Azure Order elections, 2547

Elections were held in Azure Order-controlled territories on 5 September 2547 to select the new Council of Elders. The election saw the rise of two new parties, the democratic socialist Just Future party and the Centrists, created from a bloc of moderate Reformists and Conservatives. The result was the collapse of Conservative support and the formation of a leftist coalition government between the Reformists and Just Future.

Background
The existing political system suffered a severe shock in March 2546, as news arrived of the Fall of Anvil, with human inhabitants of the settlement being massacred and the settlement razed. The resulting panic culminated in a widely condemned bill passed through the Council of Elders, authorising checks on all non-humans to prevent a similar attack on Azure City. This caused massive discontent in the sizable non-human minority in the city, with spontaneous demonstrations in Valley Square in the days after the passage of the bill. The Reformist party responded by expelling members who had supported the bill, who went on either to leave politics completely, or to join the Conservatives. The bill was also quickly struck down in the months after its enactment.

This then lead to moderate Conservatives becoming disillusioned with the party establishment's slow drift towards the right, triggering a bitter internal conflict that would last through the remainder of the year, culminating in the formation of the Centrist party from this moderate Conservative bloc as well as a small number of Reformists who had become willing to work with the moderate Conservatives after the previous grand coalition.

The Reformists also had their share of internal trouble, with minority groups splitting off to form the Just Future party. While the Reformist establishment attempted to retain them, the conflict never turned ugly, contributing to the leftist factions retaining more popularity than the Conservatives after the period of internal conflict.

Results
Overall results * seat swings should not be taken as indicative due to change in seat totals after reconsolidation of constituencies

Results by district