2134 Swedish Election

The **2134 Swedish Election for the Question of Leadership** was the fourth parliamentary election in Sweden. Gordon Banks and his running mate Daniel Stén defeated the Conservative Bloc's ticket of Jimmie Bagge and Viktor Andersson and the Anti-War Bloc's ticket of Oskar Flemming and Max Söderström. The election took place in a very tumoultous time, with Sweden caught in the flames of World War 6 fighting against the Ultimate Alliance on the side of Greatland and her allies. The Swedish economy had taken a big hit as all resources were diverted to the war effort.

Top issues among the 349 representatives were military spending, handling of the war and foreign policy.

## Background

After the 2130 Swedish Election and the victory of Gordon Banks together with his running mate Daniel Stén, the Swedish nation had gone through economic stagnation but had easily gotten out of it. However, in 2132, World War 6 would start as Sweden was dragged in after Germany bombed the nation's southern territories. Sweden was now 2 years into the war and many called to an end to it cause of the increasing threat of Russia and the struggle in holding them back from Finland.

Many representatives still supported Gordon Banks, however, many turned to other candidates as the Liberal Bloc and Conservative Bloc wanted to continue the war while many wanted peace.

### Nominations

3 people stood out as possible candidates for the leadership of Sweden, those being incumbent Supreme Leader Gordon Banks, conservative representative Jimmie Bagge from the last election and a new third party called the Anti-War Bloc led by Oskar Flemming.

### 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 "Together we stand, divided we fall". Gordon Banks promised to continue the war and kick out the Russians out of Swedish turf once and for all. He mentioned how he would "stop at nothing" to "contain the eastern beast and secure peace in our time". These words were very powerful to many representatives, despite Gordon Banks not being a good wartime leader himself unlike Jimmy Andersson back in World War 5.

#### Jimmie Bagge

Jimmie Bagge ran on a campaign of "Beat back the Russian bear!". Jimmie Bagge promised to also continue the war, however, he would only divert some additional resources to the war effort so that order could be kept back home for the duration of the war. He also promised the full liberation of Karelia and the Kola Peninsula and that "the might of the Swedish army will march on Moscow again just like World War 5".

#### Oskar Flemming

Oskar Flemming entered the race for leadership as a third party candidate, having formed the Anti-War Bloc to end the war between Russia and be a peaceful leader. Oskar Flemming ran on a campaign of "Peace in our time". He promised to make peace with Russia and to retreat into full neutrality and isolation to prevent another catastrophe like World War 6 from ever happening again in Sweden's history. This got him the support of many representatives who wanted to end the war quickly and wanted peace to return as fast as possibe.

## Results

At the end of the **2134 Swedish Election**, Gordon Banks and his running mate Daniel Stén had gotten 208 seats, the Liberal Bloc's weakest finish as of that election. This was due to his handling of the war aswell as the loss of Karelia and the Kola Peninsula to Russia. Oskar Flemming and his running mate Max Söderström apart of the Anti-War Bloc finished in second place with 91 seats. Jimmie Bagge and his running mate Viktor Andersson finished in third place with 50 seats.

Despite not being enough to win the election, the Anti-War Bloc formed a massive opposition against Gordon Banks' regime with them having control of over 25% of all the seats. This brought Gordon Banks many challenges to deciding how to handle the war.