2020 Australian federal election

The 2020 Australia federal election was held on 12 April 2020. They were called on 4 February 2020, the day prime minister Charles Frewer resigned. The race was was dubbed the most unpredictable of all time. The UTR was able to win the most seats. The SDU was defeated.

Background
The 2019 federal election was won by the Social Democratic Union. The party was able to get an absolute majority (79 of 150 seats). The Union for a Traditional Republic suffered a clear defeat. Both ME and LDP were able to gain seats. Christopher Fraton became prime minister after the resignation of Frewer however he decided against a run in the election.

Social Democratic Union
Christopher Fraton decided against running for re-election. Instead both Luke Gafrey and Bruce Peday tried to win the leaders seat. On 6th February Gafrey was declared the winner.

Union for a Traditional Republic
Party leader Spike Anderson was re-elected unopposed. He a suffered a defeat in the 2019 election but the party-members decided to keep him as their candidate. His party was the early favorite to win the election but later polls showed a close fight between UTR and SDU. Anderson campaigned for cutting taxes and the annexation of Papua New Guinea.

Movement for the Environment
Party leader Rick Jackson was re-elected unopposed. In the beginning of March the party was able to get more and more support in the polls.

Liberal Democratic Party
Party leader Toby Jossinwer was re-elected unopposed.

Results
The voter turnout was 74%. The UTR was only able to win 3 states but won the general election. The SDU won the remaining 9 states.

Aftermath
The UTR was able to win the most seats in the parliament. Spike Anderson became the 4th prime minister of Australia. The ME was able to win over 7% and 11 more seats. SDU and ME were able to keep a left-leaning majority in the parliament. On 12th April, shortly after the election Anderson formed the Moderate Centrist Group. This was a compromise between the right-leaning president and the left-leaning parliament. On 3rd September the military of Papua New Guinea announced it's defead after a surprise Australian attack. On 5th September the annexation of the country was made official. 6 new states joined Australia. On 6th September the Australian parliament announced to remove Anderson from office.