Chamber election, September 2017

The third Chamber election was held between Friday, September 15, and Saturday, September 16, 2017.

Background


Joshua Kinsella of the Conservative and Imperialist Party was the incumbent Prime Minister, having regained the position following the fall of Claddagh Nic Lochlainn's government between elections.

Of the thirteen parties that had participated in the previous election, five (the Genuine Alternative Party, People's Front of Judea, UK Democrats, National Bolshevik Workers Party, and Democratic Egalitarian Party) did not participate in this election.

Four new parties participated in this election.

Results
Turnout was 50.9%, down from 63.3% in the previous election. Total votes, however, increased from 1544 to 1803.

Aftermath
Initial negotiations were held between the Classical Liberal Party, Radical Centrist Party, Neoliberal Party, and People's Populist Alliance, which would have seen CLP leader Joe Gellman serve as prime minister. However, coalition discussions broke down after disagreements between the parties involved, and the PPA pulled out of the coalition, subsequently followed by the RCP and NLP.

On Monday, September 18, the Conservative and Imperialist Party successfully negotiated an agreement with the New Conservative Alliance, Conservative Union of Britain, and the People's Populist Alliance, with Joshua Kinsella continuing as prime minister. The Cabinet Socialist Party continued as official opposition, with Claddagh Nic Lochlainn as opposition leader.

On Tuesday, September 26, however, the CSP, CLP, RCP, NLP, and newly-formed CPP formed a majority government as a result of the Kinsella government's usage of the royal prerogative to exit the Paris Agreement and the Kyoto Protocol and to declare war on North Korea. The coalition agreement saw Nic Lochlainn return to the position of Prime Minister and James Craig of the CLP become Deputy Prime Minister, with the cabinet involving members of all coalition parties. Kinsella became Leader of the Opposition as a result.