1940 Edrike General Election

The 1940 General Election in Edrike was held on Sunday 21 May 1940. It was held only two years after the mid-war snap elections in 1938 after the death of prime minister Edward Holm. The election resulted in a clear majority for the left-wing block led by Folkligt Arbetareparti (The People's Labour Party) but was also seen as a stepping stone towards a united conservative opposition as the Conservative and Liberal Parties had merged to form the "Borgerliga alliansen" (The bourgeoisie alliance).

The majority for the left-wing coalition consisting of the social-democratic FAP, the state socialist NSP and the agrarian centrist FC granted prime minister Jan Fleming another four years in office to keep up his economic and social reforms implemented to rebuild the Edrikian economy ruined by war and a short-term recession. It was these reforms which made him a very popular politician in the first place despite his pereceived radicalism which along with the appearance of more left-wing alternatives to the FAP which ruined his electoral support two years earlier.

The election became a disaster for the radical left-wing Communist Party which had been gaining ground during the time of the FAP's very restrained left-wing policies primarily under Edward Holm. Likewise, the New Social Party lost much of their support when the demand for a bolder left-wing alternative to the FAP was shrinking due to Fleming's move to the left.

The election turned out significantly better for the right which was again trying to unite. The Aristocracy Party had disappeared as voters had quickly moved to the religious (Javrist) conservative party and the main conservative party, the newly-founded Bourgeoisie alliance, a party made up of the old Liberals and Conservatives. This allowed for broader support ranging from both centrist and right-wing voters.

The "Folklig center" (popular centre) made up primarily of rural and somewhat conservative voters saw voters moving either to more appealing right-, och left-wing alternatives such as the FAP or BA (bourgeoisie alliance). The far-right "Nationen främst" (The nation first) barely saw any change as voters basically weren't appealed by any other alternatives, and support was also saved by smaller fascist parties merging with them to form what they expected to be a united fascist front which would be able to achieve an electoral wave like the communists or the new social party in 1938, however no success ever materialized.