31st General Election

An early general election called by Prime Minister JMR2020 took place in April 2020 to elect the 31st Parliament. The previous election had seen the formation of a Labour-Liberal Democrat-Barnetlad coalition government. Parliament was dissolved on the 20th April, with voting opening the same day. Voting closed on the 27th April. The election was won by the Conservative Party, who secured the largest number of seats.
== Candidates ==
All five TSR Parties stood in the election (those being the Labour Party, Conservative & Unionist Party, the Liberal Democrats, the Libertarian Party, and the newly formed Citizen's Party), with 1 Independent Candidate (Golubsti) also standing. 
== Projection ==
The initial seat projection (based on all votes cast, before ineligible votes are removed) suggested that the Labour Party would be the largest party on 18 seats (the same as the previous election), with the Conservative Party being on 16 seats, one less than the previous election. The Liberal Democrats were projected to lose 2 seats, with the Libertarian Party and Citizen's Party being even on 4. Golubsti was also projected to get a seat.
Party or candidate	Party or candidate 	Votes	Votes	Seats
 	Labour Party 	
94 	
33.94%	
18
 	Conservative & Unionist Party	
82 	
29.60%	
16
 	Liberal Democrats 	
39 	
14.08%	
7
 	Citizen's Party 	
23 	
8.30%	
4
 	Libertarian Party 	
20 	
7.22%	
4
 	Golubsti 	
8 	
2.89%	
1
 	Spoilt ballots 	
11 	
3.97%	
N/A
== Final Result ==
The final result had the Conservative Party overtake the Labour Party as the largest party, with Labour losing over half of their votes to verification. The biggest beneficiaries of verification were the Liberal Democrats and the Citizen's Party, who both gained 2 seats. The Libertarian Party remained on 4 seats. As per a statement from the Speaker (Andrew97) before the final results were announced, Golubsti was (wrongly) deemed to have used several dupe accounts in order to vote for himself, as a result their eligible 6 votes were removed and they were kicked from the election.
Party or candidate	Party or candidate 	Votes	Votes	Seats
 	Conservative & Unionist Party	
46 	
30.87%	
16
 	Labour Party 	
41 	
27.51%	
15
 	Liberal Democrats 	
25 	
16.78%	
9
 	Citizen's Party 	
19 	
12.75%	
6
 	Libertarian Party 	
13 	
8.72%	
4
 	Spoilt ballots 	
5 	
3.36%	
N/A
== Aftermath ==
The State Opening of the 31st Parliament occurred on 5th May 2020 with the announcement of a new Conservative-Citizen coalition government. Baron of Sealand was confirmed as the new Prime Minister on the same day - with other cabinet announcements following.
Category:Elections