Elections in Lorbank

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Lorbank can be categorised to the list of democratic countries, and in every democratic countries, elections are held.
The 2016 Lorbankian general election take place on 21 February 2016. This is the 5th election since the end of dictatorship, 1992. The parties are going to fight for 260 seats in the parliament (10 seats are for the Lorbankian National Army which are permanent). The election treshold is 6%, there is only one turn of voting.

After the 2010 general election, Resistance Party (RP) won a landslide victory, with Leslie Burves being re-elected as President. As a result of this election, his government was able to alter the National Constitution, as he garnered a two thirds majority. Burves and his government remained relatively popular in the months leading to the election. This was largely because of high GDP growth, increased industrial output, and a growth in the tourism sector.

On the 9th October in 2015, National Election Commission started the campign of this presidential election. The current president, Leslie Burves (Resistance Party; RP) was the first person who gave his application to be a nominee. Then the 2nd leader of the opposition, Abed Rupert (Lorbankian Justice Party; LOJUP), after him Petro Kizuja (Politics can be Different; PD), the 1st leader of the opposition. There are some nominees: Jake Smith (Lorbankian Libertarians; LL) and Matthew Francois (Communist Party; CP).


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Resistance Party was founded 1991, when the formal dictator, Muse Pembe's dictatorship was ended. The party lost the 1991 elections, but it was the biggest opposition party. In 1996 the formation gained lots of voters from those time's government party's (Justice Party) voters, as a result of the re-nationalisation and increased military expenses. In 1998, the party's candidate, Leslie Burves won the election, and became the ruling party. Their first step was about the political system. They changed a presidential office term from 7 to 6 years, but they abolished the limit of terms. In 2010 the RP won the 57% of the votes.

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Politics can be Different was founded 2004, just after the presidential elections were held. The party lost all of the elections, but it is the biggest opposition party since 2010. The presidential aspirant of this party is Petro Kijuza. In 2004, there was a splite within the RP, one part of the party's members follow Kijuza. They think the opposition doesn't have enough freedom of speech. 6 years ago, Kijuza earned 21% of the votes.

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The Lorbankian Justice Party is the oldest political party in the country. It was formed in 1991, under the regime of Muse Pembe. One year later, the party won the elections, and the party's chairman, Jack Okello became president. The party was notorious about its far right-wing political views. In 1998, they losed the election. Later, in 2008 Jack Okello died, so there were elections within the party about the new chairman. Abed Rupert won this election, and he was the nominee on the 2010 general elections. The party reached 13% 6 years ago.

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The Lorbankian Libertarians is relatively a new party. It was founded in 2011, so this will be their first contest. So far, they won local elections in some villages, but they didn't have remarkable results. The leader of the party is Jake Smith, who hopes that his party will outstep the 6% treshold and get into the parliament.

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The Communist Party is the only one far left-wing political party in the country. It was formed in 1995 by the current chairman, Matthew Francois. This party has always struggled with getting into the parliament. In the last elections, the party barely got into it. In 2010, they reached 9%, in 2004 they got 4% of the votes. In 2014, the PD offered to make a coalition with the party, but the leadership of the CP refused it.

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The Lorbankian government asks foreign governments, organisations to observ the elections. It would prevent riots and civil unrest if foreigners endorsed the results.
 
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