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The '''2019 Great Morstaybishlia general election''' was held on Wednesday 27 February 2019, seven years after the [[2017 Great Morstaybishlia General Election|previous general election in 2017]]. The election took place in 1,794 constituencies across [[Great Morstaybishlia]] under the [[Wikipedia:First-past-the-post|first-past-the-post]] system. The election resulted in a large swing to Labour, similar to that seen in 1998; the Conservatives lost its majority and conceded 250 seats. Leader of the Opposition [[Franklin Barvata]] defeated [[Walter Johannes]] to become the next Prime Minister, his party receiving a 12-seat majority.
The 2019 election saw an additional 52 seats to the House of Representatives, a result of political union with [[
Opinion polls during the campaigning showed strong support for Labour due to the popularity of Barvata among voters. The final result of the election on 27 February 2019 revealed that Labour had won a majority, making a net gain of 210 seats and winning just shy of 82 million or 36.3% of the vote. The [[MBE Democrats|Democrats]], under the leadership of Paddy Lukamortz, made a net gain of 10 seats, winning 43.4 million or 19.2% of the vote. Three new parties made seat gains into the House; Greta Gonwager, who had replaced the former
The overall result of the election ended 14 years of Conservative government, wholly under [[Walter Johannes]]'s administration. Immediately following the election Johannes resigned both as Prime Minister and party leader. The election of 791 women came to be seen as a watershed moment for female political representation within the MBE. Both the Conservatives and Labour netted seats in
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