1869 Darkmanian Constituent Assembly election

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Darkmanian Särterhüs election, 1869
Darkmania
November 1869
→ 1872

All 251 seats in the Särterhüs
126 seats were needed for a majority.
  First party Second party
 
Party [[The Reformists|Template:The Reformists/meta/shortname]] [[The Traditionalists|Template:The Traditionalists/meta/shortname]]
Seats won 153 98
Popular vote 1,600,803 990,501
Percentage 61% 39%

Särterhüs elections were held in Darkmania in November 1869, the very first in the darkmanian history, after the Democratic Spring in March that year. 251 seats were up for grabs with the aim to write a constitution, aswell as making new laws.

Politcal parties wasen`t formed until 1871, so all were technically elected members of parlament were independent. However, ideologies for the independent were prevlant and many formed groups who wound later form the basis of polcial parties in Darkmania.

Results

Party Votes % Seats
The Reformists (Who wound later form the Liberals in 1871) 1,600,803 60.33% 153
The Tradionalists (Who wound later form the Conservatives in 1879) 990,501 37.33% 98
Invalid/blank votes 1,701
Total 2,653,005 100 251
Voters/turnout 10,501,012 25.26%

The low turnout rates are due to the only eligible to vote were men "of good service toward Darkmania", and by the fact that democracy was a new thing in Darkmania. The result resulted in a massive win for the Reformists, who was the push for the Democratic Spring

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