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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 = 75.8%
| turnout = 70.8%


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| leader2            = [[Rosemary Manning]]
| leader2            = [[Rosemary Manning]]
| leader_since2      = 16 November, 2018
| leader_since2      = 16 November, 2018
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| image5 = [[File:IthunnThorsenn.jpg|100px]]
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| leader5 = [[Iðunn Þorsenn]]
| leader5 = [[Iðunn Þorsenn]]
| leader_since5 = 5 May, 2016
| leader_since5 = 5 May, 2016
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| last_election5 = 2
| last_election5 = 2
| seats5 = 3
| seats5 = 2
| seat_change5 = {{increase}} 1
| seat_change5 = {{steady}}
| popular_vote5 = 4,909,295
| popular_vote5 = 4,909,295
| percentage5 = 5.96%
| percentage5 = 5.96%
| swing5 = {{increase}} 1.17%
| 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 Barony 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).
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 Barons in January 2022, outlining proposals to:
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 Barony boundaries, taking into account the 2019 Census data
* 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 UK in the last 25 years), and;
* 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).
* 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
|-
| {{wp|Far-left politics|Far-left}}
| style="background:#771212" |
|
| Socialist Front
| {{wp|Council communism}}, {{wp|trade unionism}}
|
| {{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}}
|
| {{Composition bar|2|80|hex=#ffe604}}
| {{N}}
|-
| style="background:#de0122" |
|
| [[Social Democrats (Esthursia)|Social Democrats]]
| {{wp|Social democracy}}, {{Wp|democratic socialism}}, {{Wp|trade unionism}}
|
|  {{Composition bar|36|80|hex=#de0122}}
| {{Y}}
|-
| style="background:#00bdec" |
|
| Suthening
| {{wp|Social liberalism}}, {{wp|progressivism}}, {{wp|technocracy}}
|
| {{Composition bar|3|80|hex=#00bdec}}
| {{Y}}
|-
|rowspan=1| {{wp|Centrism}}
| style="background:#ff00b4" |
|
| 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}}
|
| {{Composition bar|0|545|hex=#500276}}
| {{N}}
|}
{{Template:Esthursia topics}}
[[Category:Elections in Esthursia]]

Latest revision as of 23:47, 30 January 2024

September 2022 Esthursian general election
← April 2022 23 September, 2022 2026 →
All 80 to the House of Thanes
A Forethane must govern by a working majority with confidence, usually needing 40 or more
Turnout70.8%
  First party Second party Third party
  HaroldOsborne.jpg RosemaryManning.jpg 2022GreensEsthursia.jpg
Leader Harold Osborne Rosemary Manning Charles Burnside and Chloe Atkinson (joint)
Party Social Democrats Moderates Green-Left
Leader since 30 January, 2015 16 November, 2018 11 July, 2022
Last election 33 10
Seats won 36 25 10
Seat change Increase 3 New party Steady
Popular vote 33,986,160 25,007,751 8,821,904
Percentage 41.26% 30.36% 10.71%
Swing Increase 3.11% New party Decrease 0.17%
  Fourth party Fifth party
  GrahamIngley.png IthunnThorsenn.jpg
Leader Graham Ingley Iðunn Þorsenn
Party Esthur People's Party Helmark National Union
Leader since 31 July, 2019 5 May, 2016
Last election 5 2
Seats won 6 2
Seat change Increase 1 Steady
Popular vote 6,375,494 4,909,295
Percentage 7.74% 5.96%
Swing Increase 0.94% Decrease 0.17%
Forethane before election

Harold Osborne
Social Democrats

Elected Forethane

Harold Osborne
Social Democrats

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 		In government
Far-left Socialist Front Council communism, trade unionism
1 / 80
 Red XN
Left Green-Left Democratic socialism, environmentalism
10 / 80
 Green tickY
Centre-left Helmark National Union Helmark nationalism, progressivism
2 / 80
 Red XN
Social Democrats Social democracy, democratic socialism, trade unionism
36 / 80
 Green tickY
Suthening Social liberalism, progressivism, technocracy
3 / 80
 Green tickY
Centrism Consewent National Union Consence independence, liberalism
0 / 80
 Red XN
Centre-right Moderates Liberal conservatism, conservative-liberalism
26 / 80
 Red XN
Right Esthur People's Party Conservatism, social conservatism, economic liberalism, populism
6 / 80
 Red XN
Far-right National Democrats National conservatism, xenophobia, anti-globalism, social conservatism
0 / 545
 Red XN
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