Enderronian federal election, 1998

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1994 ← 	19 September 1998 	19 September 1998 	→ 2002
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All 140 seats in the Enderronian Parliament71 seats needed for a majority	All 140 seats in the Enderronian Parliament71 seats needed for a majority	All 140 seats in the Enderronian Parliament71 seats needed for a majority 	All 140 seats in the Enderronian Parliament71 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 	14,853,317 (93.65%) ( 0.64pp) 	14,853,317 (93.65%) ( 0.64pp) 	14,853,317 (93.65%) ( 0.64pp)
 	 	 	
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Leader 	Rick Clarkson 	Wally Koepke 	Eric Wojtczak
Party 	Social Democrats 	Alliance 	National
Leader since 	1 December 1997 	10 June 1997 	9 May 1995
Leader's seat 	Jackson (WE) 	Oxley (CO)Won Marshall Bay (CO) 	Mount Gilbert (MA)
Last election 	98 seats, 49.26% 	30 seats, 29.73%Compared to the combined seat and vote totals of the Conservative Party and Liberal Democrats.	7 seats, 7.27%
Seats won 	88 	45 	5
Seat change 	10 	15 	2
Popular vote 	6,994,427 	4,510,952 	464,909
Percentage 	47.09% 	30.37% 	3.13%
Swing 	2.17pp 	7.69pp 	4.14pp
TPP 	54.26% 	45.74% 	
TPP swing 	1.37pp 	1.37pp 	
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Winning party by electorate 	Winning party by electorate 	Winning party by electorate 	Winning party by electorate
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Prime Minister before election 	Prime Minister before election 	Elected Prime Minister 	Elected Prime Minister
Rick ClarksonSocial Democrats 	Rick ClarksonSocial Democrats 	Rick ClarksonSocial Democrats 	Rick ClarksonSocial Democrats
A federal election was held in Enderron on Saturday 19 September 1998 to elect the 140 members of the 14th Enderronian Parliament.
The incumbent Social Democratic Party government, led by Prime Minister Rick Clarkson, was re-elected to a third term with its significant majority largely intact, defeating the opposition Conservative–Liberal Alliance, led by Wally Koepke.
This election marked the far-right Enderron Democrats' rise to prominence in Enderronian politics, bolstered by the defection of Social Democrat MP John Durham in 1997. The party won more than 7 percent of the vote, but failed to win any seats, including that of Durham, who was narrowly defeated by the new Social Democratic candidate.
This was the last election where the Social Democrats won a majority until 2018.
==Results==
↓ 	↓ 	↓
88 	7 	45
Social Democrats	Oth	Conservative
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Party 	Party 	Party 	Votes 	% 	Swing 	Seats 	+/−
 	Social Democrats 	Social Democrats 	6,994,427 	47.09 	2.17 	88 	10
rowspan="3" 	 	Conservative 	4,065,352 	27.37 	4.69 	41 	11
 	Liberal Democrats 	656,517 	4.42 	2.63 	4 	4 	
Alliance 	Alliance 	4,721,869 	31.79 	2.06 	45 	15 	
 	Democrats 	Democrats 	1,076,865 	7.25 	6.75 	0 	0
 	Greens 	Greens 	787,226 	5.30 	2.30 	0 	0
 	National 	National 	464,909 	3.13 	4.14 	5 	2
 	Reform 	Reform 	99,517 	0.67 	0.67 	0 	0
 	Other 	Other 	708,503 	4.77 	2.75 	2 	1
Two-party-preferred vote	Two-party-preferred vote	Two-party-preferred vote	Two-party-preferred vote	Two-party-preferred vote	Two-party-preferred vote	Two-party-preferred vote	Two-party-preferred vote
 	Social Democrats 	Social Democrats 	8,059,410 	54.26 	3.37 	88 	10
 	Alliance 	Alliance 	6,793,907 	45.74 	3.37 	45 	15
Total 	Total 	Total 	14,853,317 	100 	 	140 	
Independents: Jack Berg, Kuan-lin Hsiung
===Results by prefecture===
Party 	Party 	Party 	WE	NS	CO	TJ	NP	PL	WS	FL	JZ	LS	MA	KA	NC	LR	SY	SA	GB 	Total
rowspan="2"	Social Democrats 	Seats: 	14	12	7 	9 	9 	8 	4 	2 	5 	4 	4 	3 	4 	1 	2 	0 	0 	88
Vote: 	Social Democrats 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	47.09	
rowspan="2"	Conservative 	Seats: 	7 	3 	6 	4 	1 	3 	5 	4 	2 	3 	0 	1 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	41
Vote: 	Conservative 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	27.37	
rowspan="2"	National 	Seats: 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	1 	5
Vote: 	National 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	3.13 	
rowspan="2"	Liberal Democrats	Seats: 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	4
Vote: 	Liberal Democrats	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	4.42 	
rowspan="2"	Other 	Seats: 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2
Vote: 	Other 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	17.99	
Total seats	Total seats 	Total seats	22	15	13	13	13	11	11	8 	7 	7 	5 	4 	4 	3 	2 	1 	1 	140
===Results by region===
Party 	Party 	Party 	Central	West	East	North	Total
rowspan="2"	Social Democrats 	Seats: 	49 	13 	19 	7 	88
Vote: 	Social Democrats 	 	 	 	 	47.09	
rowspan="2"	Conservative 	Seats: 	18 	15 	4 	4 	41
Vote: 	Conservative 	 	 	 	 	27.37	
rowspan="2"	National 	Seats: 	0 	2 	1 	2 	5
Vote: 	National 	 	 	 	 	3.13 	
rowspan="2"	Liberal Democrats	Seats: 	3 	1 	0 	0 	4
Vote: 	Liberal Democrats	 	 	 	 	4.42 	
rowspan="2"	Other 	Seats: 	1 	1 	0 	0 	2
Vote: 	Other 	 	 	 	 	17.99	
Total seats	Total seats 	Total seats	71 	32 	24 	13 	140
===Seats changing hands===
Seat 	Pre-1998	Pre-1998 	Pre-1998 	Pre-1998	Swing	Post-1998	Post-1998 	Post-1998 	Post-1998
Seat 	Party 	Party 	Member 	Margin 	Swing	Margin 	Member 	Party 	Party
Aston, NP 	 	Social Democrats	Catherine Felder 	6.11 	N/A 	 	Dave Crothers 	Liberal Democrats	
Campbell, FL 	 	National 	Grant Brodsky 	14.05 	N/A 	 	George Roussos 	Conservative 	
Epping, NP 	 	Social Democrats	Glenda Jones 	1.56 	 	 	Ryan Steele 	Liberal Democrats	
Forrest, MA 	 	National 	Doug Fuller 	1.89 	N/A 	 	Michelle Lawrie 	Social Democrats 	
Franklin, WE 	 	Social Democrats	Jack Khachatryan 	7.02 	 	 	Georgia Hickerson 	Conservative 	
Gibson, PL 	 	Social Democrats	Gary Jenson 	 	 	 	Finn Neyman 	Conservative 	
Jenkins, WS 	 	Democrats* 	John Durham 	3.28 	N/A 	0.89 	Robert Weis 	Social Democrats 	
Lakeside, KA 	 	Social Democrats	Douglas Chang 	 	 	 	Jerry McCartney 	Conservative 	
Macquarie, KA 	 	Conservative 	Jerry McCartney 	 	 	 	Marjorie Beckett 	Social Democrats 	
McLaughlin, LR 	 	Social Democrats	Belinda Marshall 	 	 	 	Jeremy Wansey 	Conservative 	
Meiling Bay, JZ 	 	Social Democrats	Harry Tudor 	 	 	 	Ken Sampson 	Conservative 	
Merewether, NS 	 	Conservative 	Ed Tannen 	 	 	 	Yvonne Chieng 	Social Democrats 	
Middle Range, WS 	 	National 	Glen Tyler 	 	 	 	Mark Connors 	Conservative 	
Minato, TJ 	 	Social Democrats	Seiko Yoshida-Walsh	 	 	 	Marilyn Richards 	Conservative 	
Mitchell, FL 	 	Conservative 	Kay Noonan 	 	 	 	Donna Pasquariello	Liberal Democrats	
Orange, WS 	 	Reform* 	Jeff McAllister 	 	 	 	Sandra Wouters 	Social Democrats 	
Palmerston East, LS 	 	Social Democrats	Martin Wong 	 	 	 	Mary Svensson 	Conservative 	
Palmerston West, LS 	 	Social Democrats	Liwei Liang 	 	 	 	Marcia Poole 	Conservative 	
Rijkens, TJ 	 	Social Democrats	Delia Chen 	 	 	 	Noburo Ito 	Conservative 	
Rockingham North, CO	 	Conservative 	Thomas Yeats 	 	 	 	Jennifer Rooker 	Social Democrats 	
Sjoberg, WE 	 	Social Democrats	Steve Dallen 	 	 	 	Paul Wagner 	Conservative 	
Taiping, LS 	 	Social Democrats	Luke Munro 	 	 	 	Daniel S. Kelly 	Conservative 	
Thompson, WE 	 	Social Democrats	Richard Riley 	 	N/A 	 	Phoebe Knowles 	Liberal Democrats	
Tregear, CO 	 	Independent 	Shirley Swanson 	 	N/A 	 	David Narayan 	Conservative 	
Waverton, NS 	 	Conservative 	Eddie Bacon 	 	 	 	Roger Seville 	Social Democrats 	
Whetstone, WE 	 	Social Democrats	Danny Flanagan 	 	 	 	Vert Kirkby 	Conservative 	
White Beach, NP 	 	Conservative 	notional – new seat	 	 	 	Robert Mahon 	Social Democrats 	
*Jenkins, WS was won by John Durham of the Social Democratic Party at the previous election. Durham left that party in 1997 and contested the 1998 election as a member of the Enderron Democrats.
*Orange, WS was won by Jeff McAllister of the United Party at the previous election. McAllister left that party in 1994 and contested the 1998 election as a member of the Reform Party.
==Background==
===Parties===
Name	Name 	Ideology 	Party leader 	Seats 	Seats
Name	Name 	Ideology 	Party leader 	1994 result 	At dissolution
 	Social Democratic Party 	Social democracy 	Rick Clarkson 	/ 	/
 	Conservative Party 	Conservatism 	Wally Koepke 	/ 	/
 	Enderron National Party 	Agrarianism 	Eric Wojtczak 	/ 	/
 	United Party 	Conservative liberalism	– 	/ 	Party dissolved
 	Enderron Democrats 	Right-wing populism 	Paul Rigley 	/ 	/
 	Reform Party 	Conservative liberalism	Jeff McAllister	Not yet founded	/
 	IndependentsIndependents who sat in Parliament as of the end of the parliamentary term were Jack Berg, Kuan-lin Hsiung and Shirley Swanson.	– 	– 	/ 	/
==Pendulum==
SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC SEATS (88)	SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC SEATS (88)	SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC SEATS (88)	SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC SEATS (88)
Marginal 	Marginal 	Marginal 	Marginal
Akagi (TJ) 	Jack Saito 	SDP 	0.10
White Beach (NP) 	Robert Mahon 	SDP 	0.15
Berkeley (PL) 	Bob Crouch 	SDP 	0.31
Docklands (WE) 	Christine Sokolowski 	SDP 	0.53
Durston (TJ) 	John Salvetti 	SDP 	0.73
Jenkins (WS) 	Robert Weis 	SDP 	0.89
Channel (PL) 	Roy Tennyson 	SDP 	0.93
Parnell (WE) 	Steve Dallen 	SDP 	1.01
Edison (WE) 	Michael Jersey 	SDP 	1.14
Rockingham North (CO) 	Jennifer Rooker 	SDP 	1.34
Orange (WS) 	Sandra Wouters 	SDP 	1.69
Cook (PL) 	Colin McDonough 	SDP 	1.81
Forrest (MA) 	Isabella Teles 	SDP 	2.20
Duyfken (SY) 	Ben Horgan 	SDP 	2.23
MacDonnell (WE) 	Damian Firestone 	SDP 	2.24
Warwick (FL) 	Kristy Hawke 	SDP 	2.36
Waverton (NS) 	Roger Seville 	SDP 	2.41
Macquarie (KA) 	Marjorie Beckett 	SDP 	2.92
Seven Mile (PL) 	Al Howard 	SDP 	3.05
Hannigan (WE) 	William Wu 	SDP 	3.14
Cunningham (SY) 	Ray Desmond 	SDP 	3.21
Dalton (MA) 	Russ Jackson 	SDP 	3.23
Linden (WE) 	John Gillmartin 	SDP 	3.24
Lyndhurst (NS) 	Tom Woodlands 	SDP 	3.34
Tanshui (JZ) 	Samantha Belgrave 	SDP 	3.38
Mizuoka (KA) 	Paul Jovanovski 	SDP 	3.63
Essendon (FL) 	Simon Kempton 	SDP 	3.70
Wollstonecraft (LR) 	Angus Lee 	SDP 	3.76
Mulherin (LS) 	Justin Pence 	SDP 	3.88
Heathbridge (WE) 	Kim Hernandez 	SDP 	4.58
Taylor (PL) 	Morgan Lewis 	SDP 	4.85
Jackson (WE) 	Rick Clarkson 	SDP 	4.91
Hexham (NP) 	Murph Hackett 	SDP 	4.96
Reed (WE) 	Latosha Miyashiro 	SDP 	4.98
Charlestown (NC) 	Stacey Coleman 	SDP 	5.16
Nanhai (PL) 	Alex Mikakos 	SDP 	5.31
Hacking (NS) 	Bill Casey-Smith 	SDP 	5.38
Fairfield (NC) 	Mike Miyagi 	SDP 	5.47
Burleigh (NP) 	James Simmons 	SDP 	5.50
Merewether (NS) 	Yvonne Chieng 	SDP 	5.66
O'Malley (MA) 	Ed Milburn 	SDP 	5.85
Kitaoka (TJ) 	Jenny Gillespie 	SDP 	5.90
Normanhurst (CO) 	Joyce Redding 	SDP 	5.98
Fairly safe 	Fairly safe 	Fairly safe 	Fairly safe
Cheltenham (CO) 	Roger Caines 	SDP 	6.08
Sunnyvale (WS) 	Caleb McNally 	SDP 	6.12
Monash (NS) 	Steve Lomas 	SDP 	6.23
Torrens (WE) 	Richard Gaiser 	SDP 	6.27
Coburn (NS) 	David Scotch 	SDP 	6.53
Wolseley (NS) 	Brian Morphett 	SDP 	6.75
Lewisham (NP) 	Jean Remington 	SDP 	7.15
Nishihama (TJ) 	Joe Chester 	SDP 	7.21
Kingston (NP) 	Alexander Tam 	SDP 	7.30
Grey (NS) 	Sam Kerry 	SDP 	7.55
Brooklyn (JZ) 	Jonathan Lee 	SDP 	7.70
Nanshan (LS) 	Hanqing Zhou 	SDP 	7.77
Jingcheng (LS) 	Anika Kwok 	SDP 	7.95
Kamijima (TJ) 	Karen Hara 	SDP 	8.17
Rockingham South (CO) 	David Paterson 	SDP 	8.44
Nottingham (MA) 	Mark McNaughton 	SDP 	8.66
Rosslea (JZ) 	Leon McCullough 	SDP 	8.71
St Claire (PL) 	Matthew Resch 	SDP 	8.85
Douglas (NP) 	Michael J. Wang 	SDP 	8.95
Wentworth (WE) 	Janine Gosling 	SDP 	9.12
Kensington (WE) 	Sian O'Dwyer 	SDP 	9.58
Safe 	Safe 	Safe 	Safe
Denison (JZ) 	Anton Amalfi 	SDP 	10.14
Watford (PL) 	Anne Kempsey 	SDP 	10.31
Leightonfield (NS) 	Zack Smith 	SDP 	10.92
Rockingham Central (CO) 	Tony Harris 	SDP 	11.12
Shirakawa Central (TJ) 	Dallas Oishi 	SDP 	11.48
Chung'an (LS) 	Jason Huynh 	SDP 	11.53
Karburgh (NC) 	Kelly Chan 	SDP 	11.55
Reedijk (CO) 	Tom Vickery 	SDP 	12.60
Hayakita (TJ) 	Wendy Kuroda 	SDP 	12.87
Forsythia (NS) 	Chris Daley 	SDP 	12.92
East Lynn (NP) 	Lionel Wicks 	SDP 	13.23
Endeavour (CO) 	Stephanie Whedon 	SDP 	13.70
Taralga (KA) 	Andrew Larson 	SDP 	14.04
Stewart (NP) 	Rick Perras 	SDP 	14.37
Harvey (TJ) 	Nick Giannakopoulos 	SDP 	14.53
Kingscliffe (JZ) 	Michelle Chew 	SDP 	14.96
Dover (NC) 	Alex Dos Santos 	SDP 	16.20
Strachan (NS) 	Christine Whitesel 	SDP 	17.97
Port William (WS) 	Bert Thompson 	SDP 	18.05
Bexley (WE) 	Anthony Faccinto 	SDP 	19.68
Very safe 	Very safe 	Very safe 	Very safe
Anderson (WE) 	Marcel Wu 	SDP 	20.19
Victoria (PL) 	Jennifer Williamson 	SDP 	20.72
Shirakawa South (TJ) 	Jim Halston 	SDP 	21.84
Woodleigh (NS) 	Aaron Pearson 	SDP 	23.22
ALLIANCE SEATS (45) 	ALLIANCE SEATS (45)	ALLIANCE SEATS (45)	ALLIANCE SEATS (45)
Marginal 	Marginal 	Marginal 	Marginal
Whetstone (WE) 	Vert Kirkby 	CON 	0.21
Franklin (WE) 	Georgia Hickerson 	CON 	0.54
Rijkens (TJ) 	Noburo Ito 	CON 	0.68
Aston (NP) 	Dave Crothers 	LDP 	0.70
Palmerston East (LS)	Mary Svensson 	CON 	0.92
Braddon (NS) 	Michael Zehnder 	CON 	0.94
Gibson (PL) 	Finn Neyman 	CON 	1.06
Yamaguchi (TJ) 	Hank Murdoch 	CON 	1.10
Palmerston West (LS)	Marcia Poole 	CON 	1.52
Taiping (LS) 	Daniel S. Kelly 	CON 	1.85
Epping (NP) 	Ryan Steele 	LDP 	2.21
Roscoe (WS) 	Ian Rafferty 	CON 	2.23
Mitchell (FL) 	Donna Pasquariello 	LDP 	2.38
Cowper (WS) 	Terry Hoekstra 	CON 	2.51
Lakeside (KA) 	Jerry McCartney 	CON 	2.52
Campbell (FL) 	George Roussos 	CON 	3.17
Epsom (NS) 	Bernie Deitz 	CON 	3.25
Sjoberg (WE) 	Paul Wagner 	CON 	3.27
Minato (TJ) 	Marilyn Richards 	CON 	3.33
Wilson (CO) 	Billy Hayes 	CON 	3.92
Scott (CO) 	Ryan Barr 	CON 	4.01
McLaughlin (LR) 	Jeremy Wansey 	CON 	4.37
Meiling Bay (JZ) 	Ken Sampson 	CON 	4.91
Middle Range (WS) 	Mark Connors 	CON 	5.11
Kawayama (TJ) 	Dominic Whyte 	CON 	5.55
Thompson (WE) 	Phoebe Knowles 	LDP 	5.64
Devon (PL) 	Florence Kennett 	CON 	5.91
Fairly safe 	Fairly safe 	Fairly safe 	Fairly safe
Mayfair (CO) 	Ed Calderon 	CON 	6.34
Brighton (WE) 	Annette O'Neil 	CON 	6.47
Devereaux (NP) 	Terrence Goewey 	CON 	6.96
Hamilton (WS) 	Andrew Kirschbaum 	CON 	7.40
Arlington (LR) 	Frederick Bosman 	CON 	7.68
Formosa (JZ) 	Jonathan Coker 	CON 	7.74
Carlisle (FL) 	Tom Mountbatten 	CON 	8.09
Harrison (FL) 	Matthew Caine 	CON 	8.10
Dawson (PL) 	Larry Cheslock 	CON 	8.23
Olympia (WE) 	Patrick Tiller 	CON 	8.68
Southcott (WE) 	Joe Haberfield 	CON 	9.22
Safe 	Safe 	Safe 	Safe
Tregear (CO) 	David Narayan 	CON 	10.81
Rock Valley (NS) 	David Toussaint 	CON 	10.99
Fuller (WS) 	Allan Farrell 	CON 	12.13
Richmond (FL) 	Sam Hofer-Miyamoto 	CON 	13.49
Oxley (CO) 	Terry Schachter 	CON 	14.24
Bayswater (WE) 	Alec Bargerink 	CON 	15.77
Marshall Bay (CO) 	Wally Koepke 	CON 	18.53
CROSSBENCH SEATS (7)	 	 	
West Lynn (NP) 	Kuan-lin Hsiung 	IND 	0.75 v SDP
Sierra (SA) 	Darrell Dexter 	ENP 	2.94 v SDP
Greenberg (GB) 	Stephanie Lorenzo 	ENP 	4.05 v CON
Mount Gilbert (MA) 	Eric Wojtczak 	ENP 	5.31 v SDP
Kennedy (WS) 	Jack Whitham 	ENP 	7.25 v CON
Nord (WS) 	Jack Berg 	IND 	10.82 v SDP
Fairfax (FL) 	Martin Brooks 	ENP 	11.24 v CON