1916 Dissauian General Election

The 1916 Dissauian General Election was held on the 10th of October 1916 and was the 20th legislative and 4th fixed-term election in Dissau. Due to a constitutional change, the election took place in October, rather than the traditional May time election. The election is famous for electing the first Labor government in Dissau, putting an end to the National Moderate Government. Under the leadership of Karl Cameron, a late 40s man who was a powerful speaker and very empathetic, newspapers spoke kindly of him - even some more moderate and right-wing newspapers. Labor won 75 seats, National Moderate won 61 seats, and Free Liberal won 10 seats.
== Background ==
The election was initially meant to be postponed due to the fact that it would take place in the middle of a major war. Labor argued that a postponed election would only worsen National Moderate's popularity, and that it would be unconstitutional to do so. National Moderate eventually agreed to that premise, pushing for an election in October. The reason for the election happening in October, rather than in May, was that the National Moderate government had altered the constitution.
The government's failure to implement policies that would further protect workers, increase wages, increase factory working conditions, and restrict women and children from working in factories for extensive hours, led to the government becoming completely unpopular in urban regions of the country. Along with social issues such as: immigration, abortion, and guns laws, the government saw little support from liberals and progressive alike. The government came under fire by the media in a constant fashion and the Great War only improved people's opinion of the government for around a year, after then, the newspapers broke loose and began criticizing the government once again.
== Results ==
=== Results ===
The newspapers had already predicted a Labor victory before the election results even came in. They were confident in a Labor victory due to a multitude of issues relating to workers' rights and social issues. Labor won 75 seats which was a 12 seats increase and gave the party their best victory at the time. National Moderate won 61 seats, an 11 seat decrease and their worst election result ever at the time. Free Liberal won a measly 10 seats but Frederick Jones blamed the population's ignorance over social issues because of the government's failure to progress workers' rights.
Party	MPs 	MPs	Votes 	Votes
Party	Seats	Net	% of Seats	Change
LAB 	75 	+12	51.4% 	+8.2%
NMD 	61 	-11	41.8% 	-7.5%
FRL 	10 	-1 	6.8% 	-0.7%