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Revision as of 16:22, 15 January 2021

2020 Azmaran general election
Azmara
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All 150 seats in the Folksmot
75 seats needed for a majority
Turnout91.02%
Party Leader % Seats ±
Workers' Party Eryk Jorśsun 32.1% 51 -5
Gold Flame Freidrik Aleksaanderssun 19.0% 30 +6
The Radicals Ana Freidriksdohter 13.0% 19 +6
Sotirian Democrats Aansgaar Jonssun 10.4% 16 -6
Green Party Aansgaar Jonssun 9.1% 14 +5
People's Party Hank Hankssun 4.0% 6 -2
Socialist Party Karl Kryssun 3.2% 5 -2
Free Alliance 08 Collective leadership 2.8% 4 +1
Grey Party Niina Karlsdohter 1.7% 3 0
New Azmara Collective leadership 1.2% 2 -3
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Thingspeaker before Thingspeaker after
Charles kennedy (cropped).jpg Eryk Jorśsun
Workers' Party
Sofija Anasdohter
Workers' Party
Official portrait of Angela Rayner MP crop 2.jpg

General elections were held in Azmara on 19 April 2020. All 150 seats in the Folksmot were contested, being elected in eight multi-member constituencies.

As part of a campaign largely dominated by discussion of issues of climate change, especially the ramifications of the Tuaisceart-Süd II pipeline, the result saw significant gains for the left-liberal Radicals and the Green Party, both of whom made opposition to the pipeline and investment in the green economy key parts of their platforms. Both took small portions of the Workers' Party's 2017 support base, yet for the most part the party's support base remained constant.

The election also saw Gold Flame affirm themselves as the leading party of the centre-right, making significant gains, largely at the expense of the Sotirian Democrats, who also saw their support bleed to the regionalist Free Alliance 08 due to their strong anti-devolution stances.

Immediately after the election, the Workers' Party, the Radicals and the Green Party entered negotiations to form a government together, which was marked by dispute between the socially conservative trade unionist side of the Workers' Party with the anti-pipeline activists in both the Radicals and Greens, yet was ultimately resolved in early July as former Interior Minister Sofija Anasdohter was confirmed as Thingspeaker in a confidence vote on the 13th.

Background

Election system

Participating parties

Party Ideology Political position Spitzenkandidat 2015 result In government
Workers' Party Social democracy, pro-Eucleanism Centre-left Eryk Jorśsun
56 / 150
Green tickY
Gold Flame Conservative liberalism, economic liberalism, pro-Eucleanism Centre-right Freidrik Aleksanderssun
24 / 150
Red XN
Sotirian Democrats Sotirian democracy, pro-Eucleanism Centre-right Aansgaar Jonssun
22 / 150
Red XN
The Radicals Social liberalism, green liberalism, Euclean federalism Centre to centre-left Ana Freidriksdohter
13 / 150
Red XN
Green Party Green politics, progressivism, Euclean federalism centre-left Liis Jonsdohter
9 / 150
Green tickY
People's Party National liberalism, right-wing populism, souverainism, Eucloscepticism Right-wing to far-right Hank Hankssun
8 / 150
Red XN
Socialist Party Democratic socialism, left-wing populism, Eucloscepticism Left-wing to far-left Karl Kryssun
7 / 150
Green tickY
New Azmara Multiculturalism, progressivism, intersectionalism centre-left to left-wing Collective leadership
5 / 150
Red XN
Free Alliance 08 Regionalism, federalism centre-left to centre-right Collective leadership
3 / 150
Red XN
Grey Party Pensioners' interests Centre Niina Karlsdohter
3 / 150
Red XN

Campaign

Opinion polling

Results

Government formation and aftermath