Lotts

The Lotts, also known by it's Herlundian name Blyina Lottes, is a liberal political party in Blomach. The party has its roots in the liberal tradition of the Herlundy which still forms the ideological basis of the party. 
==Name==
The term Lott is derived from the Herlundian word for Gold, Lotta. As the Herlundy was represented by a golden stripe in the Lovvian tricolour, the first Lotts decided to name their electoral list after the colour, running in the upcoming Lovvian elections as the Golden List (Herlundian: Blyina Lottes).
==History==
===Opposition in Lovvia (10-43 VE)===
As a political force the Lotts trace their origins to the Herlundine opposition to Ludwig Graber's reformation of Lovvia from a Confederation to an Archduchy. The reformation was objected to and opposed by the Herlundine delegation and the wider Herlundine populace, however the former acquiesced to the reformation in return for Herlundine influence in the drafting of a future Lovvian constitution. The Herlundines subsequently took the initiative to draft a Lovvian constitution, holding a constitutional convention which sought to establish Lovvia as a parliamentary confederation. The Archduke however objected to it, which led to a major disagreement between the Archduke of Lovvia and the Herlundine delegation regarding constitutional structure and dynamics of Lovvia, with the former insisting that Lovvia was, like other realms in Ischanor, a feudal state with vassals where ultimate authority lay in the Archduke; the delegation meanwhile maintained that Lovvia was a confederation of cantons where ultimate authority remained in the individual cantons. The disagreement ended after two months with a compromise, where it was agreed that the founding states of Lovvia (Herlundy, Lachawaka, and Kalkenstein) would be "Cantons", i.e. states which held ultimate authority over themselves, while all other realms within Lovvia were "Vassals", i.e. states subject to the ultimate authority of the Archduke.
The compromise would shortly thereafter be followed by further negotiations between the Archduke and the Herlundine delegation about the wider constitutional structure of Lovvia, driven by the delegation's desire to establish responsible government in Lovvia via making the Archduke subject to the confidence of the Lovvian council, as well as demands for wider Lovvian democratisation made by Herlundine progressives. The negotiations would culminate in the passage of the Acts of Parliament in Lovvia, which established a semi-elected bicameral legislature in Lovvia and led to the first and only Lovvian elections.
===The First Party (43-51 VE)===
Following the enactment of the Acts of Parliament, the Herlundine delegation formed the Golden List (Herlundian: Blyina Lottes), which became the first political party established in Lovvia. As the Lotts comprised most of the Herlundine political establishment and did not include anyone outside of the Herlundy, the party became a broad political grouping unified by Herlundine interests, liberalism, and confederalism, headed by the Herlundines' King. Due to political apathy across the rest of Lovvia, the Lotts was the only party to contest the national list seat which they won, in addition to the Herlundy's electoral district. As neither the districts of Savium-Kalkenstein nor Talgant provided elected any members to Parliament, the Lotts's came to form the de facto majority in the Lovvian parliament with two out of three occupied seats despite winning only 36.4% of the vote.
The Lotts ceased to exist as a political force in Blómach following the Herlundy's withdrawal from the union.
===Lotts in the UCR (57-62 VE)===
The Lotts was re-established after the Herlundy reunited with Blómach. Due to ideological similarities the Lotts aligned themselves with the Union of Centrists and Reformists (UCR) as a Herlundian branch of the party in hopes of making the Herlundy a UCR stronghold that could influence the wider party. Lotts quickly came to occupy key positions in the UCR, though their role in the party diminished following the Coronation Coup and its aftermath. The union ended when the Lotts left the UCR following the banishment of Icy, the leader and founder of the UCR, and the subsequent crisis of the UCR which ultimately led to the party's demise.
===The Second Party (62 VE-)===
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==Ideology==
The Lotts is a liberal party. (W.I.P.)
==Electoral Performance==
===Lovvian Parliamentary Elections===
Election 	Place	Vote Share	Seats 	Outcome
September 2024	1st 	36.4% 	2/3 (2/5)	De facto majority
===Blómachi Parliamentary Elections===
Election 	Place	Vote Share	Seats	Outcome
December 2024	3rd 	16.2% 	2/9 	Opposition
January 2025 	3rd 	16.1% 	1/9 	Opposition
Category:Political Party
Category:Abexilas
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