2021 Etrurian federal election

2021 Etrurian federal election

October 8, 2021 (2021-10-08)
All 600 seats to the Chamber of Representatives 301 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	73.60% (-6.11%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Francesco Carcaterra Chiara Mastromarino Mauro Cesare Capra Party Tribune Movement/Social Party of the Third Order Social Democratic Party Citizens’ Alliance Leader since 13 March 2012 10 July 2021 Leader's seat San Metello in Valle San Alessandro III Monteperano Seats before 402 38 160 Seats won 373 166 31 Seat change 29 128 110 Popular vote 16,101,865 11,300,449 5,500,863 Percentage 44.20% 31.02% 15.10% Swing TBD TBD TBD   Fourth party   Leader Davor Krstičević Party Farmers and Workers Union Leader since 3 February 2015 Leader's seat Kanfanar Seats before 29 Seats won 23 Seat change 6 Popular vote 1,129,316 Percentage 3.10%
President before election Francesco Carcaterra Tribune Movement Elected President Francesco Carcaterra Tribune Movement

The 2021 Etruria federal election will take place on November 05, 2021, to elect all 600 members of the Chamber of Represenatives to the XXth Etrurian Senate. The legal documents dissolving the Senate for the period of 05 October to 05 November was accepted by President of the Chamber Ivano Jandroković after President Francesco Carcaterra utilised his constitutional power to call a snap election.

Date

The Articles of Federation (Articoli della Federazione) state under Article 20 that elections for the Chamber of Representatives must be elected no later than 30 days after the fourth or fifth anniversary of the first sitting of the current Chamber (Camera). The dissolution of the current Camera must take place 30 days before election day, excluding public holidays, and the newly elected Camera must hold its first sitting within 14 days of election day, not including public holidays.

Article 21 of the Articles of Federation grants the Etrurian executive the right to dissolve the sitting Camera and hold an election at any point of their choosing within the 5-year maximum period. Should an early election be called it must be held on the first friday of any given month. The dissolution of the Camera maybe pre-announced according to Article 21.2 - for example, the 2021 election was declared in August and the current Camera was to be dissolved on 5 October, exactly 30 days before the dated election on 5 November. The government may dissolve the Camera without a parliamentary vote.

Electoral system

Following the passing of the 2021 Legislative and Electoral Reform Law on 23 August 2021, the electoral system was radically overhauled. The Chamber of Representatives was reduced in size from 680 to 600 and the electoral voting system was also changed. Of the 600 members, 500 are elected by first past the post to single-member constituencies, while the remaining 100 are elected by party list to a single national constituency. How the party list results are calculated was also changed in the law, ending state-level results being collated, to now the seats being awareded on the basis of the national vote from FPTP seats.

Since 2004, Etruria's elections have operated a 5% electoral threshold for parties to be awarded seats on the party-list, this is the same for coalitions of any size. FPTP seats are distributed across Etruria's fifteen states in line population with Veratia, the most populous, holding 189 seats and Il Dogado, the smallest, only 8. Seat apportionment is subject to non-binding review every four years, and officially reviewed with changes every decade following a national census.

The required majority to form a government is 301 seats. Prior to 2017, when all of Etruria's seats were elected under the party-list system, coalitions and agreements were necessary for governments to be formed. However, the 2017 Etrurian constitutional referendum introduced FPTP to 400 seats and enabled the Tribune Movement (incumbent government since 2016) to be elected in 2018, as the first single-party government since the end of the Military junta and restoration of democracy in 1984.

Parties and leaders

The 2017 constitutional amendments also included changes to the requirements for parties to compete in federal elections. In order to officially be registered, a political party must hold seats at the state and local level, both of which are set at a minimum of 10 seats. Candidates for constituency seats must also pay a ₣2,680 deposit, while those competing for party-list seats need to pay ₣1,200, which are returned if a candidate secures more than 5% of votes. It has been consistently rare for local/state level parties to compete federally, often campaigning on behalf of a national party that shares similar agendas or ideological beliefs.

The Federal Electoral Commission reported on 20 September that four parties had officially registered candidates to compete in the election and had met the requirements.

Parties/Coalitions represented in the XXth Chamber of Representatives
Party/Coalition Style				Ideology	Leader(s)	2018 result		Current seats
						Votes (%)	Seats
	Patria		Tribune Movement Movimento Tribvne	Right-wing populism	Francesco Carcaterra	53.66%	414 / 680	402 / 680
			Farmers and Workers Union UAL	National conservatism	Davor Krstičević		29 / 680	29 / 680
			Social Party of the Third Party Partito Sociale del Terz'Ordine	Syncretic Sotirian socialism (economic), Sotirian right (social)	[[ ]]	Did not exist		0 / 680
	Citizens' Alliance AC			Classical liberalism	Mauro Cesare Capra	28.58%	160 / 680	160 / 680
	Sotirian People's Force Forza Popolare Sotiriana			Sotirian democracy	Vittore Eugenio Agrella	Did not exist		51 / 680
	Social Democratic Party SD			Social democracy	Chiara Mastromarino	15.76%	38 / 680	38 / 680

Extra-parliamentary parties participating in the 2021 federal election
Party		Leader	Main ideology	Position	2017 result	Regions contesting
					Votes (%)
	Popular Renewal PR	Giorgio Begović	Democratic socialism	Left-wing	1.02%	485
	Veratian National Party Partito Nazionale Veraziani	Enrico Fattoiani	Regionalism	Centre-right	0.60%	23
	Green Future Futuro Verde	Alissa Santorini/Mario Giorgini	Green socialism	Left-wing	0.34%	105
	Together for Carvagna Insieme	Caterina D'Angeli	Regionalism	Centre-left	0.04%	39

Campaign

Debates

Etrurian federal election debates, 2021
Date	Organisers	Channel	P  Present    A  Absent invitee   NI  Non-invitee						Notes
			MT/PSTO	SD	AC	UAL	FPS	RP
23 September	Orrizonte Media	Orrizonte24	P Carcaterra	P Mastromarino	P Capra	NI Krstičević	P Agrella	NI Favazza
01 October	ARE	ARE	P Carcaterra	P Mastromarino	P Capra	NI Krstičević	P Agrella	P Favazza

Newspapers and magazines

National newspapers

Newspaper	Endorsement		Notes
Telegrafo Solariano		Tribune Movement
La Leone		Tribune Movement
Il Popolo		Social Democratic Party
Il Messaggero Aventino		Social Democratic Party
L'Osservatore Tirrenio		Tribune Movement
La Rassegna Finanziaria		Citizens' Alliance	Called for voters to back the party the most "mature and competent" economic plan.
l'Araldo		Tribune Movement

National political magazines

Newspaper	Endorsement		Notes
Albero della Liberta		Social Democratic Party	Left-wing/Centrist political magazine
La Reppublica		Social Democratic Party	Left-wing political magazine
Occulus		Tribune Movement	Right-wing political magazine

Individuals

Tribune Movement

• Sylwester Wrzesiński, President of West Miersa
• Isilda Cerqueira, Premier of Paretia
• Archbishop Giovanni D’Marco
• Archbishop Enrico Ferdiando Dettori
• Archbishop Umberto Francesco Zampieri
• Archbishop Alessandro Urbano Tagliani
• Archbishop Andrea Paolo Veronesi
• Archbishop Vittore Amadeo de Frixaturo
• Fr. Girolamo Urbano Mogherini, Prelate of the Society of Saint Diocletian
• Fr. Giovanni Batistia Ercolani, Prelate for the Poor Soldiers of the Kingdom of Heaven
• Alessandro, pop singer
• Massimo Bartolucci, actor
• Quintano Aurelio, pop singer

Organisations and political parties

Tribune Movement

• Patron League of Paretia
• Naprzód of West Miersa
• Fraternal Association of Public Guardians
• National Industrial Workers Congress
• United Agricultural Workers Association
• Society of Saint Diocletian
• Poor Soldiers of the Kingdom of the Heaven

Social Democratic Party

• Volpis Foundation of Aucuria
• Etrurian Worker's Congress
• Etrurian Federation of Trade Unions

Opinion polls

Pre-2021 election

Rolling national average from the previous federal election to the beginning of the 2021 election.

Results

Results for constituency results were released on the night of the election through to the early hours of the 9 October. The first seat to declare its result was San Casciano supra Mecurio at 23.40pm, the last seat to declare was Savudrija at 12.04pm the next day due to ten recounts taking place. By 04.27am, the Tribune Movement was officially declared the winner of the election after it exceeded 301 declared seats, with the Social Democratic Party being confirmed as the Party of Opposition shortly after at 04.29am, after the last Citizens' Alliance seat was declared. The Party List results were announced at 09.00am on the 9 October by the Federal Election Commission.

The Tribune Movement won 373 seats, down from 402 prior to the election (due to both the reduction of lawmakers from 650 to 600 and net losses to the SD), exceeding the exit poll by 5 seats. The SD won 166 seats, a net gain of 128 seats, exceeding the exit poll by 9 seats. The Citizens' Alliance won 31 seats, a net loss of 110 seats, securing less seats than the exit poll predicted. The Farmers and Workers Union won 23 seats, down by 6, the UAL defied the exit poll by three seats, the Sotirian People's Force which entered the election with 51 seats (all defections from the Tribune Movement and the defunct Democratic Alternative for Etruria), lost 47 seats to retain 4, though exceeding the exit poll by one seat. Popular Renewal entered the federal legislature for the first time, winning three seats.

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373	166	31	23	4	3
MT/PSTO	SD	Citizens'	UAL	FPS	RP

Party		Votes	%	Party list	Constituency	Total
				Seats	Seats	Seats	±
	MT/PSTO	16,101,865	44.20% (-4.62%)	49	324	373	-29
	Social Democratic Party	11,300,449	31.02% (+17.84%)	34	132	166	+128
	Citizens' Alliance	5,500,863	15.10% (-10.24%)	17	14	31	-110
	Farmers and Workers Union	1,129,316	3.10% (-5.85%)	0	23	23	-6
	Sotirian People's Force	1,165,745	3.20% (new)	0	4	4	-51
	Popular Renewal	1,129,309	3.10% (+2.08)	0	3	3	+3
	Green Future	49,582	0.13% (-0.13)	0	0	0	N/C
	Veratian National Party	36,112	0.09% (-0.51)	0	0	0	N/C
	Together for Carvagna	16,308	0.04% (N/C)	0	0	0	N/C