February 28th 2020 General Election

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The February 26th 2020 General Election was called by Prime Minister Louis W after winning a vote of confidence on the 29th January 2020. The election was originally dated to take place on Wednesday 26th February, but was pushed back to the 28th February as part of the Election Day Reform Bill passed on the 26th February in the final session of Parliament before the dissolution.

Prime Minister Louis W was the first incumbent Prime Minister to seek reelection. As of February 29th he remains Prime Minister and is expected to form a second coalition government.

This is the first election contested by CDPP, L+J and COC. Only CoC under Violet A-M maintain the same leader as the previous election.

Analysis
Prime Minister Louis W was wildly hailed the victor of the election, himself calling it an "excellent day" for the BFP. This was the first election in which the plurality of seats and the plurality of votes were not won by the Enterprise Party, although the BFP's mandate is somewhat blunted by their winning only 26% of the popular vote, a loss of 13% from the last general election and the lowest ever achieved by a winning party.

This election is the first successful re-election campaign in Parliamentary history. This success can be attributed to modern strategy and effective use of campaign financing. Despite only winning 26% of the popular vote, these votes were translated into a 43% of the constituencies, making the British Futurists the most over-represented party in any election.

For opposition parties, this election represents a mixed result. For Enterprise, they had lost 23 seats compared to the November 2019 General Election, this collapse of support will have severe effects on the party leadership for many elections to come.

For smaller opposition parties, like the Comrades of Cthulhu, CDPP, and Law and Justice, this election saw growth in all the other minor parties, with CDPP and Law and Justice seeing the largest growth.

Overall, the defeat of Enterprise may signal the end of Enterprise as a major political force representing the economic right wing, and leave the British Futurists as the last original party. The growth of minor political parties may end the political domination of the two major parties. The British Futurist Party made the biggest gains in the home counties, winning previously uncontested Enterprise 'safe' seats.

The Cool Democrats also made significant gains in London, winning seats previously held by the Green Democratic Socialists, and won some seats in Merseyside.

Law and Justice made the most gains in Yorkshire and the Midlands, winning both Enterprise and British Futurists seats.

The Comrades of Cthulhu won their first seats in London, and won one more seat outside of Oxford and Suffolk.

Enterprise did not gain any major areas.