2130 Swedish Election

The **2130 Swedish Election for the Question of Leadership** was the third parliamentary election in Sweden. Gordon Banks and his running mate Daniel Stén defeated the Conservative Bloc's ticket of Jimmie Bagge and Viktor Andersson. The election took place during a period of economic stagnation and rising gang violence as the Swedish Golden Age had provided Sweden with a massive economy but also gave the state new burdens to keep private corporations in check.

Top issues among the 349 representatives of the Riksdag were gang violence, the economical and societal changes, healthcare, military spending and foreign policy mostly revolving around Greatland and Russia.

## Background

After the 2126 Swedish Election and the victory of Gordon Banks together with his running mate Viktor Larsson, they had successfully pursued and done several liberal reforms in mostly the societal sectors. This completed the goal of having every culture accepted by Sweden and mostly no discrimination against any other ethnicites, however, the deportation of the Sami's continued with huge support from conservative members and the Riksdag. Military spending had also been drastically cut down upon to give more funding to other sectors of the nation like healthcare, education and science to develop Sweden further. Gordon Banks also replaced his Deputy Leader Viktor Larsson with the 23-year old Daniel Stén.

Many representatives of the Riksdag still supported Gordon Banks and his policies, however the Conservative Bloc was gaining more traction as many of Gordon Banks' policies failed to get the full effect they promised and the economy started to stagnate following the massive boom it had in the early 2120's.

### Nominations

2 people stood out as possible candidates for the leadership of Sweden, those being incumbent Supreme Leader Gordon Banks and conservative representative Jimmie Bagge. No third party was able to garner enough support to participate in the race however.

### Campaigning

Campaigning for the election took place through a series of speeches held by each nominee.

#### Gordon Banks

Gordon Banks ran on a campaign of "Continue the work". Gordon Banks promised to continue decreasing taxes and military spending to accomedate more funding for the healthcare, education, science and many more sectors in the Swedish government. He also promised to continue embarking on a neutral foreign policy, promising a "Sweden First" policy in which Sweden's matters should come above that of any other nations. He failed to get a military alliance with Russia but managed to sign multiple treaties inching Sweden closer to an economic alliance with Greatland. He also promised lesser government control of private corporations and the economical sector, scaring many conservative voters.

#### Jimmie Bagge

Jimmie Bagge ran on a campaign of "Sweden will be better". Jimmie Bagge promised to decrease taxes but increase military spending as tensions started rising once again on the world stage slightly. He promised to embark on a neutral foreign policy aswell, however, he wanted to draw Sweden closer to Russia but still keep close relations with Greatland. He also promised more government control in the economical sectors of the country, restricting private corporations from forming monopolies and regulating the economy further to allow it to survive and not collapse if a big corporation goes bankrupt. This garned support of many conservatives.

## Results

At the end of the 2130 Swedish Election, Gordon Banks and his running mate Daniel Stén had gotten 298 seats. This was due to his work to fix Sweden having mostly worked and that an increase in funding for other sectors had drastically improved Sweden's internal problems and solved most of them aswell. Jimmie Bagge and his running mate Viktor Andersson finished in second place with 51 seats. The next 4 years would be focused on expanding Sweden's economy further and bring more funding towards other sectors of the nation.