The 2005 British General Election was held 2 years after the snap election of 2003 as opposed to the usual 5 years because the Parliament elected in 2003 was only elected to serve the remainder of the 5 year term of the previous Parliament. The elections were held alongside the British Senatorial Elections, 2005
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| British Republic general election, 2005 | ||||
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| All 700 seats to the British Legislative Assembly | ||||
| May 5, 2005 | ||||
| Turnout | 70.8% | |||
| First party | Second party | Third party | ||
| Leader | Charles Kennedy | Tony Blair | Michael Howard | |
| Party | [[Social Liberal|Template:Social Liberal/meta/shortname]] | [[Leftist Alliance|Template:Leftist Alliance/meta/shortname]] | [[Conservative Party|Template:Conservative Party/meta/shortname]] | |
| Leader since | 3rd August 2000 | 21 July 1994 | 6 November 2003 | |
| Leader's seat | Highlands | County Durham | Central Kent | |
| Last election | 238 | 335 | 63 | |
| Seats won | 317 | 198 | 102 | |
| Seat change | +79 | -137 | +39 | |
| Popular vote | 10,738,291 | 8,938,182 | 5,102,398 | |
| Percentage | 33.0% | 27.4% | 15.7% | |
| Fourth party | ||||
| Leader | Caroline Lucas | |||
| Party | [[Green Party|Template:Green Party/meta/shortname]]
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| Leader since | 4 April 2002 | |||
| Leader's seat | East Sussex | |||
| Last election | 60 | |||
| Seats won | 71 | |||
| Seat change | +11 | |||
| Popular vote | 4,812,201 | |||
| Percentage | 14.8% | |||
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Previous Prime Minister Prime Minister-elect | ||||
Background[]
The election was held 2 years since the last election, during which time the Ulster Crisis had flared up, the governments perceived bad handling of the crisis combined with the largely popular policies proposed by the Social Liberals had led to the government to lose a large amount of its popularity.
Results[]
The election was won by the Social Liberal Party who won 317 seats and formed a minority government with outside support from the Green Party, however less than a year later Social Liberal Party leader and new Prime Minister Charles Kennedy was forced to resign after being having received treatment for a drinking problem. He was succeeded as Prime Minister by Menzies Campbell.