Wahdist Republican Party

Wahdist Republicans الجمهوريون الوحدويون
Abbreviation	WR
Chairman	Ansar Al-Adem
Vice Chairman	Mahmoud Kazimi
Headquarters	Al-Khuweeiyah, Dabiristan
Student wing	Students of the Republican Movement
Youth wing	Republican Youth
Religion	Wahdist Alqamarism

The Wahdist Republican Party (WR; Dabiristani: الجمهوريون وحدويون), more commonly known as the "Wahdist Republicans", is a major political party in Dabiristan and one of three major parties in Dabiristani politics, along with the Wahdist League and Combatant Clergy League. It is the main opposition party of Dabiristan following its loss to the Wahdist League in the 2022 National Elections. The party was formed a week after the formation of the Wahdist Republic of Dabiristan.

The Wahdist Republican Party came into existence shortly after the Wahdist Revolution. Formed and led by centrists and left-wing members, the Wahdist Republicans run in direct opposition to the more right-winged Wahdist League. The Wahdist Republicans struggled to gain support during the early years of their existence but slowly gathered a large following. They won their first National Elections in 1994 following the split of the Wahdist League which resulted in the formation of the Combatant Clergy League and the presidency of Majed Al-Basim.

History

Early years

The Wahdist Republican Party was registered as an official political party on [date]. Despite being officially formed on [date], the party had unofficially functioned for around a month. Mostafa Al-Mousafavi became chairman of the party upon its registration. His leadership earned the party a small following and allowed it to secure a small but significant number of seats. Mostafa Al-Mousafavi would continue to serve for a second term until his death in 1989.

The party would elect Feroz Ali-Shariati in as chairman after Al-Mousafavi's death. His chairmanship would focus on appealing to the working class which, up until Al-Basim's presidency, had supported the Wahdist League. He succeeded in this goal and secured the largest amounts of seats the Wahdist Republican Party had ever had. Ali-Shariati would still lose the 1990 National Elections but would set the basis for the victory of Taha Al-Fatah.

1994 National Elections

Taha Al-Fatah would become chairman of the Wahdist Republican Party following Ali-Shariati's inability to maintain leadership of the party. Al-Fatah's campaigns would focus on the rapidly growing youth population of Dabiristan. He hoped to exploit this group to earn a victory in the 1994 National Elections. Al-Fatah would gain the largest amounts of seat in the Wahdist Consultative Assembly but fail to gain majority. This would force him to form a coalition with the Democracy Movement of Dabiristan and National Movement of Dabiristan.

Al-Fatah's presidency was seen as a largely successful one but was still plagued with many major obstacles. For one, the National Movement of Dabiristan forced Al-Fatah to change or not implement many of his domestic policies. In addition, the Democracy Movement of Dabiristan disliked how religiously conservative the Wahdist Republican Party was and often caused issues passing bills that were related to religious matters. In the last year of his presidency, Al-Fatah would be assassinated by a communist group. His vice president, Mahdi Al-Nasser, would become acting presidents until the end of the rest of Al-Fatah's term.

Al-Nasser's presidency was in similar fashion to Al-Fatah's. His presidency would be hindered by the coalition and discontent from members within his own party. He would refrain from resigning from his position as acting president but refused to run for office in the 1998 National Elections. He claimed that he and his predecessor had been "betrayed" by their own people. Towards the end of his term, he endorsed Najarvani Al-Musavi to become Chairman of the party.

Recent years

Prior to the 1998 National Elections, the National Movement of Dabiristan The Wahdist Republican Party would declare they would leave the coalition following the end of the 1994 term. This meant that even with a coalition, the Wahdist Republicans would not be able to achieve a majority in the Wahdist Consultative Assembly. The party would introduce a large campaign aiming to redirect votes from the National Movement of Dabiristan to itself. This campaign saw moderate success and allowed them to earn a few extra seats. Nevertheless, the party still lost the 1998 National Elections to the Combatant Clergy League.

For the next four years, the party would campaign extensively, aiming to appeal to the growing younger demographic. Dabiristan would become more split than it has ever been resulting in no party earning a majority amount of seats for the first and only time in its history. The Wahdist League would achieve the most seats and thus were allowed to form a minority government by blessing of the Supreme Leader. However, a vote of no confidence initiated by outgoing president Humza Farzani, would result in this government being disbanded just a week after its formation. A second election would be held on the same day with the Wahdist Republicans earning an extra two seats and, in a surprise to many, having the National Movement of Dabiristan rejoin the coalition. The coalition would just reach majority by earning 126 seats and promptly form government afterwards.

Election results

Election	Chairman	Votes	%	Seats	±	Result
1984	Mostafa Al-Mousafavi			22 / 220	22	Loss
1986	Mostafa Al-Mousafavi			20 / 220	2	Loss
1990	Feroz Ali-Shariati			52 / 250	32	Loss
1994	Taha Al-Fatah			120 / 250	68	Victory (Coalition: WR,DMD,NMD)
1998	Najarvani Al-Musawi			96 / 250	24	Loss (Coalition: WR,DMD)
2002 (1st)	Abdolhassan Maharadi			108 / 250	12	Loss (Coalition: WR,DMD)
2002 (2nd)	Abdolhassan Maharadi			110 / 250	2	Victory (Coalition: WR,DMD,NMD)
2006	Javad Mansur			114 / 250	4	Victory (Coalition: WR,DMD,NMD)
2010	Javad Mansur			142 / 250	28	Victory
2014	Abbas Ali-Shariati			92 / 250	50	Loss
2018	Kazim Ansari			80 / 250	12	Loss
2022	Kazim Ansari			78 / 250	2	Loss