1914 Dissauian General Election

The 1914 Dissauian General Election was held on the 12th of August 1914 and was the 19th legislative election in Dissau. The election was called Erik Hanshon weeks after the the beginning of the World War One. Hanshon believed that the party's current unpopularity would be flipped upside if an election was called, believing that people would support a "strong conservative government" over a Labor government in war times. Although the country had not yet declared war on the Central Powers, National Moderate and Hanshon fully intended to if they won the election. Hanshon's hopes came true, with National Moderate winning 72 seats, 2 seats shy of a majority. Labor won 63 seats and Free Liberal won 11 seats.
== Background ==
See Also: 1914 Dissauian Coal Miners Strike
Hanshon's government frequently came under fire by newspapers around the country, especially in working class regions and cities. The first major strike in the country happened on the 14th of February 1914 when 800 coal workers participated in a strike, demanding a 15% pay increase. The government responded by refusing to give them a pay rise, even going as far to suggest that the coal workers were being paid too much. The strike lasted another week after the government's response but then stopped. Labor responded to the situation by promising to give the workers a 15% pay increase if they were to be elected.
The Great War begun in late July 1914, leading to Prime Minister, Hanshon, to publicly denounce the German Empire and Austria-Hungary as enemies of the state. Hanshon did not immediately declare war on the Central Powers, instead opting for an election to consolidate his party's power and win a majority. He dissolved parliament on early August and set the date of the election for the 12th of August 1914.
== Results & Aftermath ==
=== Results ===
National Moderate failed to win the majority that they had hoped for, winning 72 seats which was just shy of a majority, yet their best election result since the 1910 General Election. A mixture of poor leadership by Labor and the start of the First World War, led to Labor failing to win the election, increasing their seats by 2, to 63 seats. Free Liberal had their worst election result ever at the time, winning a measly 11 seats, losing 9 seats since the last election.
Party	MPs 	MPs	Votes 	Votes
Party	Seats	Net	% of Seats	Change
NMD 	72 	+7 	49.3% 	+4.8%
LAB 	63 	+2 	43.2% 	+1.4%
FRL 	11 	-9 	7.5% 	-6.2%
=== Aftermath ===
Because of National Moderate's failure to secure a majority of seats, they had to form yet another coalition with Free Liberal. National Moderate got an even better deal from the coalition compared to their last coalition talks in 1913 due to the start of the Great War.