Tulipanist Party

The Tulipanist Party is a party in the Zamotz Union, originally founded in Birkenport, State of Baykonia, Bardonian Empire (Today Baykonia, part of the United Kingdoms of Baykonia and Neubay and the Zamotz Union).

Tulipanist Party of Baykonia (24th April - 28th May 2021)
The Tulipanist Party was founded in Birkenport on the 24th of April 2021. The name of the party, and Tulipanism itself, comes from the tulip, that was a symbol against Bardonian rule in Birkenport. The Tulip was, according to Seved Driets de Honse, a symbol for peace and freedom. The Tulipanist Party would develop along with its ideology of Tulipanism, with both the party and the ideology being very closely connected to each other. The Tulipanist Party would end up last in the Baykonian April 2021 Elections. Despite this, the Tulipanist Party managed to pass some of its own proposals in the council. The Tulipanist Party conceded to the Baykonian Independence Party in the cancelled Baykonian May 2021 Elections, being the last party to do so.

Tulipanist Party of Neubaykonia (28th May 2021 - Present)
Following the Great Migration of Baykonians from Rathnir to Eldham and the subsequent establishment of Neubaykonia, the Tulipanist Party became a major political party in Neubaykonia following the Neubaykonian May 2021 Elections, in which the party would end up in a tie with the Socialist Party in both rounds. This resulted in Seved Driets de Honse and the_holy_dunsparce sharing the position of Prime Minister until the next election. The Tulipanist Party would win a majority in the first round of the Neubaykonian July 2021 Elections however, due to vote splitting between the Liberal Faction and the Conservative Faction of the Party, both having separate candidates, either candidate failed to win a majority needed, thus leading to a second round where the Industrialist Party made an upset by winning the second round with just one vote. Due to his appointment as Viceroy of Neubaykonia, the founder and leader of the party, Seved Driets de Honse, announced his resignation as party leader and withdrawal from the upcoming elections, handing over the leadership of the party to Doctormobe. The Tulipanist Party would lose the Neubaykonian August 2021 Elections, ending up at second place, with the Peoples' Party winning the election. The Tulipanist Party under Doctormobe would end up winning a historic landslide the August 2021 Snap Elections, caused by the political crisis following the secession of Atlechia.

As PM, Mobe pushed for administrative reform and approved the implementation of the Instrument of Government. Mobe also was a vocal opponent of Atlechian annexation as well as the formation of the Zamotz-Helmia union. During his term, the Tulipanist Party became more nationalist, adopting "No more Unions" as a slogan against the perceived entanglement of Baykonia into multiple unions. The Parliament House of Baykonia was constructed under his term as PM.

In an attempt to prevent the inclusion of the Baykonian Commonwealth into a Zamotz-Helmia union, PM Mobe declared secession from the Zamotz Union. This was initially supported by King Seved I, who later questioned the legality of the secession and therefore put the secession into inquiry by the Chamber of Deputies. The Chamber of Deputies voted down secession and Seved later turned against secession after assurances from Peg that there would be no Zamotz-Helmia union. Mobe later resigned the same day, resulting in further snap elections as Baykonians went to the polls for the third time in a month.

The Tulipanist Party contested in the Baykonian Commonwealth Septober Elections with Exenloft as its main candidate. It came in third place.

Following the restoration of Baykonian democracy, the October Elections were held. The Tulipanist Party with Seved Driets de Honse as its candidate won the election with 46.2% of the first round votes, reaching a majority in the second round. His term was relatively uneventful due to his lack of energy and mental disease. De Honse would die from a stroke a week after being elected at age 65. This would spark a new snap election to take place.

The Tulipanist Party came second in the Baykonian Commonwealth October Snap Elections with TheEwokMaster as its candidate.

Since then, the Tulipanist Party has become less relevant, as many have left the party due to disagreements in term of policy as well as the loss of appeal of the Tulipanist Party compared to other candidates, as the Party has struggled to clearly define itself and its leaders have shown less interest in becoming the Prime Minister of Baykonia, opting instead for other positions. However, Tulipanists still retain some power in the Chamber of Deputies, having among the most active deputies there, as well as its leader, Hubert P. de Honse, being the Interim Senator to the Aristii Senate.

Tulipanist Party of Zamotz (August 9th 2021 - Present)
The Tulipanist Party of Zamotz was formed on August 9th 2021 by Seved Driets de Honse. The Tulipanist Party of Zamotz would later unite with the Tulipanist Party of Neubaykonia, with both parties becoming two branches of the Tulipanist Party. The Tulipanist Party of Zamotz paticipated in the August Zamotz Elections with Seved Drietse de Honse as their candidate, although withdrew a few days before the election and endorsed the Shiro Party and its candidate, Mr.Flipkin.

The Tulipanist Party of Zamotz would contest in the September Zamotz Elections with Seved Driets de Honse as their candidate for the second time. They ended up third in the final round after unexpectedly surpassing Alaina Mapi in the previous round.

The Tulipanist Party did not contest in the October Zamotz Elections due to the leader, Seved Driets de Honse, deciding not to contest the election, instead focusing at the election in the Baykonian Commonwealth.

Since then, the Tulipanist Party has lost its interests in Zamotz Politics, but still ran in all Zamotz Elections until its merger with Aristios, as it had become considered a tradition for the head of the Honsiate House to run in the Zamotz Elections as a Tulipanist Candidate.

Platform
The Tulipanist Party runs on a platform based on Modern Tulipanism. The party espouses Liberalism and supports states' rights, the status quo and small business. The Party opposes centralisation and is regarded as a centre-right faction in the Chamber of Deputies.