United Isles Federal Election, 2010

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United Isles Federal Election, 2010 All 138 seats in the Federal Assembly
17 June 2010
		First	Second	Third
Leader		Matthew Lowe	Ben Sewell	Kyle Innes
Party		Conservative	SDU	Alliance 82
Leader since		7 November 2005	30 August 2006	15 August 2000
Leader seat		Waldherz	Ralin South	Kreis Meer North
Seats won		55	49	13
Seat change		7	2	1
Percentage		38.2%	33.9%	9.2%
Swing		2.8%	0.1%	0.6%
		Fourth	Fifth
Leader		Jake Barnes	Birgitte Ostler
Party		Centre	National Renewal
Leader since		13 September 2009	28 June 2007
Leader seat		Ralin (list)	Greater Merrow (list)
Seats won		12	9
Seat change		1	9
Percentage		8.2%	6.6%
Swing		0.4%	6.6%
Federal Assembly following the election.
Incumbent Chancellor Matthew Lowe Conservative Chancellor-elect Matthew Lowe Conservative

The 2010 United Isles Federal Election was held on 17 June 2010. Although the Conservative Party of Chancellor Matthew Lowe remained the largest party, its failed to secure an overall majority with its junior coalition partner, the NPP. The entry of the New Right to the Federal Assembly for the first complicated the formation of a new government; all other parties elected to the Assembly refused to cooperate with the party. Kyle Innes, leader of the NPP, proposed that the incumbent administration (in which he served as Foreign Minister) continue as a minority government. However, following three weeks of negotiating, Lowe announced the formation of a Grand Coalition with the Social Democrats.

The election was seen as a disaster for SDU leader Ben Sewell. Although opinion polls in the run-up to the election suggested that he could oust the Conservatives after a single-term in office, the party made marginal gains.