1904 Dissauian General Election

The 1904 Dissauian General Election was the 12th legislative election in the Kingdom of Dissau. The election was anticipated to be a victory for the newly created National Moderate Party and a contest between the Free Liberal Party and the Labor Party over who would take 2nd place. The election led to National Moderate winning 87 / 146 seats in parliament and forming a majority government.
== Background ==
After King John I died in 1897, his son, King William I became king. William I, unlike his father, was more progressive and wanted to establish an elected parliament. This was mostly struck down by the upper class and the King's advisors who believed that it would only decrease his power and give reason for a republic to be established. King William I refused to accept those claims and put forth his plan for an election in 1902 but the King's Council refused to implement a parliament unless half of the seats were appointed by the King. William I refused to implement a semi-elected parliament and so once again pushed for an election in 1904 which was a success after his council finally agreed to establish an elected parliament, most likely due to pressure from pro-democracy groups that were rising in the country.
The decision to establish a parliament was made in late 1902 with plans being made to house those members after being elected. St. Bernard's Palace was picked to house the members of parliament which was decided to be 146, elected under First Past the Post. The Grand Bernard Hall was reconfigured to house members of parliament during 1903 and finished it reconfiguration in February 1904. After St. Bernard's was reconfigured as the parliament building, the election date was set for the 18th of May 1904.
== Results ==
National Moderate, as expected, won 87 seats which was 13 seats more than what they needed to form a majority government. On the other hand, Labor failed to take 2nd place, winning only 25 seats and Free Liberal taking 2nd place with 34 seats.
Party	Seats	% of Seats
NMD 	87 	59.6%
FRL 	34 	23.3%
LAB 	25 	17.1%