1911 Dissauian General Election

The 1911 Dissauian General Election was held on the 20th of October 1911 and was the 16th legislative election in Dissau. The election was called early by Prime Minister, Erik Hanshon, after his MPs failed to agree upon reversing the Divorces Act 1910, believing that replacing his MPs with more conservative candidates would allow for him to reverse the act. The election led to a very split parliament as National Moderate won 68 seats, Labor won 66 seats, and Free Liberal won 12. Due to the problems relating to the first coalition between National Moderate and Free Liberal, it was initially not considered. This changed after a Labor - Free Liberal coalition became a possibility when discussions between the two parties started, so National Moderate conceded to Free Liberal demands and a coalition between the two was formed.
== Background ==
During a vote to reverse the Divorces Act 1910, many National Moderate MPs raised concerns over how to public would treat the party in the next election if they were to reverse the act, while others simply were more moderate than other National Moderate MPs. The vote led to 76 MPs voting against reversing the act and 70 MPs voting to reverse the act. This was devastating for National Moderate, leading to Erik Hanshon to request the dissolution of parliament from King William I. The dissolution happened and Hanshon decided to pick the 20th of October 1911 as the date for the election.
== Results & Aftermath ==
=== Results ===
National Moderate won 68 seats, a decrease of 14 seats, Labor won 66 seats, an increase of 16 seats, and Free Liberal continued to drop, winning 12 seats. The results were the closest results that the country had seen at the time, leading to many media outlets failing to comprehend the government formation.
Party	MPs 	MPs	Votes 	Votes
Party	Seats	Net	% of Seats	Change
NMD 	68 	-14	46.6% 	-9.6%
LAB 	66 	+16	45.2% 	+10.9%
FRL 	12 	-2 	8.2% 	-1.4%
=== Aftermath ===
National Moderate initially refused to form a coalition with Free Liberal due to the failure of their previous coalition between 1908 to 1910. This led to a couple days of no coalition talks between any parties and it seemed like National Moderate would accept their horrible minority and government without proper support. This changed on the 23rd of October, when Labor and Free Liberal began negotiating a coalition between the two parties, leading to Erik Hanshon fearing a coalition between the two was inevitable without intervention. Hanshon intervened the next day by meeting with Free Liberal and accepting any demands they shot at them. The coalition was then officially formed the following day.