Federation City, Greater Acadia – Voting has wrapped up with a narrow majority for the SDP-led Forward Acadia Coalition. Christine Belle’s party has managed to hold onto power, though with a greatly reduced presence in the legislature. With a total share for the Forward Acadia coalition of 40.1% – down from 52.8% in the last election, the coalition no longer enjoys a majority government. Many attribute this to the longstanding hold the coalition has had, having been in power for over a decade at this point. Acadian’s after all this time, are simply getting ready for change.
However, the surprise is that the nominal opposition, the Federalist-led Greater Acadian Unity coalition, has not gained much from the apparent weakness of the SDP and Forward Acadia. Their vote share has only grown by one point to 35.3% for the GAU. Instead, most of the Forward Acadia’s vote share has seemingly gone towards the relative newcomers, the Acadian Socialist Coalition, and the United Technocrats in particular. The ASC has grown to a staggering 20.8% vote share, with the United Technocrats in particular gaining 10.3% of the vote. In terms of raw numbers for individual parties, that puts them just behind the SDP and Federalists with 12.4% and 11.7% respectively.
Now going forward, there are two options. Either Forward Acadia under the SDP goes ahead with a minority government, leaving them open for votes of non-confidence that could end up toppling their government. Or a coalition can be formed with either the GAU or the ASC, though it will depend on which group whose power Forward Acadia wishes to check. Of course, that relies on the either the GAU or the SDP playing along. Nevertheless, the next few months will remain rather interesting, indeed.
