West Craftian general election, 1999

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1996 ← 	30 October 1999 	30 October 1999 	→ 2001
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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 	Billy Bob Jones
Party 	Liberal 	Republican 	Nationalist
Leader since 	24 January 1993 	20 March 1996 	3 March 1995
Leader's seat 	Clarendon 	North Shore 	Austinmer
Last election 	36 seats, 46.03% 	30 seats, 35.90% 	2 seats, 3.48%
Seats won 	34 	31 	6
Seat change 	2 	1 	4
Popular vote 	112,668 	95,788 	65,120
Percentage 	37.51% 	31.89% 	21.68%
Swing 	8.52% 	4.01% 	18.20%
TPP percentage* 	39.68% 	60.32% 	
TPP swing* 	13.54% 	13.54% 	
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 	Fourth party 	Fifth party 	Sixth party
 	 	 	
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Leader 	Nina Ottenson 	W.H. Lindberg 	Rose Fuller
Party 	Alliance 	Democrats 	Luminan Bloc
Leader since 	31 October 1996 	16 November 1995 	2 June 1994
Leader's seat 	Keystone 	Woden 	Lumina West
Last election 	3 seats, 7.12% 	3 seats, 2.05% 	1 seat, 1.31%
Seats won 	2 	1 	1
Seat change 	1 	2 	0
Popular vote 	14,868 	3,604 	2,012
Percentage 	4.95% 	1.20% 	0.67%
Swing 	2.17% 	0.85% 	0.64%
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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 MotoLiberal 	Ken MotoLiberal 	Ken MotoLiberal 	Ken MotoLiberal
A federal election was held on Saturday, 30 October 1999 for members of the 3rd Parliament of the Republic of West Craftia. For the second consecutive election, a hung parliament occurred, with neither the incumbent centre-left Liberal Party of West Craftia government, led by Prime Minister Ken Moto, nor the opposition centre-right Republican Party of West Craftia, led by Opposition Leader Natasha Garcia, managing to win a majority of seats, largely due to the rise of the far right West Craftian Nationalist Party, which managed to win 6 seats and nearly 22% of the vote. In fact, little attempt was made to calculate the two-party-preferred vote, as the Nationalist vote was so high that any TPP result would have been meaningless. The official TPP calculation after allocation of preferences is widely disregarded by psephologists and political analysts for this reason.
Both the Liberal and Republican parties refused to form a coalition with the controversial Nationalist Party, instead appealing to the Alliance, Democrats of West Craftia and the Luminan Bloc. In the end, the Liberals were able to continue for a third term in government, after forming a shaky coalition with the Alliance and Luminan Bloc, but this combination (37 seats) was still one seat short of a majority. A policy of non-cooperation (cordon sanitaire) with the Nationalists resulted in the major parties even contemplating a grand coalition to break the parliamentary deadlock. The deadlock was resolved in the first sitting of parliament, where a motion of confidence in the Moto Government was passed when the Republicans abstained from the vote.
==Results==
===National results===
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34 	4 	6 	31
Liberal	Oth	Nat	Republican
Party	Party 	Votes 	Percentage	Percentage	Swing	Seats	Change
 	Liberal Party of West Craftia 	112,668	37.51 	  	8.52 	34 	2
 	Republican Party of West Craftia	95,788 	31.89 	  	4.01 	31 	1
 	West Craftian Nationalist Party 	65,120 	21.68 	  	18.20	6 	4
 	The Alliance 	14,868 	4.95 	  	2.17 	2 	1
 	Democrats of West Craftia 	3,604 	1.20 	  	0.85 	1 	2
 	Luminan Bloc 	2,012 	0.67 	  	0.64 	1 	
 	Independent 	6,308 	2.10 	  	2.01 	0 	
Total	Total 	300,369	 	 	 	75