April 2021 Doggerland legislative elections

The April 2021 Doggerland legislative election were held on April 29, 2021, to determine the composition of the National Assembly of Doggerland.

The Communist Party furthered its vote share following a meteoric rise and became the largest party, and the governing party following the annulment of most of the AGP and IDP votes following massive voter fraud done on behalf of Beady. Hawyee was sworn in as the first Communist Prime Minister despite objections from certain members (lets be real, Buzzsaw) on the left.

Background
Just after the last general elections, both the Libertarians and the PFP joined the Civic Union. However, some discontent Libertarians decided to keep the party.

On 11 April 2021, Robert La Follette announced the creation of the Populist Party. Two days later, it was dissolved. The same day in which the PP was dissolved, Volt+Pirates, a LP splinter, was founded by Benjamin LeDuc.

The following is a Summary by DSPAN of the events of April 25, 2021.

Trashman's run for LWP leader fails as he is annulled by Mel's mandate from accusations of fraud. Trashman and Arjun subsequently are arrested. It is later shown that Mel himself was the one who commmitted fraud. The DL and the CP remove themselves from government, two factions are formed. A vote of no confidence was attempted, but was annulled by Ayvind Bjarnason.

The LWP faction led by the LWP, LP, CU, and IDP and the CP faction, led by the DCP, DL, Lbt, and AGP

Various irregular instances of conflict arise, former speaker of the house Ayvind Bjarnason leads a rebel group and bombs the parliament, killing several. They are removed from the DL and join the Communist Party.

Various members of the LWP flee the quickly escalating authoritarianism of the LWP's leader. 6 members defect due to this instance.

While in the Presidential Manor, various instances of murder occur, effectively killing two members involved with the earlier instances (Mel, Moss Boss) while the remaining three are arrested (Baveland, MapDude, and PrisonMike) as well as Beady. Senator OttoFrog is revealed to be an alt account of MossBoss and is stripped of his DL credentials. The 5 involved were revealed to have led a "cabal" of individuals which aided in various instances of corruption and voter fraud.

With the leaders killed off, Trashman is instated as leader of the LWP. Rune organizes, as a compromise candidate, a government with the agreement of the two party heads of the rivalling factions to avoid an all out civil war.

As a result of these events, the election was postponed from April 24 to April 29.

Party lists
Candidates for Prime Minister are marked in bold

Polling and Preliminary Results
Two polls were organized by the DCOP on April 7-8 and April 19-21, 2021.

Analysis
An abnormally high amount of members turned out for this election. Above 450, initially there was murmurings of various reasons for the cause, but it was revealed to be meddling on Beady's behalf.

After a theorized "Beadyslide" as many had believed, it was soon revealed that the IDP's vote share came mainly from Beady's work in spreading the ballot illegally across national lines. In retaliation to his defiance of national law, King Moose annulled 75% of his votes. This left Beady with a much lower vote share than his initial 20%.

The AGP benefited significantly from Beady's actions, and had their votes annulled. Despite protests from Sam, the votes were nonetheless annulled. The AGP was accepted into government legitimately for the first time.

The Communists rose significantly after this election, likely due to Hawyee's stability as leader of the Communists. Despite some issues from LWP membership, the Liberals were rather conciliatory to a Communist led government. Yet again, of course, it was a Buzzsaw Moment and he objected to having yet another Communist-cooperative government. Hawyee formed a six party consisting of the DCP, DL, LWP, AGP, V+P, and LP. This was the first time entering government for the V+P.

While this election had its results annulled partially, Hawyee is expected to call a second election within a week's time due to the massive levels of fraud committed by Beady.