Constituent Assembly Election of Breheim, 2021

Constituent Assembly Election, Breheim
25th of September, 2021
	First Party	Second Party	Third Party
Leader	Geir Nilsen	Vilde Gunnhildsdottir	Frederik Owusu
Party	Republican Party	Liberty Party	Socialist Workers' Party
Delegates	101	84	63
	Fourth Party	Fifth Party	Sixth Party
Leader	Stein Fredriksen	Anders Henriksen	Arne Torsen
Party	Communist Party	Autonomists	Patriotic Unity Party
Delegates	52	24	20
	Seventh Party	Eight Party	Ninth Party
Leader	Halfdan Lauritsen	Ragnar Hansen	Collective leadership
Party	Social-Democratic Party	Syndicalist Coalition	Progressive Unity Party
Delegates	20	14	12

The Constituent Assembly Election of 2021 was the last national election undertaken in the Republic of Breheim. The extraordinary measure passed in november 2020 by a clear majority in the National Assembly, People's Assembly and Interest Assembly of Breheim, with Presidential approval, only facing opposition from the Storfylke Assembly. Before the election itself, the Constituent Assembly were granted sweeping powers to enact a new constitution for the Republic of Breheim, to replace the constitution of the third republic implemented in 2015. In the interim, the Constituent Assembly would also overtake the legislative duties of the four chambers of parliament in the tetracameral system of the 2015 Liberal Constitution.

The election campaign was marked by the split of several of Breheim's electoral alliances, most significantly the Electoral Alliance of Democratic Liberalism and the Alliance of Radical Socialists and Farmers, as well as the formation of new political parties. Forty different parties would win some amount of representation in the Constituent Assembly, alongside forty independent candidates.

While the election was announced in December of 2020, it was not until march 2021 that the exact rules governing the election was formally ratified by the parliamentary chambers of Breheim. 250 delegates would be elected by national proportional representation, in which Breheimians abroad would also have suffrage, 250 delegates by single-member constituencies, 10 delegates by the Runmi ethnic minority, 3 delegates by the sapient non-human minority and 20 delegates by the existing parliamentary chambers of Breheim. In addition, the President was granted the power to break any ties in the Constituent Assembly.

A total of seventy-eight registered political parties nominated a national list for the Constituent Assembly, and sixty-five registered political parties nominated a candidate for at least two constituencies, alongside six hundred independent candidates. Fourteen parties contested the Runmi seats, while fifteen parties contested the non-human seats. Turnout was unusually high for a Breheimian election, with 68.3% of citizens with suffrage casting a vote for the national party-list, and 73.7% of citizens with suffrage casting a vote for a constituency delegate.

The Constituent Assembly has made little progress in ratifying a constitution after the election, with informal groupings consisting of Unitarians vs Federalists, Presidentialists vs Parliamentarians, Collectivists vs Individualists, and Property vs Social Ownership emerging during the drafting process. While a proposed constitution only requires a clear majority to be put to referendum, or a three-fifths majority to be ratified without a referendum, this has not been achieved as of yet, with the closest being a common proposal by the Republican Party, Socialist Worker's Party and Patriotic Unity Party discussed in march to may in 2022. On the legislative front, the Constituent Assembly has been more functional, revising and passing more bills and amendments than the former Tetracameral system was able to between 2015-2021 by june 2022.

Results

Proportional Party-List

File:Breheim CA PR results.png
Party		Vote %	Delegates
	Republican Party	14.0	37
	Liberty Party	13.6	36
	Socialist Workers' Party	13.1	35
	Communist Party of Breheim	10.7	21
	Patriotic Unity Party	4.5	13
	Syndicalist Coalition	4.0	11
	Progressive Unity Party	3.9	11
	Agrarian Party	3.8	10
	Social-Democratic Party	3.8	9
	United Autonomists	2.5	7
	United People's Party	2.3	6
	Green Party	2.3	6
	Ultrarepublican Party	2.2	6
	Social-Democratic Party	1.8	5
	Democratic Socialist Party	1.5	4
	Socialist Farmers' Party	1.4	4
	Old Customs Party	1.4	4
	Liquor Party	1.1	3
	Party of Farmers and Fishermen	1.1	3
	Patriots of Breheim	0.8	2
	Libertarian Coalition	0.7	2
	Free Workers' Party	0.7	2
	Mercenary Party	0.6	2
	Enterprise Party	0.5	2
	Real Communist Party	0.4	1
	Christian-Democratic Party	0.4	1
	Modern Labour Party	0.3	1
	Communist Front of Breheim	0.2	1
	Alfartruar Circle	0.2	1
	International Socialists	0.2	1
	Monarchist Party	0.2	1
	Harmonist Party	0.2	1
	United Socialist List	0.2	1
	Independents/Other Parties	6.0	0
Total		100	250
Registered voters/turnout		21,434,734	68.3

Single-Member Constituencies

File:Breheim CA CON results.png
Party		Vote %	Run-Offs	Delegates
	Republican Party	12.5	117	61
	Liberty Party	11.3	73	45
	Communist Party of Breheim	10.0	40	29
	Socialist Workers' Party	12.1	78	25
	United Autonomists	3.1	26	17
	Social-Democratic Party	3.7	22	9
	Patriotic Unity Party	4.2	31	6
	Social-Democratic Party	0.9	7	5
	Christian-Democratic Party	0.6	5	4
	Libertarian Coalition	0.6	3	3
	Syndicalist Coalition	3.1	16	3
	Freedom Party	0.5	2	2
	Green Party	1.5	4	1
	Socialist Farmers' Party	0.8	2	1
	Patriots of Breheim	0.6	1	1
	Humane Communist Party	0.3	1	1
	Ragnarsøy List	0.2	1	1
	Independents/Other Parties	34.3	71	36
Total		100	500	250
Registered voters/turnout		16,934,734	73.7	-

Runmi Delegation

The Runmi were granted ten separate delegates from the Constituency delegates and the Party-List delegates, in which Runmi also had suffrage. Unlike the other delegates to the Constituent Assembly, the appointment of Runmi delegates was not determined by the Breheimian Central Election Commission, but rather by the Runmi Republic. The Runmi Delegates were elected from three constituencies, the Runmi Republic, Nordbreheim-at-Large and the South, the Runmi Republic with four delegates, Nordbreheim-at-large with three and the South with two. In addition, one delegate was appointed directly by the government of the Runmi Republic. Only ethnic Runmi were granted suffrage, defined as having at least two Runmi grandparents, or one Runmi grandparent and passing an oral examination.

File:Breheim Runmi results.png
Party		Vote %	Delegates
	Runmi Democratic Party	24.5	2+1
	Communist Party of Breheim	17.7	2
	Socialist Workers' Party	14.1	2
	Fishermen's Party	8.1	1
	Norraøya List	7.5	1
	Nomadic List	7.1	1
	Liberty Party	5.6	0
	Agrarian Party	4.8	0
	Social-Democratic Party	4.8	0
	United Autonomists	2.2	0
	Socialist Farmers' Party	2.0	0
	Independents/Other Parties	1.6	0
Total		100	10
Registered voters/turnout		110,227	81.6

Non-Human Delegation

The Sapient Non-Humans of Breheim were, like the Runmi, granted separate delegates to the constituent assembly, although were only granted three. Disputes continued until June 2021 on how the three non-human delegates should be elected or appointed, whether to make them a common multi-member constituency of all sapient non-humans, or whether non-human immigrants and the small national indigenous non-human population should have a separate delegate. In the end, a multi-member constituency was decided upon. Voters for the Non-Human Delegates had to register by the 15th of July, with proof of either Breheimian Citizenship or permanent residency, making the non-human delegates the sole delegates not appointed by a parliament or elected from exclusively citizens (with 874 registered voters being non-citizens).

File:Breheim CA PR results.png
Party		Vote %	Delegates
	Republican Party	19.2	1
	Liberty Party	19.1	1
	Harmonist Party	18.5	1
	Social-Democratic Party	12.5	0
	Socialist Workers' Party	9.1	0
	Liquor Party	5.1	0
	Communist Party of Breheim	3.7	0
	Green Party	3.1	0
	Troll Party	2.5	0
	Syndicalist Coalition	2.0	0
	Progressive Unity Party	1.9	0
	Monarchist Party	1.4	0
	Independents/Other Parties	1.9	0
Total		100	3
Registered voters/turnout		45,389	93.4%