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The 2021 Great Morstaybishlia general election was held on Thursday, 1 April 2021, two years after the previous general election in 2019. It was triggered following the Labour Party losing their working majority after members of the party voted against an amendment to the Anti-Terrorism Act 2020 following the 2021 Joralesian attacks on 8 March 2021. The Labour Party, which had led as a single-party majority government from 2019, was defending its overall majority of 6 seats after Prime Minister Franklin Barvata removed the Whip from 6 Valerian Labour MPs. The official opposition was led by Benjamin Wardola. The governing Labour Party remained the largest single party in the House of Representatives but lost its small overall majority, instead relying on an 11-seat working majority after a net loss of 47. The Conservative Party won 600 seats, their lowest since the 1998 general election. The Marislian Independence Party (MARIP) made a net gain of 83 seats and won 3.5% of the MBE (translating to 39.45% of the popular vote in Marislia), resulting in 89 out of 155 seats won in Marislia. (Full article...)