Dorvish State Election, 4137

The Dorvish State Election, 4137 was an election to decide the next State Council of Dorvik, for the 79th term. It was held on the August of 4137, on the scheduled date. It ran concurrently with the Presidential and Gubernatorial elections.

The election saw major losses for the ruling Union of Dorvish Conservatives, which no longer held a majority in the State Council. The Socialist Future Party made major losses, mostly to the Green Party and as such freed up enough space for the Alliance for Democracy to become the second largest political group in the State Council, albeit with only a net gain of 6 seats, along with the Progress Party loosing three further seats. The Traditionalist People's Party for Dorvik made moderate gains, becoming the largest party within the UDK by far, meanwhile the Freedom Party and DSU, the latter especially, made sizable losses, with the DSU dropping from the second largest individual party all the way to last place at eighth.

The Green Party and For the Future! which competed in the previous election but won no seats this time returned to the State Council with representation.

Competing Parties and Alliances
All eight parties that competed in the previous election competed in this one. In addition to the six which previously had representation, two which did not following this election now had so. There were two political alliances, the Union of Dorvish Conservatives and the Alliance for Democracy. Several parties competed not officially part of any alliance.

There were three parties in the Union of Dorvish Conservatives this election; the Traditionalist People's Party for Dorvik, the Freedom Party and the Dorvish Social Union. The Conservatives lead the government in the previous term, with Aaron Posse of the DSU as the State Chancellor, whilst the leaders of the other two parties took other cabinet positions in addition to unofficially both being declared as deputy-State Chancellors (Ortwin Wehner of the Freedom Party as Foreign Affairs minister, and Ralph Moroner of the TVPD as Internal Affairs minister). The government implemented numerous changes, most notably reforms to the tax system. Throughout the term, the government became increasingly unpopular, the DSU and the Freedom Party especially. The TVPD however were immune to a lot of the disapproval the government received due to not voting with the government on some unpopular bills. Coupled with their more populist approach, the TVPD became the largest party within the alliance by quite a large margin. The Freedom Party and the DSU meanwhile mostly campaigned under the themes of "safety first" and boasted economic statistics, however this didn't save them from the decrease they both received in support.

The Alliance for Democracy had two parties in the alliance; the Radical Party and the Progress Party. Despite the Radicals being the larger party of the alliance for the past few elections, much of the leadership within the alliance still came from the Progress Party, with incumbent President Bernhart Günzburg of that party leading the campaign for the AfD. They mostly campaigned under re-instating a more progressive tax system and reversing the "economic damage" the Conservatives had done. They also boasted to be the true opposition for Dorvik by trying to present themselves as the best equipped to tackle the Union of Conservatives and most experienced.

The Socialist Future Party continued to campaign under a similar socialist platform to the previous election, but whilst in the previous election they were mostly unopposed to receive the progressive electorate, this time they had numerous competitors. The Green Party and For the Future! both tried mostly to take the support the Socialists had, with the Greens being most successful. The Green Party boasted more competence and a clearer agenda than the Socialists, whilst For the Future! tried to take the socially right of that party, in addition to disgruntled conservatives with their socially conservative policies.

Newspaper Endorsements
Bellow is a comprehensive list of newspaper endorsements for the 4137 State Election, as well as each newspapers endorsements in the previous election.