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A general election was held in Swanfen on the 5th October 2013 to elect the members of the 20th Ollensdag. The election was described by many as a 'semi-landslide' as the incumbent Prime Minister Flora Foxlinn of the Social Democratic Party won an outright majority of the seats, the first time this had occurred since the implementation of the parallel voting system. The Conservative Party under Simon Kjaers improved on its 2009 performance, but only achieved a net gain of 3 seats. The coalition partner in the previous government, the Liberal Party, lost a lot of its "protest" support, mostly at the expense of the Green Party who won seats for the first time. The Socialists and the People's Party lost seats, while Independent Katie Maddox was re-elected.

Background
After the 2009 election an SDP/Liberal coalition was formed, with Flora Foxlinn as Prime Minister and Kenny Brennan as Deputy Prime Minister (and Minister for Transport). In January 2010 Stevfan Kjaers was elected as the new leader of the Conservatives, although Jackob Lund continued as Official Opposition leader until June, when Kjaers was appointed to a regional PR seat.

Date of the election
An Autumn 2013 election had been expected by many political commentators since the formation of the SDP/Liberal coalition in 2009, as it had been agreed that the coalition's main programme was scheduled to last 4 years unless there were exceptional circumstances. This was hinted by Deputy PM Kenny Brennan, who had said in an interview in 2012 that the government's programme "would be completed next year." In light of this, the Conservative Party and the People's Party began low-profile campaigns in May.The election was officially called on the 2nd September, after Flora Foxlinn had a meeting with President Tom Higginbaten. Foxlinn announced that the Ollensdag would be dissolved on the 6th September and that polling day would be on the 5th October, meaning the campaign period would be almost one month.

Electoral System
The Ollensdag uses a Parallel voting system, where voters cast two ballots- one for a single member first-past-the-post district, and another for a larger PR 'region'. It is up to them whether they "split" their ticket across two parties. The PR regions do not supplement the First-Past-The-Post districts, meaning that the overall result is only approximately proportional to the national vote. All Swanfenese citizens aged at least 18 on polling day and not otherwise disqualified (such as being in prison) could vote. All Swanfenese citizens aged at least 21 and having lived in Swanfen for at least 1 year could stand for election.

Campaign
The parties individual campaigns were officially 'launched' during the week of 9 September, most of them with the publication of the parties' manifestos.

Post-election events
After Stefvan Kjaers failed to win back his FPTP seat (which he had lost in 2009), he announced his resignation as party leader. After the full results were published, Kenny Brennan also announced his intention to resign, saying that "it is time for both me and the party to move on." Mark Mollin stated that he would seek a confidence vote in the new year (which he would go on to win). As the SDP won a majority of seats, there was no need for any pact or coalition negotiations. Flora Foxlinn was re-elected Prime Minister on the 30th October 2013, and her new cabinet took office on November 1.