late 551, ending over a decade of divide within the Liberal parties.
The Socialist Party underwent large internal reform under their new leader, Daniel Jarvis, and reformed into the Social Democrat Party in an attempt to galvanize more support from the grassroots.
The National Democrats also had experienced internal divide, with the more radical National Socialist wing breaking away and forming their own party in early 550.
The only major party to have not undergone major change is the Nationalist Party which has remained pretty mostly the same although although it is increasingly marginalised and looks set to take a hammering in the polls after their brusque dismissal in early 551 by James Chastel. This issue is compounded by the increasing willingness of other parties to work together in opposition to them.
Party	Party 	Votes 	Votes	Votes	Seats	Seats
 	Cartrian Conservative Party	4,600,024	 	1% 	 	6
 	Cartrian Nationalist Party 	3,763,656	 	10% 	 	65
 	Centre Party 	3,345,472	 	7% 	 	46
 	Social Democrat Party 	2,734,280	 	1% 	 	6
 	Imperial Party 	2,090,920	 	10% 	 	65
 	Cartrian National Democrats	1,479,728	 	5% 	 	33
 	Falleen Communist Party 	1,254,552	 	5% 	 	33
 	Cartrian Fascist Party 	836,368 	 	2% 	 	13
 	National Socialist Movement	418,184 	 	2% 	 	13
 	Falleen Libertarian Party 	194,240 	 	2% 	 	13
 	Christian Solidarity Party 	193,008 	 	3% 	 	20
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