The Eadingtun Post

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Popular Party wins 1583 general election
Godric Æthelssunu, political reporter


Popular Party has won the 1583 general election. The Popular Party, led by firebrand populist Eadmund Dunstan, will begin the 1584 term with a majority in the Arrenlander parliament, the Witenagemot. They managed to secure their victory with a few key victories over the Conservative and Liberal parties, such as in the 4th District in Denfeldshire, which pushed them over the edge to holding a simple majority. The Office of Chancellor, which is elected by the parliament at the beginning of every term, will no doubt he held by Dunstan, whose party will be able to single-handedly elect him without forming a coalition government with another party.

The Popular Party campaigned on the voters' discontentment with mainstream politics, and had steadily grown in popularity over the past few elections. In his victory speech, Dunstan said, "It is time to get to work and fulfill our campaign promises! The people have spoken, they have rejected the establishment and their sleazy, petty politics. We will rebuild our nation into an industrial and economic power to be reckoned with, we will reestablish our dominance of the seas, and retake our place as one of the great powers of the world."

King Iohannes has been characteristically silent throughout the campaign process. Ever since taking the throne from his father, Leafsig, he promised to rule in a hands-off manner, and to allow the people, through the democratic process, take full control of the country's destiny. King Leafsig himself abdicated shortly after ascending to the throne when his own father, Eardwulf, passed away. Eardwulf was 96 years old and had been king for several decades. Leafsig said that he did not want to leave his own son to be perpetually heir apparent for decades, and to only take the thrown in his old age, like he himself had.