2126 Swedish Election

The **2126 Swedish Election for the Question of Leadership** was the second parliamentary election in Sweden. Gordon Banks and his running mate Viktor Larsson defeated the Conservative Bloc's nominee of Henrik Johansson and Viktor Andersson. The election took place during a period of economic growth for Sweden and the peak of the Swedish Golden Age, with Sweden having reaquired Karelia and the Kola Peninsula from Russia in 2123 and improved relations with them aswell.

Top issues among the 349 representatives of the Riksdag were the reintegration of Karelia and the Kola Peninsula, the economical and social situation within Sweden, military spending and foreign policy mostly revolving around Greatland, Russia and Germany.

## Background

After the 2122 Swedish Election and the victory of Gordon Banks together with his running mate Viktor Larsson by a landslide, they sought even further economic and social reforms, completing the transistion of Sweden's economy from a planned economy to a market economy. Rising tensions around the world had also calmed down as Gordon Banks had his biggest triumph of his term with the Karelia Purchase, reclaiming Karelia and the Kola Peninsula from Russia after 4 years of Russian rule and in time for the 600th anniversary of Sweden. Gordon Banks' also engaged in diplomatic talks with many nations around the world, most notably Russia, Greatland and Germany. These diplomatic talks put through a series of treaties signed by Gordon Banks allowed it to obtain a non-aggression pact with Russia aswell as an economic treaty with Greatland as cooperation to build an underwater tunnel from Bergen to Scotland started construction, relations were also mended with Germany after the events of the Second German War, restoring relations to how they were before the war.

Many of the 349 representatives in the Riksdag still supported Gordon Banks while a small minority opposed him, this was mainly due to his rapid liberalization of the Swedish economy, social structure and poor handling of the Second German War.

### Nominations

2 people stood out as possible candidates for the leadership of Sweden, those being incumbent Supreme Leader Gordon Banks and conservative representative Henrik Johansson. No other nominee had enough to compete as Sven Svensson dropped out of the race early and threw his support to Gordon Banks instead and no one else could garner enough support to stand up as a third party.

### Campaigns

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

#### Gordon Banks

Gordon Banks ran on a platform of "A Better Sweden for all of us". Gordon Banks wanted to continue decreasing taxes and also decrease military spending to provide for other sectors of the country like health, education and much more. He also wanted to continue embarking on a neutral foreign policy, balancing out relations between Greatland and Russia through continuing existing diplomatic relations and signing more treaties. He hoped for an eventual military alliance with Russia and a fully fledged economic alliance with Greatland. Gordon Banks also promised to cut down on government interference in the nation, allowing more power to private corporations and the people which was largely oppossed by many of the conservative members of the Riksdag.

#### Henrik Johansson

Henrik Johansson ran on a platform of "A Free Sweden is the solution for all". Henrik Johansson also wanted to decrease taxes but wanted to increase the military spending, neglecting other sectors to forward Sweden's own interests through war and diplomacy. He also wanted to embark on a pro-western foreign policy, wanting to draw Sweden closer to Greatland instead of Russia for economic and defensive benefits. Henrik Johansson also wanted to increase government control in the economical sectors to regulate private corporations and keep any terrorists in check. This gained him large support from conservative members of the Riksdag.

## Results

At the end of the 2126 Swedish Election, Gordon Banks and his running mate Viktor Larsson had gotten 314 seats. This was due to many wanting him to continue being Supreme Leader as he promised a neutral foreign policy and decreased military spending to accomedate sectors like health, education and much more. Henrik Johansson finished second with 35 seats. Gordon Banks continued with his economic and social reforms with the next 4 years being focused on providing for the people and diplomatic negotiations.