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{{Infobox election | {{Template:Region_icon_Eras}}{{Infobox election | ||
| election_name = September 2022 Esthursian general election | | election_name = September 2022 Esthursian general election | ||
| country = Esthursia | | country = Esthursia | ||
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| elected_mps = | | elected_mps = | ||
| opinion_polls = | | opinion_polls = | ||
| turnout = | | turnout = 70.8% | ||
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| image1 = [[File:HaroldOsborne. | | image1 = [[File:HaroldOsborne.jpg|100px]] | ||
| colour1 = b31b00 | | colour1 = b31b00 | ||
| leader1 = [[Harold Osborne]] | | leader1 = [[Harold Osborne]] | ||
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| image2 = [[File:RosemaryManning. | | image2 = [[File:RosemaryManning.jpg|100px]] | ||
| colour2 = | | colour2 = 6CCBED | ||
| leader2 = [[Rosemary Manning]] | | leader2 = [[Rosemary Manning]] | ||
| leader_since2 = 16 November, 2018 | | leader_since2 = 16 November, 2018 | ||
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| image3 = [[File: | | image3 = [[File:2022GreensEsthursia.jpg|100px]] | ||
| colour3 = 077700 | | colour3 = 077700 | ||
| leader3 = [[ | | leader3 = [[Charles Burnside]] and [[Chloe Atkinson]] (joint) | ||
| leader_since3 = 11 July, | | leader_since3 = 11 July, 2022 | ||
| party3 = [[Green-Left (Esthursia)|Green-Left]] | | party3 = [[Green-Left (Esthursia)|Green-Left]] | ||
| leaders_seat3 = | | leaders_seat3 = | ||
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| image5 = [[File:IthunnThorsenn.jpg|100px]] | | image5 = [[File:IthunnThorsenn.jpg|100px]] | ||
| colour5 = | | colour5 = FFE604 | ||
| leader5 = [[Iðunn Þorsenn]] | | leader5 = [[Iðunn Þorsenn]] | ||
| leader_since5 = 5 May, 2016 | | leader_since5 = 5 May, 2016 | ||
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| leaders_seat5 = | | leaders_seat5 = | ||
| last_election5 = 2 | | last_election5 = 2 | ||
| seats5 = | | seats5 = 2 | ||
| seat_change5 = {{ | | seat_change5 = {{steady}} | ||
| popular_vote5 = 4,909,295 | | popular_vote5 = 4,909,295 | ||
| percentage5 = 5.96% | | percentage5 = 5.96% | ||
| swing5 = {{ | | swing5 = {{decrease}} 0.17% | ||
| title = [[Prime Minister of Esthursia|Forethane]] | | title = [[Prime Minister of Esthursia|Forethane]] | ||
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==Electoral system== | ==Electoral system== | ||
In all recent Esthursian general elections, the houses tended to have relatively different compositions - with the | In all recent Esthursian general elections, the houses tended to have relatively different compositions - with the Thanes tending to, thanks to its party list elections, elect minorities and coalitions; and the Ministry, thanks to its first-past-the-post electoral system, usually electing majorities. This was the case in both [[2011 Esthursian general election|2011]] and [[2018 Esthursian general election|2018]], however not in [[2014 Esthursian general election|2014]], which resulted in both houses remaining in a minority (later a coalition). | ||
However, the Electoral Commission - empowered by outgoing Prime Minister John Largan at the end of 2014 - sent a Recommendation for Electoral Reform to the House of | However, the Electoral Commission - empowered by outgoing Prime Minister John Largan at the end of 2014 - sent a Recommendation for Electoral Reform to the House of Thanes in January 2022, outlining proposals to: | ||
* redraw | * redraw Thanage boundaries, taking into account the 2019 Census data | ||
* reform the Ministry system to Single Transferable Vote (STV), with approximately 5 members per constituency | * reform the Ministry system to Single Transferable Vote (STV), with approximately 5 members per constituency | ||
* redraw Ministry boundaries to accommodate the above reform | * redraw Ministry boundaries to accommodate the above reform | ||
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* aged 15 or over on polling day; | * aged 15 or over on polling day; | ||
* an Esthursian citizen; | * an Esthursian citizen; | ||
* a resident at an address in the Union (or a Esthursian citizen living abroad who has been registered to vote in the | * a resident at an address in the Union (or a Esthursian citizen living abroad who has been registered to vote in the Union in the last 25 years), and; | ||
* not legally excluded from voting (for example, a convicted person detained in a mental hospital, or a person found guilty of certain "mistrustful" | * not legally excluded from voting (for example, a convicted person detained in a mental hospital, or a person found guilty of certain "mistrustful" (corrupt or illegal practices) or disqualified from voting (members of the Royal Family and the Electoral Commission). | ||
Individuals had to be registered to vote by midnight seven working days before polling day (16 September). Anyone who qualified as an anonymous elector had until midnight on the same night to register, as snap elections allow for. A person who has two homes (such as a university student with a term-time address but lives at home during holidays) may be registered to vote at both addresses, as long as they are not in the same electoral area, but can vote in only one constituency at the general election. | Individuals had to be registered to vote by midnight seven working days before polling day (16 September). Anyone who qualified as an anonymous elector had until midnight on the same night to register, as snap elections allow for. A person who has two homes (such as a university student with a term-time address but lives at home during holidays) may be registered to vote at both addresses, as long as they are not in the same electoral area, but can vote in only one constituency at the general election. | ||
==Parties== | |||
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:left | |||
|- | |||
!Parliamentary<br>affiliation | |||
!colspan=3|Party | |||
!Ideology | |||
!Leader | |||
!Resulting<br>seats | |||
!In government | |||
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| {{wp|Far-left politics|Far-left}} | |||
| style="background:#771212" | | |||
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| Socialist Front | |||
| {{wp|Council communism}}, {{wp|trade unionism}} | |||
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| {{Composition bar|1|80|hex=#771212}} | |||
| {{N}} | |||
|- | |||
|rowspan=1| {{wp|Left-wing politics|Left}} | |||
| style="background:#08a800" | | |||
| | |||
| Green-Left | |||
| {{wp|Democratic socialism}}, {{wp|environmentalism}} | |||
| | |||
| {{Composition bar|10|80|hex=#08a800}} | |||
| {{Y}} | |||
|- | |||
|rowspan=3| {{wp|Centre-left}} | |||
| style="background:#ffe604" | | |||
| | |||
| Helmark National Union | |||
| Helmark nationalism, {{wp|progressivism}} | |||
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| {{Composition bar|2|80|hex=#ffe604}} | |||
| {{N}} | |||
|- | |||
| style="background:#de0122" | | |||
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| [[Social Democrats (Esthursia)|Social Democrats]] | |||
| {{wp|Social democracy}}, {{Wp|democratic socialism}}, {{Wp|trade unionism}} | |||
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| {{Composition bar|36|80|hex=#de0122}} | |||
| {{Y}} | |||
|- | |||
| style="background:#00bdec" | | |||
| | |||
| Suthening | |||
| {{wp|Social liberalism}}, {{wp|progressivism}}, {{wp|technocracy}} | |||
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| {{Composition bar|3|80|hex=#00bdec}} | |||
| {{Y}} | |||
|- | |||
|rowspan=1| {{wp|Centrism}} | |||
| style="background:#ff00b4" | | |||
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| Consewent National Union | |||
| Consence independence, {{Wp|liberalism}} | |||
| | |||
| {{Composition bar|0|80|hex=#ff00b4}} | |||
| {{N}} | |||
|- | |||
|rowspan=1| {{wp|Centre-right}} | |||
| style="background:#6CCBED" | | |||
| | |||
| Moderates | |||
| {{wp|Liberal conservatism}}, {{Wp|conservative-liberalism}} | |||
| | |||
| {{Composition bar|26|80|hex=#6CCBED}} | |||
| {{N}} | |||
|- | |||
|{{wp|Right-wing politics|Right}} | |||
| style="background:#000154" | | |||
| | |||
| [[Esthur People's Party]] | |||
| {{wp|Conservatism}}, {{wp|social conservatism}}, {{wp|economic liberalism}}, {{wp|populism}} | |||
| | |||
| {{Composition bar|6|80|hex=#000154}} | |||
| {{N}} | |||
|- | |||
|{{wp|Far-right politics|Far-right}} | |||
| style="background:#500276" | | |||
| | |||
| National Democrats | |||
| {{Wp|National conservatism}}, {{wp|xenophobia}}, {{wp|anti-globalism}}, {{wp|social conservatism}} | |||
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| {{Composition bar|0|545|hex=#500276}} | |||
| {{N}} | |||
|} | |||
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The September 2022 Esthursian general election will be held on September 23, 2022, as a result of the Early Election Act 2022 passed on September 8. The first snap election called since January 2011 and the first called by an incumbent government since the November 1982 general election, this was the first election in which two major blocs had formed around all three main parties.
The Moderate coalition, formed between the Liberals under new leader Wilfred Everett and the Conservative opposition, aimed to counter the perception of an increasingly left-leaning government by forming a pact across the centreground. This election also was the first since the election of High Minister Edward Wescaster, a Social Democrat, in May 2022.
Electoral system
In all recent Esthursian general elections, the houses tended to have relatively different compositions - with the Thanes tending to, thanks to its party list elections, elect minorities and coalitions; and the Ministry, thanks to its first-past-the-post electoral system, usually electing majorities. This was the case in both 2011 and 2018, however not in 2014, which resulted in both houses remaining in a minority (later a coalition).
However, the Electoral Commission - empowered by outgoing Prime Minister John Largan at the end of 2014 - sent a Recommendation for Electoral Reform to the House of Thanes in January 2022, outlining proposals to:
- redraw Thanage boundaries, taking into account the 2019 Census data
- reform the Ministry system to Single Transferable Vote (STV), with approximately 5 members per constituency
- redraw Ministry boundaries to accommodate the above reform
This system, at first opposed by the incumbent Government, was used in the April 2022 Esthursian general election and will be used in this election likewise.
Voting eligibility
To vote in the general election, one had to be:
- on the Electoral Register;
- aged 15 or over on polling day;
- an Esthursian citizen;
- a resident at an address in the Union (or a Esthursian citizen living abroad who has been registered to vote in the Union in the last 25 years), and;
- not legally excluded from voting (for example, a convicted person detained in a mental hospital, or a person found guilty of certain "mistrustful" (corrupt or illegal practices) or disqualified from voting (members of the Royal Family and the Electoral Commission).
Individuals had to be registered to vote by midnight seven working days before polling day (16 September). Anyone who qualified as an anonymous elector had until midnight on the same night to register, as snap elections allow for. A person who has two homes (such as a university student with a term-time address but lives at home during holidays) may be registered to vote at both addresses, as long as they are not in the same electoral area, but can vote in only one constituency at the general election.
Parties
Parliamentary affiliation |
Party | Ideology | Leader | Resulting seats |
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Far-left | Socialist Front | Council communism, trade unionism | 1 / 80
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Left | Green-Left | Democratic socialism, environmentalism | 10 / 80
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Centre-left | Helmark National Union | Helmark nationalism, progressivism | 2 / 80
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Social Democrats | Social democracy, democratic socialism, trade unionism | 36 / 80
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Suthening | Social liberalism, progressivism, technocracy | 3 / 80
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Centrism | Consewent National Union | Consence independence, liberalism | 0 / 80
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Centre-right | Moderates | Liberal conservatism, conservative-liberalism | 26 / 80
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Right | Esthur People's Party | Conservatism, social conservatism, economic liberalism, populism | 6 / 80
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Far-right | National Democrats | National conservatism, xenophobia, anti-globalism, social conservatism | 0 / 545
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