2016 General Election

The Commonwealth of Atlantis and It's Sovereign Territory The Azores General Election 2016 was held on the 1st of January 2016 to elect the 1st Senate of Atlantis. Voting took place in all 15 regions of Atlantis each voting to fill the 400 seats of the Senate of Atlantis by a system of Closed-List Proportional Representation. The Local Elections 2016 took place on the same day. The election was the first democratic election to take place in Atlantis for decades, following a long period of dictatorship.

The majority of polls predicted a minority Democratic Labour Party victory over all of the other parties, with most polls suggesting that the National Party of Atlantis would form the official opposition, winning the second most seats. The Atlantean Liberal Party was forecast to win a measly 6% of the vote following a rapid succession of leaders and disorganised campaign, however in the last two days of the campaign, the Liberals surged forward in two massive leaps to come second in the election. The election saw John Maynard become Atlantis' first Prime Minister, governing with a DLP-ALP Coalition.

The three smaller parties didn't make much headroom, with Rally for the Republic and the Conservatives and Reformists failing to outright win any regions, and just managing to secure enough votes to win seats in the senate. The Corporatist Fascists of the National Corporate Party winning most of their votes in the Azores.

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