1798 Galcean Federal Election

1798 Galcean federal election
Federal elections were held in Galcea on October 15, 1798 to elect all 501 members to the Galcean Chamber of Senators.

In early 1797, the economy fell into recession, and would only began to slowly recover right before the election. The Conservative party lost the majority in the Chamber of Senators for the first in the parties history, and the Democratic-Liberals only lost the plurality by two seats.

The election saw the rise of a new political party, the Peoples National Party. The party was hardline in beliefs. They deemed Cambles refusal to raise tariffs more the reason that the economy fell into recession, they also believed his infrastructure projects simply costed too much.