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{{Infobox election
| election_name     = Gylian federal election, 2012
| country           = Gylias
| type              = parliamentary
| vote_type         = {{abbr|FP|First preference}}
| ongoing           = no
| turnout           = 95,5%
| previous_election = Gylian federal election, 2008
| previous_year     = 2008
| next_election     = Gylian federal election, 2016
| next_year         = 2016
| seats_for_election= All 500 seats in the [[Gylian Chamber of Deputies|Chamber of Deputies]]
| majority_seats    = 251 Chamber of Deputies seats
| election_date     = 22 January 2012
| party_colour      = no
| party_name        = no
| alliance_name     = no
| image_size        = 125x125px

| image1            = ToniVallas-small.jpg
| colour1           = ED1B34
| leader1           = [[Toni Vallas]]
| party1            = {{G-SDP/meta/shortname}}
| alliance1         = {{G-PA/meta/shortname}}
| leader_since1     = 2011
| leaders_seat1     = [[Envadra Region|Envadra]]
| last_election1    = 70
| seats1            = 90
| seat_change1      = {{increase}} 20
| popular_vote1     = 3.930.508
| percentage1       = 24,6%
| swing1            = {{increase}} 3,9%

| image2            = StéphanieDaniau(small).jpg
| colour2           = 0087DC
| leader2           = [[Stéphanie Daniau]]
| party2            = {{G-PDU/meta/shortname}}
| alliance2         = {{G-NB/meta/shortname}}
| leader_since2     = 2010
| leaders_seat2     = [[Nerveiík-Iárus-Daláyk Region|Nerveiík-Iárus-Daláyk]]
| last_election2    = 68
| seats2            = 86
| seat_change2      = {{increase}} 18
| popular_vote2     = 3.163.579
| percentage2       = 19,8%
| swing2            = {{decrease}} 0,8%

| image3            = <div style="width:112px;"><span style="line-height:109px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:#FFFA00; font-size:37px;"> '''LU'''
| colour3           = FFFA00
| leader3           = Tesa Razliş
| party3            = {{G-NLP/meta/shortname}}
| alliance3         = {{G-LU/meta/shortname}}
| leader_since3     = 2011
| leaders_seat3     = [[Mişeyáke Region|Mişeyáke]]
| last_election3    = 80
| seats3            = 75
| seat_change3      = {{decrease}} 5
| popular_vote3     = 3.243.468
| percentage3       = 20,3%
| swing3            = {{decrease}} 1,9%

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| map_image         = Gylias-elections-federal-2012-map.png
| map_caption       = Plurality of [[Gylian Chamber of Deputies|deputies]] by [[Regions of Gylias|region]]<br>{{colorbox|{{G-PA/meta/color}}|border=darkgray}} {{G-PA/meta/shortname}} {{colorbox|{{G-LU/meta/color}}|border=darkgray}} {{G-LU/meta/shortname}} {{colorbox|{{G-NB/meta/color}}|border=darkgray}} {{G-NB/meta/shortname}} {{colorbox|{{Independent politician/meta/color}}|border=darkgray}} {{G-NI/meta/shortname}} {{colorbox|white|border=darkgray}} Tie

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| title             = [[Prime Minister of Gylias|Prime Minister]]
| before_election   = [[Kaori Kawashima]]
| before_party      = {{G-LU/meta/shortname}}
| posttitle         = [[Prime Minister of Gylias|Prime Minister]] after election
| after_election    = [[Toni Vallas]]
| after_party       = {{G-PA/meta/shortname}}
}}

'''Federal elections''' were held in [[Gylias]] on 22 January 2012, to elect the 500 members of the [[Gylian Chamber of Deputies|Chamber of Deputies]].

[[Toni Vallas]] led the {{G-PA}} to its first plurality victory since [[Gylian federal election, 1969|1969]], putting an end to two decades of {{G-LU}}-led governments. She formed a [[Toni Vallas government|coalition government]] with the {{G-LU}}, {{G-GP}}, and {{G-IRAM}}.

==Electoral system==
The [[Gylian Chamber of Deputies|Chamber of Deputies]] was elected through {{wpl|single transferable vote}}, using the {{wpl|Droop quota}} and 5-member ''circonscriptions'', drawn by [[Elections Gylias]] based on [[Regions of Gylias|regional]] populations.

Parties were not allowed to nominate more than one candidate per seat. Candidates were not allowed to serve in the [[Gylian Senate|Senate]] simultaneously.

==Parties==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size: 80%;"
|-
!colspan="2"|Electoral bloc
!colspan="2"|Party
!Main ideology
|-
| style="background:{{G-PA/meta/color}}" rowspan="5"|
|rowspan="5"|<center>{{G-PA}}<br>(PA)</center>
| style="background:{{G-DCP/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-DCP}} (DCP)
|{{flatlist|
* [[Anarchism in Gylias#Left anarchism|Anarcho-communism]]
* {{wpl|left communism}} }}
|-
| style="background:{{G-SP/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-SP}} (SP)
|[[Socialism in Gylias|Democratic socialism]]
|-
| style="background:{{G-SDP/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-SDP}} (SDP)
|[[Socialism in Gylias#Social democracy|Social democracy]]
|-
| style="background:{{G-DL/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-DL}} (DL)
|[[Communism in Gylias|Council communism]]
|-
| style="background:{{G-LSL/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-LSL}} (LSL)
|{{flatlist|
* [[Anarchism in Gylias#Left anarchism|Anarcho-syndicalism]]
* {{wpl|autonomism}} }}

|-
| style="background:{{G-LU/meta/color}}" rowspan="5"|
|rowspan="5"|<center>{{G-LU}}<br>(LU)</center>
| style="background:{{G-NUP/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-NUP}} (NUP)
|{{flatlist|
* [[Liberalism in Gylias|National liberalism]]
* [[Donatellism]] }}
|-
| style="background:{{G-NLP/meta/color}}"|
|[[National Liberal Party (Gylias)|National Liberal Party]] (NLP)
|{{flatlist|
* [[Liberalism in Gylias|Social liberalism]]
* {{wpl|ordoliberalism}} }}
|-
| style="background:{{G-PRRA/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-PRRA}} (PRRA)
|{{flatlist|
* {{wpl|Radicalism (historical)|Radicalism}}
* {{wpl|reformism}} }}
|-
| style="background:{{G-LLR/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-LLR}} (LLR)
|[[Socialism in Gylias|Liberal socialism]]
|-
| style="background:{{G-FSP/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-FSP}} (FSP)
|{{flatlist|
* [[Anarchism in Gylias#Left anarchism|Market anarchism]]
* {{wpl|Mutualism (economic theory)|mutualism}} }}

|-
| style="background:{{G-CG/meta/color}}" rowspan="5"|
|rowspan="5"|<center>{{G-CG}}<br>(CG)</center>
| style="background:{{G-MCP/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-MCP}} (MCP)
|{{flatlist|
* {{wpl|Centrism}}
* [[Liberalism in Gylias|social liberalism]] }}
|-
| style="background:{{G-RDC/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-RDC}} (RDC)
|{{flatlist|
* {{wpl|Radical centrism}}
* {{wpl|participatory democracy}} }}
|-
| style="background:{{G-RCP/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-RCP}} (RCP)
|{{wpl|Reformism}}
|-
| style="background:{{G-IPR/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-IPR}} (IPR)
|{{flatlist|
* {{wpl|Progressivism}}
* {{wpl|participism}} }}
|-
| style="background:{{G-CCM/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-CCM}} (CCM)
|[[Conservatism in Gylias#Conservative monarchism|Constitutional monarchism]]

|-
| style="background:{{G-NB/meta/color}}" rowspan="5"|
|rowspan="5"|<center>{{G-NB}}<br>(NB)</center>
| style="background:{{G-CNP/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-CNP}} (CNP)
|{{flatlist|
* [[Conservatism in Gylias|Paternalistic conservatism]]
* [[Conservatism in Gylias#Hannaism|Hannaism]] }}
|-
| style="background:{{G-NPR/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-NPR}} (NPR)
|[[Conservatism in Gylias|Liberal conservatism]]
|-
| style="background:{{G-PDU/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-PDU}} (PDU)
|[[Conservatism in Gylias|Progressive conservatism]]
|-
| style="background:{{G-UND/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-UND}} (UND)
|{{flatlist|
* [[Conservatism in Gylias|Liberal conservatism]]
* {{wpl|civic conservatism}} }}
|-
| style="background:{{G-MRR/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-MRR}} (MRR)
||{{flatlist|
* [[Liberalism in Gylias#Conservative liberalism|Conservative liberalism]]
* {{wpl|reformism}} }}

|-
| style="background:{{G-UFP/meta/color}}" rowspan="5"|
|rowspan="5"|<center>{{G-UFP}}<br>(UFP)</center>
| style="background:{{G-PP/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-PP}} (PP)
|{{flatlist|
* {{wpl|Fiscal conservatism}}
* {{wpl|classical liberalism}} }}
|-
| style="background:{{G-IFP/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-IFP}} (IFP)
|{{wpl|Neoliberalism}}
|-
| style="background:{{G-PFG/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-PFG}} (PFG)
|{{wpl|Right-libertarianism}}
|-
| style="background:{{G-FEP/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-FEP}} (FEP)
|{{wpl|Economic liberalism}}
|-
| style="background:{{G-ECM/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-ECM}} (ECM)
|{{flatlist|
* {{wpl|Corporate statism}}
* {{wpl|accelerationism}} }}

|-
| style="background:{{G-RR/meta/color}}" rowspan="5"|
|rowspan="5"|<center>{{G-RR}}<br>(RR)</center>
| style="background:{{G-RWP/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-RWP}} (RWP)
|[[Communism in Gylias|Statist communism]]
|-
| style="background:{{G-WLF/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-WLF}} (WLF)
|{{flatlist|
* [[Socialism in Gylias|Authoritarian socialism]] 
* {{wpl|workerism}} }}
|-
| style="background:{{G-PRV/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-PRV}} (PRV)
|[[Communism in Gylias|Agrarian communism]]
|-
| style="background:{{G-RCR/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-RCR}} (RCR)
|{{flatlist|
* [[Communism in Gylias|Statist communism]]
* {{wpl|Blanquism|putschism}} }}
|-
| style="background:{{G-RMP/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-RMP}} (RMP)
|[[Socialism in Gylias|Statist socialism]]

|-
| style="background:{{G-FROS/meta/color}}" rowspan="5"|
|rowspan="5"|<center>{{G-FROS}}<br>(FROS)</center>
| style="background:{{G-ACFF/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-ACFF}} (ACFF)
|{{wpl|Anti-communism}}
|-
| style="background:{{G-RLN/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-RLN}} (RLN)
|{{wpl|National bolshevism|National communism}}
|-
| style="background:{{G-MNA/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-MNA}} (MNA)
|{{wpl|National anarchism}}
|-
| style="background:{{G-RNM/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-RNM}} (RNM)
|{{wpl|Third Positionism}}
|-
| style="background:{{G-RU/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-RU}} (RU)
|{{wpl|National syndicalism}}

|-
|colspan="2" rowspan="20"|<center>{{G-NI}}<br>(NI)</center>
|-
| style="background:{{G-APP/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-APP}} (APP)
|{{flatlist|
* {{wpl|Animal rights}}
* {{wpl|animal welfare}}
* {{wpl|environmentalism}} }}
|-
| style="background:{{G-ARENA/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-ARENA}} (ARENA)
|{{flatlist|
* {{wpl|Anti-establishment}}
* {{wpl|Kabuki dance|image politics}} }}
|-
| style="background:{{G-FLP/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-FLP}} (FLP)
|{{flatlist|
* [[Socialism in Gylias|Agrarian socialism]]
* {{wpl|Georgism}} }}
|-
| style="background:{{G-FVU/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-FVU}} (FVU)
|{{flatlist|
* {{wpl|Left-libertarianism}}
* [[Anarchism in Gylias#Right anarchism|market anarchism]]
* {{wpl|agorism}} }}
|-
| style="background:{{G-GP/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-GP}} (GP)
|{{flatlist|
* {{wpl|Green politics}}
* [[Socialism in Gylias|eco-socialism]] }}
|-
| style="background:{{G-HP/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-HP}} (HP)
|{{flatlist|
* {{wpl|Humanism}}
* {{wpl|secular humanism}} }}
|-
| style="background:{{G-IRAM/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-IRAM}} (IRAM)
|{{flatlist|
* {{wpl|Political parties of minorities|Minority politics}}
* {{wpl|regionalism (politics)|regionalism}} }}
|-
| style="background:{{G-LND/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-LND}} (LND)
|{{flatlist|
* {{wpl|Free love}}
* {{wpl|LGBT rights}}
* [[Anarchism in Gylias#Lifestylism|anarcho-naturism]] }}
|-
| style="background:{{G-LSDP/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-LSDP}} (LSDP)
|{{flatlist|
* {{wpl|Psychedelia}}
* [[acid communism]] }}
|-
| style="background:{{G-NAF/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-NAF}} (NAF)
|{{flatlist|
* {{wpl|Techno-progressivism}}
* {{wpl|syncretic politics}} }}
|-
| style="background:{{G-NPP/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-NPP}} (NPP)
|{{wpl|Economic nationalism}}
|-
| style="background:{{G-PP-CM/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-PP-CM}} (PP-CM)
|{{flatlist|
* [[Anarchism in Gylias|Synthesis anarchism]]
* {{wpl|big tent}} }}
|-
| style="background:{{G-PPFN/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-PPFN}} (PPFN)
|[[Populism in Gylias|Populism]] (pro-{{wpl|nightlife}})
|-
| style="background:{{G-Pirates/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-Pirates}} (Pirates)
|{{flatlist|
* {{wpl|Pirate politics}}
* {{wpl|direct democracy}} }}
|-
| style="background:{{G-RFS/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-RFS}} (RFS)
|{{flatlist|
* [[Anarchism in Gylias#Right anarchism|Market anarchism]]
* {{wpl|voluntaryism}}
* {{wpl|panarchy}} }}
|-
| style="background:{{G-RJU/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-RJU}} (RJU)
|{{wpl|Spiritual left}}
|-
| style="background:{{G-UI/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-UI}} (UI)
|{{flatlist|
* [[Anarchism in Gylias#Right anarchism|Individualist anarchism]]
* [[Anarchism in Gylias#Right anarchism|market anarchism]] }}
|-
| style="background:{{G-UM/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-UM}} (UM)
|{{flatlist|
* [[Demopolis|Demopolitanism]]
* {{wpl|cosmopolitanism}}
* {{wpl|localism (politics)|localism}} }}
|-
| style="background:{{G-UNR/meta/color}}"|
|{{G-UNR}} (UNR)
|{{flatlist|
* {{wpl|Big tent}}
* {{wpl|direct democracy}}
* {{wpl|participism}} }}
|}

==Background==
[[Kaori Kawashima]] announced on 11 November 2011 that she wouldn't seek a new term in office and would resign as the {{G-LU}}'s [[Gylian English|foresitter]]. Her popularity as [[Prime Minister of Gylias|Prime Minister]] hadn't managed to invigorate the LU, which increasingly faced criticism that it lacked ideas and had been leading the government too long.

Virtually all {{wpl|electoral bloc}}s went into the election with new leaders: the {{G-PA}} was now led by [[Toni Vallas]], while the {{G-NB}} saw [[Stéphanie Daniau]] replace long-serving opposition leader [[Eiko Fujimura]].

With GDP growth averaging 3,2% under Kaori and few immediately pressing international matters after the [[Zemplen War]]'s end, the public expected another largely tranquil election.

==Campaign==
Much attention during the campaign was focused on the contest between frontrunners [[Toni Vallas]] and [[Stéphanie Daniau]] — both among their blocs' youngest leaders, and vying to plot a new course for Gylias after 2 decades of [[Liberalism in Gylias|liberal]] dominance.

Toni focused her campaign on {{wpl|eco-socialism}} and worked to court support from leftist {{G-NI}}, particularly the {{G-GP}}. Stéphanie sought to build on the {{G-NB}} revival overseen by her predecessor [[Eiko Fujimura]] and reach out to younger voters.

==Results==
In accordance with electoral law, the results were embargoed until the full counting and transfers were completed, and were released all at once on 25 January.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size: 100%;"
|-
|colspan=2|
|colspan=5|[[File:Gylias-elections-federal-2012-D.svg|center|300px]]
|-style="background:#e9e9e9;"
!colspan=2 rowspan=2 style="text-align:left"|Parties and blocs
!colspan=5|[[Gylian Chamber of Deputies|Chamber of Deputies]]
|-
! {{abbr|FPV|First preference votes}}
! %
! ±
! Seats
! ±
|-
| style="background:{{G-PA/meta/color}}"|
| style="text-align:left;"| {{G-PA}}
| 3.930.508
| 24,6%
| {{increase}} 3,9%
| 90
| {{increase}} 20
|-
| style="background:{{Independent politician/meta/color}}"|
| style="text-align:left;"| {{G-NI}} and {{wpl|Independent politician|independents}}
| 3.339.334
| 20,9%
| {{decrease}} 0,3%
| 183
| {{decrease}} 33
|-
| style="background:{{G-LU/meta/color}}"|
| style="text-align:left;"| {{G-LU}}
| 3.243.468
| 20,3%
| {{decrease}} 1,9%
| 75
| {{decrease}} 5
|-
| style="background:{{G-NB/meta/color}}"|
| style="text-align:left;"| {{G-NB}}
| 3.163.579
| 19,8%
| {{decrease}} 0,8%
| 86
| {{increase}} 18
|-
| style="background:{{G-CG/meta/color}}"|
| style="text-align:left;"| {{G-CG}}
| 2.109.053
| 13,2%
| {{decrease}} 0,7%
| 64
| {{steady}}
|-
| style="background:{{G-UFP/meta/color}}"|
| style="text-align:left;"| {{G-UFP}}
| 111.844
| 0,7%
| {{decrease}} 0,2%
| 2
| {{steady}}
|-
| style="background:{{G-RR/meta/color}}"|
| style="text-align:left;"| {{G-RR}}
| 63.911
| 0,4%
| {{steady}}
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| style="background:{{G-FROS/meta/color}}"|
| style="text-align:left;"| {{G-FROS}}
| 15.978
| 0,1%
| {{steady}}
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
!colspan="7"|
|-
|colspan="2" style="text-align:left"|'''Total'''
|'''15.977.673'''
|'''100%'''
|—
|'''500'''
|—
|-
|colspan="2" style="text-align:left"|'''Registered voters and turnout'''
|16.880.787
|95,5%
|}

===Analysis===
The big winner on the night was the PA, which saw a nearly 4% increase in its first preference vote and a gain of 20 seats, producing its first plurality since [[Gylian federal election, 1969|1969]]. The NB had a similarly strong performance, turning a fourth place finish and minor decline in first preference votes into a gain of 18 seats, bringing them only 4 seats short of the PA.

The {{G-NI}} remained solidly in second place, overcoming a loss of 33 seats.

Notable on the map was the larger number of pluralities by established blocs, mainly at the expense of the non-inscrits. The PA won over enough left wing support to gain pluralities in [[Mişeyáke Region|Mişeyáke]] and [[Tomes Region|Tomes]], while coming second in [[Nezyál Region|Nezyál]]. The NB gained a plurality in [[Herlan Region|Herlan]], against close competition from the PA and non-inscrits, and in [[Tandar Region|Tandar]].

==Aftermath==
The new Parliament was sworn in on 1 February 2012. The [[Toni Vallas government]] was formed, a coalition of the {{G-PA}}, {{G-LU}}, {{G-GP}}, and {{G-IRAM}}. This was Gylias' first federal {{wpl|traffic light coalition}}.

{{Gylian elections}}

[[Category:Gylian elections]]