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Ruling Party wins in Landslide amid Refugee Crisis.
The Democratic Union-Almanische Volkspartei bloc has won 175 seats in the 300-seat State Duma.
By Yevgeny Rogozin, 2024-07-10 2:58 pm
*The 17th State Duma of the Federal Republic of Kliegme
President Alexei Boroshilov’s ruling party clinches a victory in the General elections, which is set to give it an upper hand in pushing ahead with its agenda as the country faces an unprecented Refugee Crisis and a task of integrating into the Concordia Entente.
In the quadrennial election, which was held on July 9th on a Tuesday, the Democratic Union of Kliegme and its sister party the Almanische Volkspartei(TL: Alman People’s Party) secured a combined 175 seats in the 300-seat State Duma, according to data from the National Election Commission (NEC) on Thursday.
This is nearly double the 105 seats obtained by the main opposition Social Democratic Party of Kliegme. It also marks the biggest majority any party has claimed since the 1968 elections.
The elections, held in the midst of Kliegme’s Refugee Crisis, was seen as a referendum on President Boroshilov, who has three more years in office.
The prospects for President Boroshilov’s party did not look good in 2023. The Kliegmean economy has slowed, Relations with Termina have cooled and news headlines were dominated by a series of foreign policy criticisms, including one caused by a Phrasing Error by the Spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which resulted in criticsm from the CE.
But the government’s handling of the Romordian War in neighbouring NAGB and the Terminan Package Incidents, and the most recent Shai Kong deal has changed public sentiment, as illustrated in recent polls in which Boroshilov’s approval rating shooting up to over 50 percent.
The DUK’s victory will enable Boroshilov to manage state affairs stably during the rest of his single, five-year term. It will prop up Boroshilov’s reform initiatives, including the reform of education and community building initiatives.
Boroshilov thanked the country’s “great people” for “giving strength to a government that’s fighting desperately to overcome a national crisis.”
More than 17 million Kliegmeans voted on Wednesday. When combined with the 7.8 million early and mailed-in votes, turnout was 66.2 percent, the highest since 71.9 percent turnout in the1992 general election, the National Election Commission said.
The Speaker is to be elected from the 175 MPs of the DuK, leaving the ruling party with 174 seats. With 174 seats, the ruling bloc would be able to fast-track the passage of bills without support from other parties.
Observers say it would be capable of “doing everything” in parliament except constitutional revision, which requires at least 200 votes on the floor.
It would enable the DUK to avoid political squabbles in pushing for key reform bills, unlike during the outgoing session of the National Assembly.
On the other side of the political spectrum, The Social Democratic party admitted that it has failed to win over voters, though it highlighted the government’s failure to address the issues Kliegme is facing and stressed the need to keep the DUK in check.
Party leader Dmitry Kaminsky apologized over the result.
“I acknowledge that the UFP’s change (in rhetoric) was insufficient. I feel apologetic for asking (the voters) to vote for a party that did not have the basics right.”
At the same time, he asked the people to continue their support to the embattled party.
“Even if (the party) is insufficient and not likable, people need to keep the main opposition party alive for the country’s future. I sincerely ask so.”