2021 Estmerish general election

2021 Estmerish general election

27 May 2021
All 600 seats in the Chamber of Commons 301 seats needed for a majority
Leader Reginald Wilton-Smyth Zoe Halivar Esther Bennett Party SDU SDCP Reform Leader since 23 April 2018 22 May 2016 11 October 2014 Leader's seat Newchurch and Harrendole Harbrough Hillside Tolbury Outer Last election 216 187 101 Current seats 215 184 99 Seats needed 86 117 202   Leader George Avery Sara Hall-Brookes (Lead Candidate) Aelfwin Stringer Party Estmere First Greens Party of the Swathish Leader since 11 August 2018 7 April 2015 15 August 2009 Leader's seat Bouley North East Tendersea Holdenshire Wilds Last election 35 29 15 Current seats 29 29 15 Seats needed 272 272 286
Incumbent Prime Minister Reginald Wilton-Smyth SDU

The 2021 Estmerish general election will be held on 27 May 2021. It is a snap election, called by Prime Minister Reginald Wilton-Smyth. All 600 Members of Parliament in the Chamber of Commons will be elected.

Following 2018, the next election was not scheduled until 2022. Reginald Wilton-Smyth made the call for a snap election on 14 April 2021, and Parliament voted in favour on 15 April. Campaigning unofficially began with the start of purdah on 18 April, but the campaign officially began with the dissolution of Parliament on 25 April. The ruling Sotirian Democratic Union led by Wilton-Smyth, their coalition partners the Reform Party led by Esther Bennett and the Social Democratic and Co-operative Party under Zoe Halivar are considered the main parties running in the election.

Minor national parties running in the election include Estmere First led by George Avery, the Greens led by Sara Hall-Brookes and Nathan Coutanche, and ESWI led by Ted Barnes, while relevant regionalist parties include the Party of the Swathish led by Aelfwin Stringer and the Aldman Democratic Alliance led by Annika Schröder. A number of new parties are also contesting the election, such as Vox Estmere, future.es and the Senior Citizens Countryside Alliance.

Polling day is 27 May, and full results are likely to be announced 28 May after list votes have been taken into account.

Background

The previous 2018 election saw the governing Sotirian Democratic Union gain seats, with newly-elected leader Reginald Wilton-Smyth seen to have breathed new life into the party. The party continued their coalition deal with the Reform Party under Esther Bennett, but the opposition Social Democratic and Co-operative Party under Zoe Halivar also advanced in the election, emerging stronger than before.

Gambled pensions scandal

Main article: Estmerish missing pensions scandal

News of the gambled pensions scandal broke on 8 February 2021, when Penny Dorchester of the Economic Review published an article which relayed information from an anynomous whistleblower from the Treasury, revealing that government records showed discrepencies between annual pensions contributions and the overall ringfenced pension pot, suggesting that a quarter of the fund was missing. Both the Review and Leader of the Opposition Zoe Halivar asked the Prime Minister where the money was, with Halivar raising the issue in Prime Minister's Questions, and the SDCP leader called for a transparent public investigation. The Prime Minister initially dismissed the claims as "baseless yellow journalism".

On 24 February 2021 The Chartist reported that another whistleblower had contacted them, revealing that the pensions had been "gambled" in a risky stock market investment against the advice of the Treasury. The money had been invested with Frobisher-Green Management, which defaulted on its debts earlier in the month. At least €3.5 billion had been lost in the investment. Polls showed that the public did not believe that the claims were "baseless", as the PM had suggested. On 25 February, in response to the allegations, the government released a statement on the scandal, which was seen as underwhelming, urging the public not to panic and to trust in the process. Halivar once again called for an investigation and asserted that public trust was diminishing.

Mortimer's leadership challenge

Main article: 2021 Sotirian Democratic Union leadership election

On 9 March, Jon Mortimer resigned as Secretary of State for Health and Social Affairs in opposition to Wilton-Smyth's handling of the pensions scandal. Supported by a number of SDU grandees, Mortimer lodged a formal leadership challenge with the SDU organising committee on 14 March, which led to a closed leadership election beginning on 16 March between Mortimer and Wilton-Smyth. Wilton-Smyth narrowly won the contest on 29 March, but a majority of SDU federal MPs voted for Mortimer, which was seen as Wilton-Smyth having lost their confidence.

Though Wilton-Smyth won the contest, it was seen to have damaged his government. He was seen to have lost the support of his backbenchers, and his coalition partners were reportedly seeking out a new coalition deal with the opposition under Halivar. Cabinet unity had also been damaged during the contest. The government therefore announced late in the evening on 13 April that they would be making an announcement the day after, and it was then that Wilton-Smyth called for a snap general election on 14 April, reportedly aiming to catch the opposition off-guard. Parliament voted in favour of a snap election on 15 April.

Electoral system

Elections to the Chamber of Commons use the Additional Member System, or AMS for short. AMS is a mixed system that is semi-proportional. Voters have two votes. One vote for a local constituency, and one vote for their preferred party in a party list for each constituent entity. List seats are allocated through the Boeri method, with the winners of the constituency seats taken into account.

To be eligible for list seats, parties must pass an electoral threshold of 2.5% of the vote in any of the constituent entities.

There are 600 total elected members of the Chamber. Of these, 400 members are elected through first-past-the-post constituency seats, with the remaining 200 members elected through party list.

301 seats are required for a majority. The party that recieves the most votes usually forms the government, but due to the proportional nature of the system it is unlikely for a single party to recieve a majority on its own. As such, coalition governments and minority government are common, and it is possible for the largest party to be excluded from government.

The 2021 election will use the constituency boundaries first drawn for the 2012 general election. This will be the fourth general election to use these constituency boundaries. The constituencies are overdue for a boundary review, with new boundaries legally-required before 2022, and so it is likely this will be the last general election to use these constituency boundaries.

Voting eligibility

In order to vote in the election, voters had to meet the criteria to be considered eligible, and register to vote before midnight 13 May, two weeks prior to polling day. Eligible voters had to be;

• aged 18 or older on polling day
• an Estmerish or Euclean Community citizen
• permanently resident in Estmere, or owning property in Estmere
• not excluded due to legal reasons, such as;
  • being convicted of a crime or being in contempt of court
  • being an apolitical member of the Chamber of Peers

Voters could be registered to multiple constituencies through multiple residences, but can only vote in one constituency. Overseas voters vote as if living at their last Estmerish address.

Timetable

Key dates in the election are listed below:

14 April 2021	Prime Minister Reginald Wilton-Smyth announced his intention to hold a snap election
15 April 2021	Bill to dissolve Parliament for an early election passes the Chamber of Commons
18 April 2021	Purdah begins
25 April 2021	Parliament is officially dissolved for the election by President Alice Roberts
25 April 2021	Campaigning officialy begins
27 April 2021	First televised debate
29 April 2021	Deadline for party list nominations
30 April 2021	Deadline for constituency candidate nominations
12 May 2021	Last day to register to vote
27 May 2021	Polling day
28 May 2021	Preliminary election results announced
1 June 2021	Official election results announced
3 June 2021	First meeting of the next Parliament

Parties

Main article: List of political parties in Estmere

At the end of the 2018 parliament, eight political parties had representation in the Chamber of Commons. The three largest parties in Estmere are the Sotirian Democratic Union, the Social Democratic and Co-operative Party and the Reform Party, together comprising just under 85% of the seats in the Chamber, and it is widely expected that these parties will come out on top after the election.

Other relevant national parties include Estmere First, the Greens and the Estmerish Section of the Workers' International, all of which currently have Parliamentary representation. A number of smaller, newer parties are also contesting a national election for the first time, including Vox Estmere, future.es and the Senior Citizens Countryside Alliance. Two regionalist parties, the Party of the Swathish and the Aldman Democratic Alliance, are contesting a select number of constituency seats based on the distribution of Swathish and Aldman speakers respectively.

Name		Ideology	Leader(s)	2018 general election result			Seats at dissolution
				Votes (%)		Seats
				Constituency	Party list
	Sotirian Democratic Union	Conservatism Sotirian democracy	Reginald Wilton-Smyth	36.8	35.6	216 / 600	215 / 600
	Social Democratic and Co-operative Party	Social democracy Democratic socialism	Zoe Halivar	33.7	30.9	187 / 600	184 / 600
	Reform Party	Liberalism Social liberalism	Esther Bennett	15.8	16.7	101 / 600	99 / 600
	Estmere First	Right-wing populism Estmerish nationalism	George Avery	4.3	5.8	35 / 600	29 / 600
	Greens	Green politics Progressivism	Sara Hall-Brookes Nathan Coutanche	3.9	4.9	29 / 600	29 / 600
	Party of the Swathish	Swathish nationalism Social democracy	Aelfwin Stringer	2.5	2.6	15 / 600	15 / 600
	Estmerish Section of the Workers' International	Council socialism Anti-capitalism	Ted Barnes	2.0	2.5	15 / 600	14 / 600
	Aldman Democratic Alliance	Aldman regionalism Social liberalism	Annika Schröder	0.4	0.4	2 / 600	2 / 600
	Vox Estmere	Euclofederalism Social liberalism	Marcello Schipani Kat Rodham	–	–	Did not exist	0 / 600
	future.es	Future politics E-democracy	Nate Foreman	–	–	Did not exist	0 / 600
	Senior Citizens Countryside Alliance	Pensioners' interests Agrarianism	Dorris Tippery	–	–	Did not exist	0 / 600

Campaign

An SDCP rally in Bouley in April. Rallies are common in Estmerish election campaigns.

The campaign officially began on 25 April, but some 'light' campaigning had started as soon as purdah began on 18 April.

Reform and Estmere First both launched their campaigns on 26 April, in Colton and St Richards respectively. The Reform Party focused the launch of their campaign on their "moderating influence" on the SDU-led coalition, and pointed to a number of government successes in departments headed by their ministers. Estmere First started their campaign with a pledge to reduce net immigration to 0%.

The first television debate between party leaders was held on 27 April, hosted by EBS News, and subject to EBS broadcasting regulations. Aelfwin Stringer of the Party of the Swathish criticised the regulations as "unfair" to regionalist parties. The debate was described as "messy", and polls showed that no party leader was considered to have won the debate by a majority of voters. Halivar was rated marginally ahead of the other candidates.

Most major parties launched their official campaigns in the last week of April. The SDCP officially launched their campaign on 29 April, promising to resolve the pensions scandal and tackle the housing crisis, in order to bring "real change" to Estmere. The SDU, Greens and ESWI all launched their campaigns officially on 30 April. The SDU promised to continue the economic recovery and to mtaintain Estmere's presence abroad in support of liberal democracy. The Greens promised to tackle climate change, and ESWI promised to end austerity.

Estmere First launched their manifesto on 15 May, with George Avery pledging to drop the Euclo, require companies to advertise jobs to Estmerish citizens first, enact a referendum on restoring the death penalty, prmote Estmerish pride in schools, stop foreign aid payments, end same-sex marriage, protect single-sex spaces and promote Estmere as a Sotirian country.

SDU manifesto cover.

SDCP manifesto cover.

On 18 May, Reginald Wilton-Smyth released the SDU manifesto entitled Sensibility and Spine in Colton, revealing the party's platform. Headline policy committments included a freeze on VAT, a comprehensive reform of inheritance tax, the capping of yearly net immigration at 75,000, a promise to 'foster national pride' in the Estmerish curriculum, and an opposition the 'federalisation' of the Euclean Community. The manifesto also pledged to cap benefit payments, lift the tax bracket for poorer earners, protect Estmerish manufacturers, reform immigration law to allow for the deportation of immigrants who commit crimes, and opposition to Tsabaran refugee quotas. The party also promised to repay pensions lost in the pensions scandal.

ESWI leader Ted Barnes launched his party's campaign on the morning of 19 May, swiftly followed by Sara Hall-Brookes and Coutanche of the Greens in the afternoon. Barnes committed his party to dropping the Euclo, abolishing private healthcare providers, introducing a wealth tax, withdrawing from the Tsabaran conflict, abolishing tuition fees, banning conversion therapy and tackling poor working conditions in the gig economy. The party was criticised by Qadir Jabbar of TSWI for opposing involvement in the Tsabaran conflict, against a "functionalist and religious extremist state".

The Green manifesto promised to fund a transition to green energy by raising the top rate of income tax, to introduce tax breaks for carbon netural companies, to legalise marijuana, to introduce an animal rights charter, to work for an EC-wide green new deal and to support self-identification for transgender and non-binary people. Hall-Brookes confirmed that she was their candidate for PM, with Coutanche being deputy PM candidate.

Zoe Halivar launched the SDCP's manifesto in Sheaford on 20 May, pledging to "change the country for the better". The SDCP manifesto claimed to emphasise equality, justice and competence, with a number of headline policies, including widespread infrastructure investment, a resolution to the pensions scandal which restored public pensions, a house building campaign to tackle the housing crisis, a committment 'cradle to grave' education and healthcare, prison reform, a reversal of local government cuts, and a number of social reforms including non-binary gender recogntion, increased accessibility and linguistic pluralism, including motions to make Aldman and Estmerish Sign Language national languages.

In their manifesto, launched 21 May, the Reform Party pledged to institute a plastic bag tax to tackle littering, to protect the squeezed middle with no income tax rises, to legalise marijuana, fully devolve the curriculum to the states, open grammar schools up to more student from low-income backgrounds, and ensure disabled people have access to job interviews.

The third EBS News debate on 21 May focused on social policy, and saw leaders from six major national parties answer public-submitted questions related to gender recognition, conversion therapy, disability rights, responding to prejudice, and tackling inequality. The debate became notable when the first question related to the LGBT-free zones in Etruria, with Wilton-Smyth's response seen negatively.

Voters' opinion of party leaders was identified as an increasingly important component of the campaign, seemingly in contrast with prior elections. Polling undertaken by Peer Sootland identified that Halivar was associated with more positive terms, such as "honest" and "competent", than Wilton-Smyth, who was more likely to be identified as "incompetent" or "smug". It has been suggested that a reasoning for this is Wilton-Smyth's handling of the pensions scandal, which narrowed his appeal as he was no longer seen as economically competent. Notably, perceptions of the party leaders correlated with age, with younger voters more positive of Halivar and older voters more positive of Wilton-Smyth, suggesting that age might be playing an important part in predicting voting intention.

Television debates

A number of televeision debates were held. For all debates held on any channel or service run by the Estmerish Broadcasting Service, broadcasting regulations dictated that party leaders were invited only if they were standing across the country and already maintained seats in Parliament or had consistently, for at least three contintuous months, polled higher than the electoral threshold of 2.5% in opinion poll averages. This meant that the Party of the Swathish and the Aldman Democratic Alliance, despite holding seats in Parliament, were not eligible to take part.

2021 Estmerish general election debates

Date	Organisers	Moderator(s)	Subject	P  Present   S  Surrogate   NI  Not invited   A  Absent invitee  INV Invited
				SDU	SDCP	Reform	Estmere First	Greens	ESWI	PS	Ref.
27 April	EBS News	Emily Ford	Leaders' debate	P Wilton-Smyth	P Halivar	P Bennett	P Avery	P Hall-Brookes	P Barnes	NI
30 April	NITV	Paul Shanelly	"Big three" leaders' debate	P Wilton-Smyth	P Halivar	P Bennett	NI	NI	NI	NI
3 May	NITV Weald	Richard Gunnarsson	Debate in the Swathish language	P Wilton-Smyth	P Halivar	P Bennett	A	S Haroldson	P Barnes	P Stringer
7 May	EBS News	Emily Ford	Foreign policy	P Wilton-Smyth	P Halivar	P Bennett	P Avery	P Hall-Brookes	P Barnes	NI
11 May	NITV d'Estme	Julia Montfort	Debate in the Flurian language	P Wilton-Smyth	P Halivar	P Bennett	P Avery	P Coutanche	P Barnes	NI
13 May	NITV	Paul Shanelly	Smaller party leaders' debate	NI	NI	NI	P Avery	P Hall-Brookes	P Barnes	P Stringer
17 May	EBS/University of Morwall	Emily Ford	Young voters	P Wilton-Smyth	P Halivar	P Bennett	S Thomson	P Hall-Brookes	P Barnes	NI
21 May	EBS News	Emily Ford	Social policy	P Wilton-Smyth	P Halivar	P Bennett	P Avery	P Hall-Brookes	P Barnes	NI
25 May	NITV	Paul Shanelly	Leaders' debate	P Wilton-Smyth	P Halivar	P Bennett	P Avery	P Hall-Brookes	P Barnes	P Stringer

Controversies

A number of controversies emerged during the election campaign.

On 28 April, the Morwall SDU was criticised for posting misleaing lefleats, branded with the Greater Morwall Council logo, to potential voters, warning them of a 19.7% tax hike by the Council, supported by Zoe Halivar. The leaflets were reported on 30 April by the SDCP for being "clearly fictious and fraudulent". The Electoral Processes Commission determined the leaflets to be fraudulent devices on 4 May, suspending the Morwall SDU's campaign and deducting 10% of their campaign chest in the form of a fine.

On 2 May, Alison Cooper, the SDCP candidate for Tootle and Harwich, was reported to the Electoral Processes Commission by the SDU for alleged treating, after she posted an image on Chirper of a box of cookies being given to a voter. On 5 May the EPC declared that the incident did not qualify for action, as the cookies had been given to SDCP members campaigning for the party, not independent voters.

Endorsements

A number of organisations, individuals and newspapers have made endorsements on behalf of parties and individual candidates in the election.

Notably, a significant number of heads of governments of Euclean Community members nations associated with the Pink Wave made unprecedented interventions in the election to support their preferred candidate for Prime Minister, Zoe Halivar, and her party. This has been described as part of a 'federalisation' of Euclean politics. It has been suggested that part of the reason for this is that other ASE parties hope to capitalise on the momemtum of the SDCP in a 'pink renaissance' to win electoral contests in their own countries.

Newspapers and magazines

National newspapers

Newspaper	Endorsement		Notes
The Chartist		Social Democratic and Co-operative Party
Daily Times		Sotirian Democratic Union
Economic Review		Social Democratic and Co-operative Party	Advised readers "vote for the anti-SDU candidate most likely to win in your constituency". Supported Zoe Halivar to become PM.
The Express		Sotirian Democratic Union
Red Sunday		Social Democratic and Co-operative Party
The Standard		None	Called for readers to vote for "moderate SDU candidates" to "push Mr Wilton-Smyth" to resign.
Witterite News		Social Democratic and Co-operative Party

National political magazines

Newspaper	Endorsement		Notes
May Day		Social Democratic and Co-operative Party	Left-wing political magazine
The Nation		Sotirian Democratic Union	Right-wing political magazine

Other national publications

Newspaper	Endorsement		Notes
Cultural Review		Social Democratic and Co-operative Party	Weekly culture and arts magazine
Mode		Social Democratic and Co-operative Party	Weekly fashion magazine
Reverb		Social Democratic and Co-operative Party	Bi-monthly rock music magazine
Teen Mode		Social Democratic and Co-operative Party	Weekly fashion magazine aimed at young people
Wow!		Social Democratic and Co-operative Party	Bi-monthly pop music magazine

Local newspapers

Newspaper	Endorsement		Notes
The Damesbridge Herald		Social Democratic and Co-operative Party	Weekly newspaper covering Damesbridgeshire
The Dunwich Echo		Social Democratic and Co-operative Party	Daily newspaper covering Dunwich and the wider Dunwich County
Flurland News		Sotirian Democratic Union	Daily newspaper covering the constituent entity of Flurland
The Morwall Chronicle		Social Democratic and Co-operative Party	Daily newspaper covering the constituent entity of Greater Morwall
St Richards Times		Sotirian Democratic Union	Daily newspaper covering the city of St Richards
The Swathish National		Party of the Swathish	Daily newspaper covering the constituent entity of Wealdland
Wealdland Post		Social Democratic and Co-operative Party	Daily newspaper covering the constituent entity of Wealdland

Foreign newspapers

Newspaper	Endorsement		Notes
The Continental		None	Advised readers to "vote for pro-Euclean candidates [and] parties".
The Hamptonshire Post		Social Democratic and Co-operative Party	Estmerish-language Alslandic newspaper.
The Norland Post		Social Democratic and Co-operative Party	Estmerish-language Borish newspaper.
Today		Sotirian Democratic Union	Estmerish-language version of Alslandic newspaper Hjoed.
Westhaven Journal		None	Estmerish-language Borish newspaper.

Individuals

Aldman Democratic Alliance

• Haiko Posthuma, Weranian politician and leader of the Aldman People's Party

Estmere First

• Alfred Boulanger, Gaullican politician and leader of the National Front

Reform Party

• Coralie Barreau, Gaullican politician and co-leader of the PRCP
• Zacharie Blanchard, Gaullican politician and co-leader of the PRCP
• Penny Dorchester, journalist and economist (Also endorsed the SDCP)
• Abigail Kynd, journalist
• Matt LePonde, journalist
• Jimmy O'Reilly, Caldish politician and former Taoiseach of Caldia

Social Democratic and Co-operative Party

• Sofija Anasdohter, Azmaran politician and incumbent Thingspeaker of Azmara
• Alexandra Aurelia, Amathian politician and leader of the League of Equalists and Democrats
• Baba Baba, indie rock band
• Andrew Bohn, Nuvanian politician and incumbent Chief Minister of Nuvania
• Len Dawson, journalist
• Monique Degar-Abdulrashid, Gaullican politician and incumbent President of Gaullica
• Desert Apes, rock band
• Auro De Maio, Etrurian-born actor
• Penny Dorchester, journalist and economist (Also endorsed the Reform Party)
• Ian Durras, rugby player
• Esmeralda Falcão, Paretian politician and leader of the Social Democrats of Paretia
• Jonathan Fraser, Alslandic politician and former Premier of Alsland
• Gustzy, musician
• Anna Harrington, musician
• Luise Höcherl, Weranian politician and leader of the SRPO
• Clara Hverman, Borish politician and leader of the New Left
• Eryk Jorśsun, Azmaran politician and former Thingspeaker of Azmara
• Just Tell Me, rock band
• Annie Kendall, journalist and activist
• Dani Leiberman, actor and activist
• Stiofán Mac Suibhne, Caldish politician and incumbent Taoiseach of Caldia
• Cate Marshal, journalist
• Irena Mesić, Slirnian politician and incumbent Premier of Slirnia
• Louis Matthew Montgomery, composer and playwright
• Ottila Möller, Alslandic politician and incumbent Premier of Alsland
• Periodic Ways, rock band
• Brooke Richards, television producer and screenwriter, creator of Faculty
• Martina Scott, Alslandic politician and former Premier and President of Alsland
• Gopal Singh, journalist
• Suspa, musician
• Mathéo Turzyna, Gaullican politician and incumbent Premier of Gaullica
• Salenna Tyson, actress
• Jean Vallette, Gaullican politician and former President of Gaullica
• Rupert van Bleiswijk, Hennish politician and incumbent Premier of Hennehouwe
• YBRV, musician
• Vivi, musician
• Bonne Zijlstra, Alslandic politician and former President of the Euclean Community

Sotirian Democratic Union

• Amy Alehome, journalist
• Edward Bates, journalist
• Isilda Cerqueira, Paretian politician and incumbent Premier of Paretia
• Hugo-Noël Devereaux, Gaullican politician and former President of Gaullica
• Augustin De Troumpe, Gaullican politician and former Cabinet minister
• Lilliana Elliott, Alslandic politician and former Premier of Premier of Alsland
• Rob Little, journalist
• Pádraig Mac Piarais, Caldish politician and leader of the Liberty Party
• Bartholomäus Stobrawa, Weranian politician and incumbent Minister-President of Cislania
• Alan Rickman, journalist
• Vittoria Vasari, Etrurian politician and incumbent Vice President of Etruria
• Albert Lucas Winson, composer and playright
• Dietrich Wittmann, Weranian politician and former Chancellor of Werania
• Daniella Wright, Alslandic politician and leader of the Democrats

Organisations and other political parties

Aldman Democratic Alliance

• Aldman People's Party of Werania

Estmerish Section of the Workers' International

Trade unions

• Farmworkers' Union
• Independent Trade Union Federation
• Industrial Workers' Union
• Rail and Ports Union
• Union of Seaworkers
• Unorganised Workers' Council

Other

• Workers' International

Greens

• Green Party of Hennehouwe

Senior Citizens Countryside Alliance

• National Agricultural Guild (Endorsed SCCA in the list vote and specific SDU constituency candidates)

Social Democratic and Co-operative Party

Trade unions

• Academic Assistance Association
• ACT – The Actors' Union
• Congress of Estmerish Trade Unions
• Electric and Industrial Workers' Union
• Firefighters Union
• General Workers' Union
• Independent and Unorganised Workers' Union
• Mineworkers' Federation
• Musicians' and Cultural Workers' Union
• National Teachers' Association
• Postal and Communication Union
• Public and Municipal Workers' Union
• Public Sector Association
• Service and Shop Workers' Union
• Shipping, Portworkers' and Transport Union
• Steelworkers' Union
• Unite Together
• Writers' Guild

Other

• Social Democratic Party of Etruria

Sotirian Democratic Union

• National Agricultural Guild (Endorsed SCCA in the list vote and specific SDU constituency candidates)
• Veritas Institute, a right-wing non-profit political advocacy organisation and think tank

Opinion polling

Opinion polls were conducted throughout the period following the last election, by a number of polling organisations, most of which are members of the Estmerish Opinion Polling Organisation. Below are two graphs showing opinion poll result average trendline for the general election. The first includes all parties which won list seat in the last election, while the second focuses on minor parties.

Graphical summary of the average of polls conducted for the general election for parties from the current Parliament.

Graphical summary of the average of polls conducted for the general election for minor parties.