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Everything about Landslide Victory totally explainedIn politics, a landslide victory (or landslide) is the victory of a candidate or political party by an overwhelming majority in an election.
After the 2007 federal election some commentators referred to the Labor Party's win under Kevin Rudd as a ruddslide. By historical standards though, the victory wasn't unusually large. Some notable election results in Australia have been:
Australian elections are characterised by few changes in government - since 1949 there have been only five elections where a new party has won government. When a new party is elected, however, it's generally by a landslide.
Some notable state election landslides include:
1974 Queensland state election - Country-Liberal Coalition won 69 of the 82 seats in the state parliament (the Coalition's win, while overwhelming, was exaggerated by the Bjelkemander in operation in the state's electorates at the time)
1993 South Australian state election - Liberal Party won 37 of the 47 seats in the state lower house
2001 Queensland state election - Australian Labor Party won 66 of the 89 seats in the state parliament
2002 Victorian state election - Australian Labor Party won 62 of the 88 seats in the state lower house
1981 New South Wales state election - Australian Labor Party won 69 of the 99 seats in the state lower house
Prince Edward Island general election, 1935, in which the Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island under Walter Lea won every seat in the legislature, the first time in the history of the British Empire that that happened.
Canadian federal election, 1958, in which the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada won 208 seats out of 265.
Canadian federal election, 1984, in which the Progressive Conservatives won 211 seats out of 282.
New Brunswick general election, 1987, in which the Liberal Party of New Brunswick won every seat in the legislature.
British Columbia general election, 2001, in which 77 of 79 seats were won by the BC Liberal Party.
French presidential election, 2002, in which incumbent Jacques Chirac was reelected against far-right Jean-Marie Le Pen with more than 82% of all votes.
French regional elections, 2004, in which the Socialist Party won 20 of 22 regions in metropolitan France.
French legislative election, 1993, in which the "Union For France" (alliance of the RPR and UDF) won 485 of 577 seats in the National Assembly.
German federal election, 1957, in which the conservative alliance between CDU and CSU won the absolute majority of the popular vote.
The 1991 election: A coalition of the United Democrats of Hong Kong and the Meeting Point, together with other smaller parties, groups and independents in the pro-democracy camp, getting 17 of the 18 geographical constituency seats.
The 1995 election: The Democratic Party, together with other smaller parties, groups and independents in the pro-democracy camp, getting 17 of the 20 geographical constituency seats.
In the runoff of the Polish presidential election, 1990 Lech Wałęsa won 74.25% of votes against 25.75% of Stan Tymiński. This remains, to date, the biggest victory
During Polish presidential election, 2000 incumbent Aleksander Kwaśniewski won 53,90%, avoiding (the only time in history), a second round. His closest rival, Andrzej Olechowski, won just 17,30%. In Polish politics this election, because of quick victory and large margin, is also consider as a landslide
During Polish parliamentary election, 2001 Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union won 47.2% (216 Sejm seats) against closest opposite party, Civic Platform (14.1% and 65 seats). This is, to date, biggest victory maring and is also consider as a landslide (In Senate DLA-LU won 75 of 100 seats)
The United Russia party collected 64% of votes during the 2007 Duma elections. The next highest vote total was achieved by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, which received 11% of votes cast. . The elections have been criticized for being unfair.
In general, any British general election which results in a majority of over 100 seats tends to be described as a landslide. Landslide victories since the Reform Act 1884 (the first time a majority of adult males could vote) are:
The 1886 election: Unionist (Conservative Party and Liberal Unionist Party) overall majority of 116
The 1895 election: Unionist overall majority of 152
The 1900 election: Unionist overall majority of 134
The 1906 election: Liberal Party overall majority of 128 (356 when assuming Labour and Irish Nationalist support)
The 1918 election: Coalition overall majority of 239
The 1924 election: Conservative overall majority of 209
The 1931 election: National government overall majority of 493 (including Conservative majority of 324)
The 1935 election: National government overall majority of 247
The 1945 election: Labour Party overall majority of 146
The 1959 election: Conservative overall majority of 100
The 1966 election: Labour overall majority of 98
The 1983 election: Conservative overall majority of 144
The 1987 election: Conservative overall majority of 102
The 1997 election: Labour overall majority of 179
Labour's general election victory in 2001 with an overall majority of 167 was dubbed "the quiet landslide" by the media. Though the Government did score a very high majority, public interest in the election wasn't excited and, unlike most of the landslide results listed above, there was little change from the previous election and no change of governing party.
Landslides are relatively common in British electoral history, and this is partly as a result of the first-past-the-post electoral system. Relatively small differences in numbers of popular votes cast be amplified by the eventual result. For instance, Labour achieved a 66-seat majority in the 2005 election despite securing only 35% of the vote. Conversely, parties can poll very highly and achieve disproportionately low numbers of MPs. For example, the Conservatives (led by John Major) polled the greatest number of votes in British history in the 1992 election, but were returned with a slender overall majority of just 21.
Presidential
Popular votes
President Theodore Roosevelt's 56.4% to Alton B. Parker's 37.6% in the 1904 presidential election
President Warren Harding's 60.3% to James Cox's 34.1% in the 1920 presidential election
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's 60.8% to Alf Landon`s 36.5% in the 1936 presidential election
President Lyndon Johnson's 61.1% to Barry Goldwater's 38.5% in the 1964 presidential election
President Richard Nixon's 60.7% to George McGovern's 37.5% in the 1972 presidential election
Electoral votes
President Thomas Jefferson's 162 electoral votes to Charles Cotesworth Pinckney's 14 electoral votes in 1804.
President James Madison's 122 electoral votes to Charles Cotesworth Pinckney's 47 electoral votes and George Clinton's 6 electoral votes in 1808.
President James Monroe's 183 electoral votes to Rufus King's 34 electoral votes in 1816.
President James Monroe's 231 electoral votes to John Quincy Adams's 1 electoral vote in 1820. However it should be noted that Adams wasn't actually running and the elector should have cast his vote for Monroe.
President Andrew Jackson's 178 electoral votes to John Quincy Adams's 83 electoral votes in 1828
President Andrew Jackson's 219 electoral votes to Henry Clay's 49 electoral votes, John Floyd's 11 electoral votes, and William Wirt's 7 electoral votes in 1832
President William Henry Harrison's 234 electoral votes to Martin Van Buren's 60 electoral votes in 1840
President Franklin Pierce's 254 electoral votes to Winfield Scott's 42 electoral votes in 1852
President Abraham Lincoln's 212 electoral votes to George McClellan's 21 electoral votes in 1864
President Ulysses S. Grant's 214 electoral votes to Horatio Seymour's 80 electoral votes in 1868
President Ulysses S. Grant's 286 electoral votes to what would have been Horace Greeley's 66 electoral votes in 1872
President Theodore Roosevelt's 336 electoral votes to Alton Brooks Parker's 140 electoral votes in 1904
President Woodrow Wilson's 435 electoral votes to Theodore Roosevelt's 88 electoral votes and William Howard Taft's 8 electoral votes in 1912
President Warren G. Harding's 404 electoral votes to James Middleton Cox's 127 electoral votes in 1920
President Calvin Coolidge's 382 electoral votes to John William Davis's 136 electoral votes and Robert La Follette, Sr.'s 13 electoral votes in 1924
President Herbert Hoover's 444 electoral votes to Al Smith's 87 electoral votes in 1928
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's 472 electoral votes to Herbert Hoover's 59 electoral votes in 1932
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's 523 electoral votes to Alf Landon's 8 electoral votes in 1936
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's 449 electoral votes to Wendell Willkie's 82 electoral votes in 1940
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's 432 electoral votes to Thomas Dewey's 99 electoral votes in 1944
President Dwight D. Eisenhower's 442 electoral votes to Adlai Stevenson's 89 electoral votes in 1952
President Dwight D. Eisenhower's 457 electoral votes to Adlai Stevenson's 73 electoral votes and Walter Burgwyn Jones's 1 in 1956
President Lyndon B. Johnson's 486 electoral votes to Barry Goldwater's 52 electoral votes in 1964
President Richard Nixon's 520 electoral votes to George McGovern's 17 electoral votes and John Hospers's 1 in 1972
President Ronald Reagan's 489 electoral votes to Jimmy Carter's 49 in 1980
President Ronald Reagan's 525 electoral votes to Walter Mondale's 13 electoral votes in 1984
President George H. W. Bush's 426 electoral votes to Michael Dukakis's 111 electoral votes and Lloyd Bentsen's 1 electoral vote in 1988
President Bill Clinton's 370 electoral votes to George H. W. Bush's 168 electoral votes in 1992
President Bill Clinton's 379 electoral votes to Bob Dole's 159 electoral votes in 1996
The greatest modern landslides in the United States Presidential elections
1920 - the greatest percentage point margin in the popular vote (Harding 60.3% to Cox 34.1%).
1936 - the greatest electoral votes difference between winner and opponent (Roosevelt 523 to Landon 8).
1964 - the highest percentage for winner (Lyndon Johnson 61.1%).
1984 - the highest number of electoral votes (Reagan 525).
1789 and 1792 - the highest percentage of Electoral College Votes (100% - George Washington was the only president to win a unanimous Electoral College victory. Washington received the maximum possible electoral votes in both the 1789 and 1792 election.)
Other elections
United States Senate election in Illinois, 2004: Democrat Barack Obama won 3,597,456 (70.0%) against Republican Alan Keyes (1,390,690; 27.0%)
United States Senate election in Indiana, 2006: Republican Richard Lugar won 1,171,596 (87.3) against 168,828 (16.6%) for Libertarian Steve Osborn
United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 2002: Democrat John Kerry won 80% against 18.4% of Libertarian Michael E. Cloud
New York gubernatorial election, 2006: Democrat Eliot Spitzer won 2,882,524 (69.0) against 1,217,516 (29.2) for Republican John FasoFurther Information
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