1994 Constantinopolitan general election (Queen of Cities)

The 1994 Constantinopolitan general election was held on January 9, 1994. After a year of parliamentary gridlock the Socialists voted a motion of no confidence in November, leading President Ibrahim to dissolve Parliament and call for an early election. The election produced a result where three parties obtained similar amounts of seats, making the rising New Way party the kingmaker for the next parliamentary term. During this election the populist left (Anti-Capitalist Party) and right (Patriotic Front) both gained support while the green Action Now! stagnated at around 5%.

Electoral system
The 200 deputies of Parliament were chosen from a single nationwide electoral district with a 5% threshold.

Background
The previous four months of Nowakowski's government were marked by a lack of new legislation as both major parties had the enough votes to call for a motion of no confidence. As a result, Nowakowski courted both sides by rising social spending while continuing the privatization of Constantinople's highways and entering into the next stages of negotiations with the European Union on the country's membership.

While lacking any clear political action, Nowakowski's stint as prime minister allowed him to attract moderates from the Socialists to his own party as the left-wing party still called for a return to the pre-neoliberal order.

Government formation
While no party had a clear path to a coalition, the Liberal Reformers' refusal to give major concessions to the New Way party led to a new coalition between the center and the left. By early February, a coalition agreement would be signed between the Socialists, New Way and Act Now!. Mehmet Ermoglu from the Socialists' moderate wing would serve as prime minister. While the new Ermoglu Cabinet would be numerically dominated by members of his own party, New Way gained the crucial portfolios of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Labor which allowed them to limit the economic policies of the left-wing Socialists.

By 1996 the coalition was divided over the pending accession of Constantinople to the European Union as the Socialists were firmly opposed while New Way were supportive. This caused a rift that would lead to the downfall of the coalition. Despite the motion of no confidence New Way managed to sign a coalition agreement with the Liberal Reform Party thanks to the former's high polling numbers. As a result, the 15th Parliament would finish to serve its full term with a new center-right coalition under Costas Antoniou as returning prime minister.