vote and were ousted from government. In the 2011 Irish general election, the ruling Fianna Fáil party suffered the worst defeat in its history, returning only 20 TDs to the Dáil. The party moved from being the largest party in the Republic of Ireland, to third for the first time ever. Since the formation of the first Fianna Fáil government in 1932, until the 2011 election, Fianna Fáil had been in power for 61 of those 79 years and had always been the largest party in the state (regardless of whether it was in power or not). Many factors caused the electoral meltdown, but chief among them was the collapse of the Irish economy. In addition, its coalition partner, the Green Party lost all of its seats. In the 2012 Japanese general election, the ruling Democratic Party of Japan went down from 308 to 57 seats out of 480 the House of Representatives with 15% of the popular vote and were ousted from government. In the 2017 Bahamian general election – The ruling Progressive Liberal Party led by Prime Minister Perry Christie went from 29 to 4 seats, out of 39 seats the House of Representatives with 39% of the popular vote and were ousted from government. In the 2017 French legislative election, the ruling Socialist Party went down from 286 to 45 seats out of 577. Socialists were ousted from government. In the 2018 Barbadian general election – The ruling Democratic Labour Party led by Prime Minister Freundel Stuart went from 16 to 0 seats, out of 30 seats the House of Assembly with 28% of the popular vote and were ousted from government. In the 2019 Spanish general election, the People's Party went from 127 of the 208 directly elected senators to just 54, falling from a comfortable overall majority of 61% of seats to holding just over 27% of the total, despite the fact that the Spanish electoral system for the Senate all but guarantees at least one seat for the runner-up party in 47 of the 50 provinces. Meanwhile, in the Congress of Deputies, the PP lost all their seats in the Basque Country (down from 2) and were reduced to a single one in Catalonia (down from 5). In the 2020 Belizean general election – The ruling United Democratic Party led by Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber went from 19 to 5 seats, out of