A landslide victory is an

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result in which the victorious candidate or party wins by an overwhelming margin. The term became popular in the 1800s to describe a victory in which the opposition is "buried", similar to the way in which a geological landslide buries whatever is in its path. What constitutes a landslide varies by the type of

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. Even within an electoral system, there is no consensus on what sized margin makes for a landslide.

Notable examples

Argentina

* 2011 Argentine general election – Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of the Front for Victory won a second term as President of Argentina in a landslide victory. She received 54.11% of votes, while no other candidate received more than 16.81%.

Australia

State and territory elections: * 1989 Queensland state election – Wayne Goss led the Labor Party to a historic landslide victory over the Country Party (later known as the National Party) led by

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. The Country Party had been in power for 32 consecutive years; from 1957–1983 the Country Party ruled as the senior partner in a coalition with the Liberal Party, and then from 1983–1989 the Country Party ruled alone. Much of this 32 year period was under 7-term Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen. In the election, Labor won 50.3% of the primary vote and 53.8% of the

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(TPP) vote, and 54 out of 89 seats, despite a system of malapportionment which was designed to keep the Country Party in power. * 2011 New South Wales state election –

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led the Liberal–National Coalition to win 69 out of the 93 seats in the lower house, defeating

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's Labor government. The Coalition had a primary vote of 51.14% and a TPP of 64.22%. *

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–

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led the Liberal National Party (formed from a joining of the National Party and Liberal Party in Queensland) to win 78 seats out of the 89 seats in parliament, defeating

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's Labor government. The Liberal National Party had a primary vote of 49.66% and a TPP vote of 62.8%. *

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– The first-term incumbent Labor

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, led by

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, was re-elected in a landslide victory, winning 55 out of 88 seats in the lower house, an increase of eight seats from the previous election in 2014. The Coalition suffered an 11-seat swing against it, and won 27 seats. With a primary vote of 42.86% and TPP of 57.30%, it tied Victorian Labor's second-best showing at the state level. * 2021 Western Australian state election – Mark McGowan led the Labor Party to win 53 out of the 59 seats in the lower house. The Labor Party had a primary vote of 59.92% and a two-party-preferred vote of 69.68%. The National Party won 4 seats and the Liberal Party won 2 seats, making the National Party the official opposition, the first time they had held this status since the 1940s. Federal elections: * 1931 Australian federal election – Joseph Lyons, leader of the United Australia Party and of the Coalition (which also consisted of the Country Party) won a landslide victory over the single-term Labor government of Prime Minister James Scullin. This was the last time that a government has only served a single term at the federal level. * 1943 Australian federal election – The incumbent Labor Government led by war-time PM John Curtin won a landslide victory over the Coalition led by Country Party leader Arthur Fadden. * 1966 Australian federal election – PM Harold Holt leads his incumbent Coalition Government (now consisting of the Liberal Party and Country Party) to a landslide victory over the Labor Opposition, increasing their majority by a further 10 seats, the Liberals almost won enough seats to govern in their own right without the Country Party. * 1975 Australian federal election – Coalition led by Liberal Party's Malcolm Fraser won a landslide victory over Labor Government led by PM

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Winning 91 out of 127 Seats. * 1983 Australian federal election – Labor led by Bob Hawke wins landslide victory (75 of 125 seats, an increase of 24, and 49.48% of the primary vote) over Coalition Government led by PM Malcolm Fraser *

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– Coalition led by Liberal Party's

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wins landslide victory over Labor Government led by PM Paul Keating, ending 13 consecutive years of Labor government. The Coalition as a whole wins 94 of 148 seats, winning the largest majority government to date in Australian history. The Liberal Party alone wins 75 seats – enough to govern in its own right, however they choose to include the National Party (formerly the Country Party) and the Country Liberal Party in the Coalition Government. * 2007 Australian federal election – Labor led by Kevin Rudd wins landslide victory over Coalition Government led by PM John Howard who had been in office for 11 consecutive years. Not only did the Coalition lose government but John Howard lost his seat. Notable non-landslides: * The

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resulted in a victory for Labor under

, ending 23 consecutive years of Coalition government. However, the result was not a landslide with Labor only winning 67 of 125 seats. * The 2018 Australian federal election, whilst polls showing a Labor victory, was won by the Coalition. The elected Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, became the first to serve a full term in office (serving one and a half terms) since

. * The 2022 Australian federal election resulted in a victory for Labor, ending 9 years of Coalition government. It was a historic loss for the Coalition, which was reduced to just 58 seats of 151 seats, their worst result in 70 years. However, Labor only won a slim majority, 77 of 151 seats. This is because the Coalition losses were split between Labor, teal independents and the Greens, while Labor themselves also lost seats to independents and Greens.

Barbados

In Barbadian general elections, a landslide victory involves a large

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from one party to another as well as one party winning a large

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and 59.45% of the popular vote *

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– The Barbados Labour Party led by

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Owen Arthur won all 28 out of 30 seats in the

and 64.87% of the popular vote. * 2018 Barbadian general election – The Barbados Labour Party led by Opposition Leader

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won all 30 seats in the

and 74.6% of the popular vote. * 2022 Barbadian general election – The Barbados Labour Party led by

won all 30 seats in the

and 69.0% of the popular vote.

Canada

In a Canadian federal election, a landslide victory occurs when a political party gains a significant majority of the

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. Landslide victories may also occur during provincial elections, and territorial elections in

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. Landslide victories are not possible for territorial elections in the

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, and

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, as its members are elected without reference to political parties, operating as a consensus government. National landslide victories The following Canadian federal elections resulted in landslide victories: *

1874 Events January–March * January 1 – New York City annexes The Bronx. * January 2 – Ignacio María González becomes head of state of the Dominican Republic for the first time. * January 3 – Third Carlist War &ndash ...

– The Liberals won 133 seats while the Conservatives won just 73 seats. * 1878 – The Conservatives won 137 seats while the Liberals won just 69 seats. * 1882 – The Conservatives won 139 seats while the Liberals won just 71 seats. * 1900 – The Liberals won 132 seats while the Conservatives won just 81. * 1904 – The Liberals won 139 seats while the Conservatives won just 75. * 1908 – The Liberals won 133 seats while the Conservatives won just 85. *

1911 A notable ongoing event was the race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia. * ...

– The Conservatives won 133 seats while the Liberals won just 86. * 1917 – The Conservatives won 153 seats while the Liberals won just 82. * 1930 – The Conservatives won 137 seats while the Liberals won just 91. *

1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...

– The Liberals won 171 seats while the Conservatives won just 39. * 1940 – The Liberals won 178 seats while the Progressive Conservatives won just 39. * 1949 – The Liberals won 190 seats while the Progressive Conservatives won just 41. *

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– The Liberals won 171 seats while the Progressive Conservatives won just 51. *

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...

– The Progressive Conservatives won 208 seats while the Liberals won just 48. *

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * J ...

– The Liberals won 155 seats while the Progressive Conservatives won just 72. * 1984 – The Progressive Conservatives won 211 seats while the Liberals won just 40. * 1993 – The Liberals won 177 seats while the Bloc Quebecois, which ran only in Québec, won 54. The ruling Progressive Conservatives dropped from 154 to 2. * 2015 – The Liberals led by

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won 184 seats, defeating Conservative Prime Minister

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, who only won 99 seats. Provincial examples *

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–

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defeated the incumbent majority government of

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and the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick, with the Liberals winning every seat in the election. *

2001 British Columbia general election The 2001 British Columbia general election was the 37th provincial election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on April 18, 2001 and ...

– The Gordon Campbell-led

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won all but two seats, defeating the sitting

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government. *

2018 Quebec general election The 2018 Quebec general election was held on October 1, 2018, to elect members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The election saw a landslide victory for the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) led by François Legault, which won 74 of 125 seats, ...

– The populist party Coalition Avenir Québec led by François Legault beat the Quebec Liberal Party, defeating 4-year

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Philippe Couillard.

Costa Rica

* 1919 –

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, leader of the recently victorious anti- Tinoco opposition wins with 89% of the votes over Tinoquista José María Soto. * 1936 – Republican León Cortés Castro wins 60% of support over Octavio Beeche's 34% and

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's 5%. * 1940 – Republican Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia wins with 84%, his two only rivals were

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leader Manuel Mora (9%) and Virgilio Salazar from a local Guanacaste party. *

1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in ...

– Republican Teodoro Picado Michalski wins 75% of the votes over Democratic candidate León Cortes Castro. Republican candidate Calderón re-election in the next year sparks the third and last Costa Rican Civil War. *

– First election after the Civil War, war caudillo José Figueres Ferrer wins 67% of the votes over De=mocratic candidate Fernando Castro Cervantes, after this Costa Rica enters a pretty stable

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. *

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– PLN candidate

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wins with 58% of the votes over Unity Coalition's candidate Rafael Angel Calderon Fournier after the highly unpopular Carazo administration. *

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– In second round

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's candidate Luis Guillermo Solís wins 77% votes over PLN's

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, first ever candidate in reach more than a million votes. *

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– In second round

's candidate

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wins 60% of the votes over 39% reached by far-right National Restoration's candidate Fabricio Alvarado Muñoz

Dominica

* 1980 Dominican general election The Dominica Freedom Party led by Opposition Leader

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won 17 out of 21 seats and 51.34% of the popular vote. * 2009 Dominican general election The Dominica Labour Party led by Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit won 18 out of 21 seats and 61.13% of the popular vote. * 2019 Dominican general election The Dominica Labour Party led by Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit won 18 out of 21 seats and 61.34% of the popular vote.

Fiji

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— the Fiji Labour Party, led by

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, won a landslide victory, winning 37 of the 71 seats in

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(gaining 30 seats). Chaudhry became the country's first Indo-Fijian

. The incumbent, Sitiveni Rabuka (leader of

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), won just eight seats, losing 23. Five other parties also won a total of 26 seats and independents won eight seats. *

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, led by

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, won a landslide victory in the country's first elections since the

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, led by Bainimarama. Bainimarama went on to serve a total of 16 years as Prime Minister, until losing the

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to Sitiveni Rabuka due to a hung parliament and the formation of a coalition between the three opposition parties (the People's Alliance, the

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and the

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France

Only include those after 1958. *

– The Gaullist UDR party, led by future

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Georges Pompidou, wins 354 of 487 seats. * 1981 – The

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(PS) wins 269 out of 481 seats. * 1993 – The liberal conservative coalition RPR– UDF wins 485 or 84% of the 577 seats. * 2002 – Jacques Chirac wins the presidency with 82.1% of the popular vote. His party, the UMP, also won 357 out of 577 seats in the following month’s legislative election. * 2017 -

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won with 66% of the vote, while Marine Le Pen got 33% of the vote.

Grenada

In Grenadian general elections, a landslide victory involves a large

from one party to another as well as one party winning a large

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– The New National Party led by

Keith Mitchell won all 15 seats in the House of Representatives and 62.5% of the popular vote. *

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– The New National Party led by Opposition Leader Keith Mitchell won all 15 seats in the House of Representatives and 58.7% of the popular vote. *

– The New National Party led by

Keith Mitchell won all 15 seats in the House of Representatives and 58.9% of the popular vote.

Hong Kong

Legislative Council elections: * 1991 – The pro-democracy camp won 16 of the 18 directly elected

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seats, with a coalition of the United Democrats of Hong Kong and the Meeting Point taking 14 of the seats. * 1995 – The pro-democracy camp swept 16 of the 20 directly elected geographical constituency seats in which the Democratic Party alone took 12 directly elected seats. * 2021 – The pro-Beijing camp took 89 out of 90 seats in the Legislative Council. Many democratic candidates had been barred from running, and turnout was extremely low. Local elections: * 2019 – The pro-democracy camp seized control of 17 of the 18 District Councils, tripling their seats from about 124 to 389. The pro-Beijing parties and independents won only 61 seats, a loss of 242 seats, received their largest defeat in history.

Hungary

* 2022 – Despite an electoral alliance of almost all opposition parties, Fidesz–KDNP won 88 of the 100 constituencies thus winning a super-majority for the fourth time in a row.

Italy

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– The Union centre-left coalition won the presidency in 12 out of 14 regions that were holding elections that year. After this election the centre-left controlled the presidency in 16 out of Italy's 20 regions. *

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– Incumbent president of Veneto Luca Zaia (Lega) won carrying 76.79% of the vote, five times as many as his main opponent Arturo Lorenzoni's (PD) 15.72%.

Jamaica

In Jamaican elections, a landslide victory involves a large

from one party to another as well as one party winning a large

majority A majority, also called a simple majority or absolute majority to distinguish it from related terms, is more than half of the total.Dictionary definitions of ''majority'' aMerriam-Webster 1983 Jamaican general election Early general elections were held in Jamaica on 15 December 1983. Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p430 The election was effectively ended as a contest when the main opposition party, the People's Na ...

– The Jamaica Labour Party led by

Edward Seaga won all 60 seats in the House of Representatives and 89.7% of the popular vote. The opposition People's National Party boycotted this election. *

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– The People's National Party (PNP) led by

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secured 42 seats to 21 for the Jamaica Labour Party. * 2020 Jamaican general election – The Jamaica Labour Party led by Andrew Holness was re-elected after winning a

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in Parliament.

Mexico

– Left-wing Andrés Manuel López Obrador wins with 53% of the votes, his closest rival is PAN's Ricardo Anaya with 22%, the highest amount of the post-PRI era. Most elections before 2000 had PRI winning by a landslide victory however due to Mexico's de facto one party system at the time, these elections are generally considered to be undemocratic.

New Zealand

Until 1993, New Zealand used the traditional

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system as in the U.K. to determine representation in its

. Thus, landslide elections at that time were defined in an identical fashion, i.e. where one party got an overwhelming majority of the seats. Since 1996, New Zealand has used the

mixed member proportional Mixed-member proportional representation (MMP or MMPR) is a mixed electoral system in which votes cast are considered in local elections and also to determine overall party vote tallies, which are used to allocate additional members to produce ...

system as in Germany, making landslides much less likely. First past the post * – The Liberals won 51 seats and 57.8% of the vote while the Conservatives won 13 seats and just 24.5% of the vote. * – The Liberals won 49 seats and 52.7% of the vote while the Conservatives won 19 seats and just 36.6% of the vote. * – The Liberals won 58 seats and 53.1% of the vote while the Conservatives won 16 seats and just 29.7% of the vote. * – The Reform Party won 55 seats while the Labour & Liberal parties won just 23 seats combined. * – The Labour Party won 53 seats while the

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won just 19 seats. * – The Labour Party won 53 seats while the National Party won just 25 seats. * – The Labour Party won 55 seats while the National Party won just 32 seats. * – The National Party won 55 seats while the Labour Party won just 32 seats. * – The Labour Party won 56 seats while the National Party won just 37 seats. * – The National Party won 67 seats while the Labour Party won just 29 seats. MMP * – The Labour Party won 52 seats while the National Party won just 27 seats. * – The National Party won 59 seats while the Labour Party won just 34 seats. * – The National Party won 60 seats while the Labour Party won just 32 seats. * – The Labour Party won 65 seats while the National Party won just 33 seats (the first time any party won an overall majority under MMP)

Philippines

1953 Philippine presidential election results per province

In 1941, the

Nacionalista Party The Nacionalista Party ( Filipino and Spanish: ''Partido Nacionalista''; ) is the oldest political party in both the Philippines and in Southeast Asia in general. It is responsible for leading the country throughout the majority of the 20th ...

won the presidency, vice presidency, all seats in the Senate, and all but 3 seats in the House of Representatives. This was the biggest landslide in Philippine history. The legislators won't serve until 1945 though, due to World War II. Starting in 1987, the Philippines evolved into a multi-party system, and coupled with the introduction of party-list elections in 1998, no party was able to win a landslide, much less a majority of seats, in the House of Representatives since then. This has also meant that no presidential and vice presidential election winner won a majority of votes, although, in 1998, the winners were described as having landslide victories, despite winning less than a majority of votes, due to large winning margins. Senatorial landslides are more possible though in midterm elections, as voters are usually presented with two distinct choices. The 2022 presidential election was the first landslide since 1987. Presidential and vice presidential elections In the Philippines, while there are presidential tickets, the positions of president and vice president are elected separately. * 1897 –

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won with 57% of the vote. with his other two contemporaries being Andres Bonifacio with 31% and

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having 12% of the vote. *

– Manuel L. Quezon won with 68% of the vote. His running mate, Sergio Osmeña, won with 86% of the vote. Their second placers had 18% and 8% of the vote, respectively. * 1941 – Manuel L. Quezon won with 82% of the vote. His running mate, Sergio Osmeña, won with 92% of the vote. Their opponents had 18% and 8% of the vote, respectively. This was the biggest landslide in an election where major opposition parties participated. *

– Ramon Magsaysay won with 69% of the vote. His running mate, Carlos P. Garcia, won with 63% of the vote. Their opponents had 31% and 37% of the vote, respectively. * 1981 –

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won with 89% of the vote, and won in every province, with the main opposition coalition boycotting the election. This is the largest landslide in history. * 1998 –

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won with 40% of the vote. His main opponent,

Jose de Venecia Jose Claveria de Venecia Jr. (), also known as JDV, Joe De V or Manong Joe (born December 26, 1936), is a former Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, serving from 1992 to 1998 and from 2001 to 2008. As Speaker, he was the ...

, received just 16%, or a margin of 24%. De Venecia's running mate,

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, won with almost 50% of the vote. Her main opponent, Estrada's running mate Edgardo Angara, received just 22%, or a margin of about 28%. * 2022 – Bongbong Marcos won with 59% of the vote. His main rival,

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, got 28% of the vote. Marcos' running mate, Sara Duterte, won with 62% of the vote. Her main rival, Francis Pangilinan, got 18% of the vote. Senate * 1941 –

won all 24 seats in the Senate. This was the only time that the Senate had no members from the opposition. * 1949 – The Liberal Party won all 8 seats contested. * 1951 – The

won all 9 seats contested. *

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– The

won all 9 seats contested. The Nacionalistas then had 21 of the 24 seats in the Senate, leaving the Liberals with none. * 1987 – Lakas ng Bayan won 22 of 24 seats. Their main opponents, the Grand Alliance for Democracy, won 2. * 2019 – The ruling party, Hugpong ng Pagbabago won 9 of the 12 seats contested. Their main opponents, Otso Diretso won no seats. The other 3 seats went to other parties. House of Representatives * 1907 – The

won 59 of 80 seats. The Progresista Party won 16. From 1907 to 1919, the Nacionalistas won every election in large margins, as they advocated Philippine independence from the United States, over their opponents' more conservative approach to the issue. From 1922 to 1935, the Nacionalistas were split into factions, until they were reunited in time for the 1938 election. * 1938 – The

won all 98 seats. This was the only time that the House of Representatives had no members from the opposition. * 1941 – The

won 95 seats. The other 3 seats were won by independents. * 1957 – The

won 82 seats. The Liberal Party won just 19. *

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– The

won 88 seats. The Liberal Party won just 18. * 1978 – The Kilusang Bagong Lipunan won 150 seats. Their opposition Lakas ng Bayan, won no seats. Minor and regional parties won the remaining 15 seats.

Portugal

Legislative Elections * 1987 - The centre-right

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led by Cavaco Silva won 148 out of the 250 seats and 50.2% of the toal voting. The second most voted party, the

would receive just 22.2% of the total voting, falling 28 percentage points behind the winners. * 1991 - Following the success attained in the previous legislative elections, the

led by Cavaco Silva won 135 out of the 230 seats and 50.6% of the toal voting. The

would also rise in voting, receiving 29.1% of the votes, but would still be far short of the Social Democrats. Presidential Elections * 1976 -

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, supported by the center-right and center-left political parties secured 61.6% of the total vote, while the second most voted candidate, FP-25 leader Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, got 16.5% of the vote. * 1991 - Incumbent president Mário Soares, supported by both the

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and the social democrats achieved 70.3% of the total votes, while the second most voted candidate, Basilio Horta secured only 14.2% of the votes. * 2006 -

Aníbal Cavaco Silva Aníbal António Cavaco Silva, Order of Christ (Portugal), GCC, Order of Liberty, GColL, Order of Prince Henry, GColIH (; born 15 July 1939) is a Portuguese economist who served as the 19th president of Portugal, in office from 9 March 2006 to 9 ...

, supported by the center-right parties, secured 50.5% of the votes in the first turn. Second most voted candidate,

socialist Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. As a term, it describes the ...

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would only secure 20.7%. * 2011 - Incumbent president,

, supported by the center-right parties achieved 53% of the total voting, the second most voted candidate,

would only score 19.7%. * 2016 - Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, supported by the center-right parties and benefiting from bigger media exposure than the rest of the candidates secured 52% of the votes in the first turn. Second most voted candidate António Sampaio da Nóvoa would only score 23% of voting. * 2021 - Incumbent president, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, would renew his term receiving 60.6% of the total voting, whilst the second most voted candidate,

MEP

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received only 13% of the votes. Rebelo de Sousa became the first presidential candidate to win in all the municipalities. Regional Elections Alberto João Jardim, member of the

was the president of the

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region from 1978 to 2015. During this period of time, landslide victories for the Social Democrats were the norm. * - Social Democrats took 59.6%, the 2nd most voted party,

took only 22.3% * - Social Democrats took 65.3%, the 2nd most voted party,

took only 15% * - Social Democrats took 67.8%, the 2nd most voted party,

took only 15.3% * - Social Democrats took 62.3%, the 2nd most voted party,

took only 16.8% * - Social Democrats took 56.9%, the 2nd most voted party,

took only 22.6% *

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- Social Democrats took 56.9%, the 2nd most voted party,

took only 24.8% *

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- Social Democrats took 56.0%, the 2nd most voted party,

took only 21.0% *

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- Social Democrats took 53.7%, the 2nd most voted party,

took only 27.4% * 2007 Madeiran regional election - Social Democrats took 64.2%, the 2nd most voted party,

took only 15.4% * -

led by

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took 30 of the 43 seats and 57.4% of the votes, the

would only score 27.2% * -

led by incumbent Azorean regional government president

took 28 of the 43 seats and 56.4% of the votes, the

would only score 24.2%

Samoa

* 2016 - The

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, led by Tuilaʻepa Saʻilele Malielegaoi, won by a landslide victory, winning 35 of the 49 seats in the Legislative Assembly, gaining six seats. The main opposition party, the

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(led by

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) only won three seats, losing 11 seats. Independents won 13 seats.

Slovakia

2012 Slovak legislative election - Vote Strength

* 2012 – Direction – Social Democracy won an absolute majority of 83 out of 150 seats. It was the first time since the

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that a single party formed the government. The early elections followed the fall of Prime Minister Iveta Radičová's Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party-led coalition in October 2011 over a no confidence vote, which her government had lost because of its support for the

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Spain

and

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–

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(PSOE) won two consecutive blowouts, with advantages of 22 and 18 percentage points over the second party, Manuel Fraga's right-wing People's Alliance, which scored just over one hundred seats and won only one region,

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. In 1982, PSOE won over 200 seats, the only time this has been achieved by a sole party. * 2000 – Ruling

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's People's Party (PP) won by 10 percentage points to the PSOE. *2011 – local, regional and national elections were all landslide wins for the then-in opposition

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's PP, winning the national election by a 16 percentage point margin to then-ruling PSOE.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

A landslide victory in the elections of St. Vincent and the Grenadines involves a large

from one party to another as well as one party winning a large

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– The New Democratic Party led by

James Fitz-Allen Mitchell won all 15 seats in the

and 66.3% of the popular vote.

Taiwan

* 1996 presidential election – As the first direct presidential election in Taiwan, the incumbent president Lee Teng-hui of

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won 54% of the votes while Peng Ming-min of the Democratic Progressive Party took only 21.1%. * 2008 legislative election – Kuomintang won 81 seats while the Democratic Progressive Party won 27 seats. * 2008 presidential election – Ma Ying-jeou of

won 58.5% of the votes while Frank Hsieh took only 41.5%. Presidential and Legislative Election held on the same day * 2016 – Tsai Ing-wen representing for the Democratic Progressive Party won 56.1% of the votes while Eric Chu of the

took 31%. In the legislative election, Democratic Progressive Party won 68 seats while Kuomintang won 35 seats. * 2020 – Tsai Ing-wen won a record 8.17 million votes for her second term, representing 57.1% of the popular vote, while Han Kuo-yu of Kuomintang took 38.6%. In the legislative election, the ruling party Democratic Progressive Party won 61 seats while Kuomintang won 38 seats.

Trinidad and Tobago

In Trinidad and Tobago's elections, a landslide victory involves a large

from one party to another as well as one party winning a large

majority A majority, also called a simple majority or absolute majority to distinguish it from related terms, is more than half of the total.Dictionary definitions of ''majority'' aMerriam-Webster People's National Movement The People's National Movement (PNM) is the longest-serving and oldest active political party in Trinidad and Tobago. The party has dominated national and local politics for much of Trinidad and Tobago's history, contesting all elections sinc ...

(PNM) and most Indo-Trinidadians supporting various Indian-majority parties, such as the current

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(UNC) or its predecessors. *

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– The

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led by

Eric Williams won all 41 seats in the House of Representatives and 84.1% of the popular vote. Major opposition parties boycotted this election. * 2010 – The People's Partnership led by Kamla Persad-Bissessar won 29 of the 41 seats in the House of Representatives. The election victory marked a change where the incumbent

party led by Prime Minister Patrick Manning were voted out of power. Tobago *

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– The Tobago Council of the People's National Movement led by Chief Secretary Orville London won all 12 seats in the Tobago House of Assembly and 61.4% of the popular vote.

United Kingdom

Results of the 2019 General Election in the UK v2

In UK General Elections, a landslide victory involves winning a large

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from one party to another as well. Landslide victories have usually occurred after a long period of government from one particular party and a change in the popular mood. In the past a majority of over 100 was regarded as the technical hurdle to be defined as a landslide, as that allows the government freedom to easily enact its policies in parliament. In more recent times, the label 'landslide' has been applied in numerous press articles to victories which would not previously have been regarded as such, for example the

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majority of 80 in 2019. Its current usage is more as political commentary rather than technical definition and is a reflection of the strength of the party's ability to put its programme through parliament. The largest landslide by any single party in the UK parliament, since universal suffrage was introduced, was the majority of 179 won by

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's Labour Party in 1997. Notable landslide election results * 1906 – Henry Campbell-Bannerman led his Liberal Party to victory over Arthur Balfour's Conservative Party who lost more than half their seats, including his own seat in Manchester East, as a result of the large national swing to the Liberal Party (The 5.4% swing from the Conservatives to Liberals was at the time the highest ever achieved). The Liberal Party won 397 seats (an increase of 214) while the Conservative Party were left with 156 seats (a decrease of 246). * 1945 –

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led his Labour Party to victory over

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's Conservative Party, a 12.0% swing from the Conservatives to Labour. Labour won 393 seats (an increase of 239) while the Conservative Party were left with 197 (a decrease of 190). * 1966 –

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led the Labour Party to win 364 seats (an increase of 47) and gained an overall majority of 98 while the Conservative Party won 253 seats (a decrease of 51). * 1983 –

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won her second term in office with a landslide victory for the Conservatives gaining an overall majority of 144 by winning 397 seats (an increase of 38 seats) on 42.4% of the national vote and forcing her main opponent Michael Foot to resign after Labour won 209 seats. * 1987 – Margaret Thatcher won her third term in office with a second landslide victory for the Conservatives gaining an overall majority of 102 by winning 376 seats (a decrease of 21 seats). *

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–

led the Labour Party to win 418 seats (an increase of 145) and gained an overall majority of 179 while the Conservative Party won 165 seats (a decrease of 178). The swing from the Conservatives to Labour was 10.2% and was the second biggest general election victory of the 20th Century after 1931. * 2001 – Tony Blair led the Labour Party win 412 seats (a decrease of 6) and gained an overall majority of 167 while the Conservative Party won 166 seats (an increase of 1). Making Tony Blair the first Labour Prime Minister to serve two consecutive full terms in office. * 2019 –

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led the Conservative Party win a total of 365 seats (an increase of 48) and a majority of 80 seat, the party's largest majority since 1987. It left the Labour Party, who were led by

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, with 202 seats (a decrease of 60, their worst result since 1935). The election led to 54 Labour seats changing to Conservative predominantly in the Midlands and Northern England - some of which had been held by Labour since the first half of the 20th century. Scotland * 2011 Scottish Parliament Election – Alex Salmond led the Scottish National Party to a second term in Scottish Government with unprecedented success when they became the first party in

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to win an overall majority under an electoral system which was supposed to prevent such a result winning 69 seats and led to the holding of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. The Scottish Labour Party only lost 7 seats overall however lost 22 constituency seats to the SNP in their worst result in Scotland for almost thirty years. * 2015 UK General Election (Scotland) – The Scottish National Party led by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon who took over from Alex Salmond following the 2014 Scottish independence referendum won 56 out of 59 Westminster parliamentary constituency seats in Scotland, an increase of 50. The SNP, additionally, achieved 50% of the total votes in Scotland, 30% higher than the previous election. The Scottish Labour Party were reduced to one seat, from 41. The overall swing in Scotland was 23.9% from Labour to the SNP.

United States

A landslide victory in U.S. Presidential elections occurs when a candidate has an overwhelming majority in the Electoral College. *

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( D-R) received 162 (92%) of the electoral votes while Charles Cotesworth Pinckney ( Federalist) received only 14 (8%). Jefferson won 72.8% of the popular vote, the highest margin of victory in any presidential election with multiple major candidates, although several states did not record the popular vote. * 1816 – James Monroe ( D-R) received 183 (83.9%) of the electoral votes while Rufus King ( Federalist) received only 34 (15.6%). * 1840 –

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( Whig) received 234 (79.6%) of the electoral votes while Martin Van Buren ( D) received only 60 (20.4%). * 1852 –

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( D) received 254 (85.8%) of the electoral votes while Winfield Scott ( Whig) received only 42 (14.2%). * 1864 –

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( R) received 212 (90.6%) of the electoral votes while George B. McClellan ( D) received only 21 (9%). * 1872 –

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( R) received 286 (81.9%) of the electoral votes while four candidates split the remaining 66 due to the death of

Horace Greeley Horace Greeley (February 3, 1811 – November 29, 1872) was an American newspaper editor and publisher who was the founder and editor of the '' New-York Tribune''. Long active in politics, he served briefly as a congressman from New York ...

( D). *

1912 Events January * January 1 – The Republic of China is established. * January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens. * January 6 ** German geophysicist Alfred ...

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Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856February 3, 1924) was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, Wilson served as the president of ...

( D) received 435 (81.9%) of the electoral votes while

Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ( ; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26t ...

( Progressive) received 88 (16.6%) and

William Howard Taft William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States (1909–1913) and the tenth chief justice of the United States (1921–1930), the only person to have held both offices. Taft was elected pr ...

( R) received only 8 (1.5%)—the worst showing ever by an incumbent president. Wilson won just 41.8% of the popular vote in the three-way race, compared to 27.4% for Roosevelt and 23.2% for Taft. *

1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...

- Warren G. Harding ( R) received 404 electoral votes, (76.08%) of the electoral vote.

James M. Cox James Middleton Cox (March 31, 1870 July 15, 1957) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 46th and 48th governor of Ohio, and a two-term U.S. Representative from Ohio. As the Democratic nominee for President of the United ...

( D) only received 127 (23.92%). *

1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhano ...

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Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was an American politician who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 and a member of the Republican Party, holding office during the onset of the Gre ...

( R) received 444 (83.6%) of the electoral votes while

Al Smith Alfred Emanuel Smith (December 30, 1873 – October 4, 1944) was an American politician who served four terms as Governor of New York and was the Democratic Party's candidate for president in 1928. The son of an Irish-American mother and a Ci ...

( D) received only 87 (16.4%). *

1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hir ...

– Franklin D. Roosevelt ( D) received 472 (88.9%) of the electoral votes while

( R) received only 59 (11.1%). * 1936 – Franklin D. Roosevelt ( D) received 523 (98.5%) of the electoral votes—the largest share since 1820 and the largest in a non-unanimous election—while Alf Landon ( R) received only 8 (1.5%). Additionally, Roosevelt received 60.8% of the popular vote. * 1940 – Franklin D. Roosevelt ( D) received 449 (84.6%) of the electoral votes while Wendell Willkie ( R) received only 82 (15.4%). *

– Franklin D. Roosevelt ( D) received 432 (81.4%) of the electoral votes while

Thomas E. Dewey Thomas Edmund Dewey (March 24, 1902 – March 16, 1971) was an American lawyer, prosecutor, and politician who served as the 47th governor of New York from 1943 to 1954. He was the Republican candidate for president in 1944 and 1948: although ...

( R) received only 99 (18.6%). * 1952 – Dwight D. Eisenhower ( R) received 442 (83.2%) of the electoral votes while Adlai Stevenson II ( D) received only 89 (16.8%). *

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are kille ...

– Dwight D. Eisenhower ( R) received 457 (86.1%) of the electoral votes while Adlai Stevenson II ( D) received only 73 (13.7%). * 1964 – Lyndon B. Johnson ( D) received 486 (90.3%) of the electoral votes while Barry Goldwater ( R) received only 52 (9.7%). * 1972 –

Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was ...

( R) received 520 (96.7%) of the electoral votes while George McGovern ( D) received only 17 (3.2%). One Republican elector voted for John Hospers of the Libertarian Party. Additionally, Nixon received 60.7% of the popular vote. *

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – In ...

– Ronald Reagan ( R) received 489 (90.9%) of the electoral votes while

Jimmy Carter James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he previously served as th ...

( D) received only 49 (9.1%). * 1984 – Ronald Reagan ( R) received 525 (97.6%) of the electoral votes while Walter Mondale ( D) received only 13 (2.4%). * 1988 – George H. W. Bush ( R) received 426 (79.2%) of the electoral votes while

Michael Dukakis Michael Stanley Dukakis (; born November 3, 1933) is an American retired lawyer and politician who served as governor of Massachusetts from 1975 to 1979 and again from 1983 to 1991. He is the longest-serving governor in Massachusetts history ...

( D) received only 111 (20.8%).

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