2010 Alaskan general election (Napoleon's World)

The Alaskan Duma general election will be held, in local time, between 9 AM and 6 PM in the Empire of Alaska on May 12th, 2010. Reigning Premier Vladimir Putin's term will expire June 6th, so the general election will determine the new Premier. Reigning President of the Duma, Vyacheslav Gorokin, will lead the Conservative Party and its coalition allies, the Christian Party and Industrial Party, against the moderate coalition of Svetlana Karalova's Moderates and Alaskan Expansion parties. The Progress, Liberal, Reform and Socialist parties, in a coalition led by Dmitri Bogonov and Andrey Zhukov are not expected to contend strongly enough to influence the Premiership.

Conservative Coalition
Members:
 * Conservative Party: Vyacheslav Gorokin, the President of the Duma, is the senior party leader and the clear successor for post of Premier from the coalition. His ties to Valenko-era politics has earned him ire among some more liberal voters. The Conservative Party holds 76 of the coalition's 197 seats.
 * Christian Party: Kirill Deleyev leads the Christian Party, which currently holds 44 seats within the coalition. Deleyev has expressed little interest in the Premiership, and has agreed to support Gorokin's candidacy in the general election as coalition leader.
 * Industrial Party: Controlling 37 seats, Boris Subarlov's Industrialists are expected to suffer heavy losses in the upcoming general election do to trouble with unions in areas they traditionally are powerful. Subarlov has publicly stated that he will step down as party leader if the Industrialists have the fewest seats in the coalition following May 12th.
 * Imperial Party: Controlling 20 seats, the Georgi Rossanov-led Imperial Party hopes to hold onto its current seats, but pundits expect at best a loss of two seats and the gain of one, creating a net loss of one seat for a largely irrelevant party.

Centrist Coalition
Members:
 * Moderate Party: The powerful, 101-seat Moderate Party is expecting to make significant gains, hoping to take a huge chunk out of not only the other coalitions' seats, but out of the Conservative Party's itself. If the Moderates hold a majority within a majority coalition, Svetlana Karalova will without doubt become Alaska's first female Premier.
 * Alaskan Expansion Party: The small but resilient ally of the Moderates, the AEP, led by Mikhail Kirunov currently holds 39 seats. They are expected to make serious inroads with voters who typically side with the Industrial Party.

Liberal Coalition
Members:
 * Liberal Party: Out of the 63 seats held by the Liberal Coalition, the Liberal Party holds only 21. The quickly fracturing coalition is currently looking for stronger leadership after eight years of rapid decline and loss of relevance.
 * Progress Party: The 24-seat strong Progress Party is led by Dmitri Bogonov. The Progress Party is in the safest position within the coalition, but will most likely only gain a few seats. Bogonov has suggested that if the hemorrhaging of seats is strong enough in the Liberal Coalition, Progress may switch alliances to the Centrist Coalition.
 * Reform Party: Holding only six seats, the Reform Party of Andrey Zhukov has survived largely due to its leader's sway under the Liberal era of the 1990's. Still, if the Reform Party loses any more seats, the party may be unable to survive - and they are most likely going to be absorbed by Progress.
 * Socialist Party of Alaska: While a once-mighty friend of the labor union, the socialists are rapidly losing relevance, despite their hold of twelve seats. Their seats are mostly safe, and they could make gains at the expense of the Industrial Party due to recent frustration. However, they may soon lose viability if Progress leaves the ever-weakening Liberal Coalition.