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| next_election = 2008 Scalizagastian federal election
| next_election = 2008 Scalizagastian federal election
| next_year = 2008
| next_year = 2008
| seats_for_election = All 516 seats in the [[Parliament of Scalizagasti]]
| seats_for_election = All 500 seats in the [[Parliament of Scalizagasti]]
| majority_seats = 259
| majority_seats = 251
| opinion_polls = <!--Opinion polling for the 2019 Canadian federal election-->
| opinion_polls = <!--Opinion polling for the 2019 Canadian federal election-->
| turnout = <!--{{nowrap|67.0%<ref name="turnout">{{Cite news |url=https://www.elections.ca/res/rep/off/ovr2019app/51/table3E.html |title=Forty-Third General Election 2019: Official Voting Results |date=October 22, 2019 |access-date=June 22, 2020 |publisher=[[Elections Canada]]}}</ref> ({{decrease}}1.3[[Percentage Point|pp]])}}-->
| turnout = <!--{{nowrap|67.0%<ref name="turnout">{{Cite news |url=https://www.elections.ca/res/rep/off/ovr2019app/51/table3E.html |title=Forty-Third General Election 2019: Official Voting Results |date=October 22, 2019 |access-date=June 22, 2020 |publisher=[[Elections Canada]]}}</ref> ({{decrease}}1.3[[Percentage Point|pp]])}}-->
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| party2 = [[Liberal-Conservative Alliance]]
| party2 = [[Liberal-Conservative Alliance]]
| last_election2 = 139 seats, 25.3%
| last_election2 = 139 seats, 25.3%
| seats_before2 = 110
| seats_before2 = 90
| seats2 = 138
| seats2 = 138
| seat_change2 = {{increase}}28
| seat_change2 = {{increase}}48
| popular_vote2 =  
| popular_vote2 =  
| percentage2 = '''25.6%'''
| percentage2 = '''25.6%'''
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| party3 = [[New Scalizagasti Party]]
| party3 = [[New Scalizagasti Party]]
| last_election3 = ''Pre-creation''
| last_election3 = ''Pre-creation''
| seats_before3 = 37 <!-- 29 from LCA, 8 from PDM -->
| seats_before3 = 57 <!-- 49 from LCA, 8 from PDM -->
| seats3 = 82
| seats3 = 82
| seat_change3 = {{increase}}45
| seat_change3 = {{increase}}25
| popular_vote3 =  
| popular_vote3 =  
| percentage3 = 15.4%
| percentage3 = 15.4%
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| swing5 = {{decrease}}0.1{{wp|Percentage point|pp}}
| swing5 = {{decrease}}0.1{{wp|Percentage point|pp}}


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| leaders_seat7 = Liahuan
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| party7 = [[Labour and Socialist Party]]
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| leader8 = [[Katherine Sorres]]
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| leader_since8 = 2 November 2004
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| party8 = [[Progressive People's Party]]
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The '''2005 Scalizagastian federal election''' was held on May 7, 2005, to elect 516 members of the Parliament of Scalizagasti.
The '''2005 Scalizagastian federal election''' was held on May 7, 2005, to elect 500 members of the Parliament of Scalizagasti. The centre-right [[Liberal-Conservative Alliance]], led by then-Deputy Prime Minister [[Samson Rock]], narrowly defeated incumbent Prime Minister [[Russel Balfour]]'s [[Revolutionary Republican Party]] after only 158 days in office. Rock formed a minority coalition with the [[New Scalizagasti Party]], whose leader, [[Gary Biyende]], had left the Alliance 85 days earlier. Rock's government would last only three years until he was replaced as Prime Minister by his coalition partner Gary Biyende after the [[2008 Scalizagastian federal election|2008 election]]. The coalition between the Alliance and New Scalizagasti Party would continue until [[2016 Scalizagastian federal election|2016]] when both parties experienced severe defeat to the opposition.
 
==Background==
 
The [[Revolutionary Republican Party]] and [[Liberal-Conservative Alliance]] were the two largest parties following the [[2004 Scalizagastian federal election|2004 federal election]], forming a grand coalition government. Neither party wanted to work with the [[Social Democratic Party of Scalizagasti|Social Democrats]], who were seen as corrupt and untrustworthy due to the [[Alpodes Scandal]] that toppled their government. 49 MPs from the Alliance would leave the coalition and form the [[New Scalizagasti Party]] in February 2005 after the coalition legalized same-sex marriage throughout the country. Sensing a surge in the polls for the Alliance, Rock pulled out of the coalition in May. Although SDP leader [[Max Sormann]] declared that he would support the government in a vote of non-confidence, Prime Minister Balfour refused any support from the Social Democrats and called a snap election.
 
==Electoral System==
 
The 516 members of Parliament are elected by {{wp|open list|open}} {{wp|party-list proportional representation}} in {{wp|constituency|multi-member constituencies}}. Seats are allocated using a {{wp|Droop quota}} for the {{wp|largest remainder method}}, with a 3% threshold for parties and a 1.5% threshold for independents.
 
458 seats are elected in 42 geographical electoral districts, ranging anywhere from 5 to 18 seats per electorate. The other 42 seats are elected through a national list, where each of Scalizagasti's six recognized ethnic groups (officially documented in the census) vote for 6 seats each, alongside a seventh list for "other" ethnicites and expats (including expats of Scalizagasti's six recognized groups). If a party wins 251 or more seats, they can govern without forming any coalition. However, this is incredibly uncommon due to Scalizagasti's proportional electoral system. The last time one party won an absolute majority was the RRP's landslide victory in [[1993 Scalizagastian federal election|1993]].
 
==Election Date==
 
The date of the election, 7 May 2005, was set by President [[Jennifer Charest]] following the dissolution of Parliament on 2 April 2005.
 
According to the 2000 Election Law, unless an early election is called, the general election must be held on the second Friday of August, four years after the last election year. However, because a snap election was called by Prime Minister [[Russel Balfour]], the election law could be ignored and another date chosen. The last election was held on 30 November 2004, which was also called prematurely.
 
Polls close in electorates at 8:00 PM local time, and results are usually released a few hours later. However, recounts and other unexpected issues have previously caused vote count delays for up to 24 hours.
 
==Campaign==
 
===Political Parties===
===Political Parties===
 
In total, 27 parties stood in the election. However, only 13 won seats in Parliament. The vote share of minor extraparliamentary parties is not included.
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Party
! rowspan="2"| Leader
! rowspan="2"| Founded
! rowspan="2"| Ideology
! colspan="2"| 2004 election
|-
! % vote
! Seats
|-
| bgcolor="bf2101" |  || Revolutionary Republican Party || [[Russel Balfour]] || 1840 || Big-tent, Liberalism, Social liberalism, Civic nationalism || style="text-align:right;" | 36.6 || style="text-align:right;"| 203
|-
| bgcolor="f1c232" |  || Liberal-Conservative Alliance || [[Samson Rock]] || 2000 || Classical liberalism, Liberal conservatism  || style="text-align:right;" | 25.3 || style="text-align:right;"| 139
|-
| bgcolor="fe4401" |  || Social Democratic Party || [[Max Sormann]] || 1862 || Social democracy || style="text-align:right;" | 16.2 || style="text-align:right;"| 86
|-
| bgcolor="000000" |  || Patriotic Defense Movement || [[Jake Leurgin]] || 1999 || Nationalism, Right-wing populism || style="text-align:right;" | 4.6 || style="text-align:right;"| 19
|-
| bgcolor="26c6a8" |  || Holispet First || [[Adrian Lutz-Schürmann]] || 1948 || Regionalism, Haprian sovereigntism, Conservatism || style="text-align:right;" | 1.7 || style="text-align:right;"| 11
|-
| bgcolor="E0AB76" |  || Sontalirdenna || [[Charles Orias]] || 1979 || Regionalism, Milynian sovereigntism, Social democracy || style="text-align:right;" | 1.5 || style="text-align:right;"| 10
|-
| bgcolor="e80075" |  || Labour and Socialist Party || [[Bodi Lampoche]] || 1987 || Socialism, Left-wing populism || style="text-align:right;" | 2.5 || style="text-align:right;"| 9
|-
| bgcolor="327215" |  || Progressive People's Party || [[Katherine Sorres]] || 1904 || Centrism, Agrarianism, Social liberalism || style="text-align:right;" | 1.7 || style="text-align:right;"| 5
|-
| bgcolor="ef9630" |  || Reform Party || [[Bole Yallussi]] || 2000 || Radical Centrism || style="text-align:right;" | 1.3 || style="text-align:right;"| 5
|-
| bgcolor="808000" |  || United North || [[Roberto Marrone]] || 1991 || Regionalism, Civil libertarianism || style="text-align:right;" | 1.3 || style="text-align:right;"| 5
|-
| bgcolor="ff0022" |  || Palyrian Left || [[Emma Foligis]] || 1996 || Democratic socialism || style="text-align:right;" | 0.9 || style="text-align:right;"| 4
|-
| bgcolor="3D9B35" |  || Green Party || [[Francis Wright]] || 1983 || Green politics || style="text-align:right;" | 1.3 || style="text-align:right;"| 2
|-
| bgcolor="20124d" |  || Aulden Democratic Party || Harrison Webry || 1805 || Aulden Democracy, Red Toryism || style="text-align:right;" | 1.5 || style="text-align:right;"| 2
|-
| bgcolor="094174" |  || New Scalizagasti Party || [[Gary Biyende]]  || 2005 || National conservatism, Social conservatism  || style="text-align:right;" | N/A || style="text-align:right;"| N/A
|-
| bgcolor="ff36ff" |  || Birthday Party || Joe Kerr || 2004 || Satire || style="text-align:right;" | – || style="text-align:right;"| –
|-
| bgcolor="b4cccf" |  || Islander Independence Party || Wendy Benemaw || 1981 || Regionalism, Torlu Island sovereigntism || style="text-align:right;" | – || style="text-align:right;"| –
|-
| bgcolor="9d6124" |  || Animal Rights Party || Elizabeth Peric || 2005 || Animal welfare || style="text-align:right;" | – || style="text-align:right;"| –
|-
| bgcolor="eb0000" |  || Communist Party of Scalizagasti || Anadi Bains || 1901 || Communism || style="text-align:right;" | – || style="text-align:right;"| –
|-
| bgcolor="e0c600" |  || Liahuan Heavenly Sutai Faith Party || Propi Wechuk || 1967 || Spiritualism, Sutai Faith || style="text-align:right;" | – || style="text-align:right;"| –
|-
| bgcolor="000150" |  || Imperial Restoration Party || Joseph Macton || 1967 || Monarchism || style="text-align:right;" | – || style="text-align:right;"| –
|-
| bgcolor="da0084" |  || Scalizagasti Feminist Party || Laura Innis || 2005 || Feminism, LGBT rights || style="text-align:right;" | – || style="text-align:right;"| –
|-
| bgcolor="fcb3b3" |  || Vegan and Vegetarian Party || Lin Brown || 2017 || Veganism, animal welfare || style="text-align:right;" | – || style="text-align:right;"| –
|-
| bgcolor="eda21f" |  || The Family Party || Joseph Randy Ronald || 1982 || Religious right, Social conservatism || style="text-align:right;" | – || style="text-align:right;"| –
|-
|}
 
===Taxation===
 
Taxation was a major issue during the election that was debated by all the major parties. Both the [[Liberal-Conservative Alliance]] and [[New Scalizagasti Party]] pledged to lower taxes on low- and middle-income earners. The Alliance also proposed to increase the tax-free allowance on income tax and the threshold for the inheritance tax. In its [[Three Preserves]] campaign platform, the NSP declared it would pass a law to prevent increases to income and sales taxes, which some critics claimed would make deficit reduction impossible. The [[Social Democratic Party of Scalizagasti|Social Democrats]] proposed expanding the low-income family tax credit program, which was introduced by the [[Blaine Blaisworth|Second Blaisworth Government]], to include middle-income families as well. This would be paid for by a general income tax increase on high-income earners, as well as the creation of a new income bracket on those making over $450,000 yearly. The [[Revolutionary Republican Party|Republicans]] declared that taxation on individuals would not increase "by a single penny," although the party planned to fund healthcare expansions with higher corporate taxes.
 
===Grand Coalition===
 
Both the Republicans and Alliance described the grand coalition as a "coalition of necessity" following the [[Alpodes Scandal]]. Alliance leader [[Samson Rock]] declared that he would seek to form a government led by the Alliance, who at that point was leading in the polls. The NSP criticized the Alliance for entering a grand coalition and supporting "Big-time Socialism" during their time in government, and appealed to Alliance voters to instead vote NSP to prevent another grand coalition. Meanwhile, [[Labour and Socialist Party|Labour]] and the Social Democrats accused the Republicans of tolerating and encouraging austerity measures by the Alliance, declaring that progressive voters should abandon the RRP.
 
===Energy===
 
The [[Green Party of Scalizagasti|Green Party]] drew national attention when some of their members, including party leader [[Francis Wright]], interrupted a news conference held by Samson Rock. They waved signs and held posters declaring that "Rock will poison us for 100,000 years!" in reference to the Alliance's plan to build 12 new nuclear reactors by 2020. The Social Democrats also adopted an anti-nuclear position, instead planning to invest in hydroelectric, solar, and wind energy. 
 
===Same-sex marriage===
 
In February 2005, same-sex marriage was legalized throughout the country by the grand coalition. A survey conducted by QOPH Polling in April found that 43% of Scalizagastians supported the legalization of same-sex marriage while 38% opposed it (the remaining 19% had no opinion). The RRP, Alliance, and SDP all affirmed their support for same-sex marriage, although some Alliance members and voters voiced their disapproval. The New Scalizagasti Party was the most vocal opponent of the policy and appealed to social conservatives for support in repealing the law.
 
===High-speed rail===
Both the Alliance and Social Democrats wanted to extend Scalizagasti's high-speed rail line, which ended in the Torlonian city of [[Priel Swann]], all the way to [[Reliance]], Sintalli. The Republicans claimed that a high-speed rail expansion would not be economically feasible as demand to travel in Scalizagasti's north did not justify a high-speed corridor.
 
==Opinion polls==
 
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|- style="height:40px;"
! style="width:85px;" rowspan="2"| Polling firm
! style="width:60px;" rowspan="2"| Date
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" |[[Revolutionary Republican Party|RRP]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| [[Liberal-Conservative Alliance|LCA]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| [[Social Democratic Party of Scalizagasti|SDP]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| [[Patriotic Defense Movement|PDM]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" |[[New Scalizagasti Party|NSP]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" |[[Labour and Socialist Party|LSP]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" |[[People's Progressive Party|PPP]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| [[Aulden Democratic Party|ADP]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| [[Reform Party of Scalizagasti|REF]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| [[Green Party of Scalizagasti|GPS]]
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| Other
! style="width:30px;" rowspan="2"| Lead
|-
! style="background:#bf2101;" |
! style="background:#f1c232;"|
! style="background:#fe4401;"|
! style="background:#000000;"|
! style="background:#094174;" |
! style="background:#e80075;" |
! style="background:#327215;" |
! style="background:#351c75;"|
! style="background:#ef9630;"|
! style="background:#3D9B35;"|
! style="background:#999999;"|
|-
| [[QOPH Polling]]
| 20 Mar 2005
| 22
| style="background:#f2d272;" |'''43'''
| 14
| 4
| 4
| 2
| 1
| -
| -
| 1
| 9
| style="background:#f1c232;color:#FFFFFF;"| 21
|-
| Bookmark
| 1 Apr 2005
| 23
| style="background:#f2d272;" |'''44.5'''
| 15.5
| 3.5
| 2
| 1.5
| 1.5
| -
| -
| 1.5
| 7
| style="background:#f1c232;color:#FFFFFF;"| 21.5
|-
| [[QOPH Polling]]
| 3 Apr 2005
| 22.5
| style="background:#f2d272;" |'''42'''
| 15
| 3.5
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 2.5
| -
| 1
| 6.5
| style="background:#f1c232;color:#FFFFFF;"| 19.5
|-
| Bookmark
| 10 Apr 2005
| 21
| style="background:#f2d272;" |'''40'''
| 16
| 3
| 6
| 1
| 1.5
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 5.5
| style="background:#f1c232;color:#FFFFFF;"| 19
|-
| [[QOPH Polling]]
| 10 Apr 2005
| 21.5
| style="background:#f2d272;" |'''40.5'''
| 15
| 3.5
| 6
| 2
| 1
| 2
| -
| 1.5
| 7
| style="background:#f1c232;color:#FFFFFF;"| 19
|-
| [[QOPH Polling]]
| 17 Apr 2005
| 21
| style="background:#f2d272;" |'''35'''
| 14
| 4
| 8
| 3
| 1
| 2
| 1.5
| 2.5
| 8
| style="background:#f1c232;color:#FFFFFF;"| 14
|-
| [[QOPH Polling]]
| 24 Apr 2005
| 25
| style="background:#f2d272;" |'''34'''
| 18
| 2.5
| 7.5
| 2
| 1
| 0.5
| 2.5
| 1
| 6
| style="background:#f1c232;color:#FFFFFF;"| 9
|-
| Bookmark
| 27 Apr 2005
| 19.5
| style="background:#f2d272;" |'''31'''
| 13.5
| 3.5
| 13
| 3.5
| 2
| 2.5
| 3
| 2
| 6.5
| style="background:#f1c232;color:#FFFFFF;"| 11.5
|-
| [[QOPH Polling]]
| 1 May 2005
| 18.5
| style="background:#f2d272;" |'''29'''
| 12
| 5.5
| 14
| 4
| 1.5
| 3
| 2.5
| 3
| 7
| style="background:#f1c232;color:#FFFFFF;"| 10.5
|-
| Bookmark
| 4 May 2005
| 22
| style="background:#f2d272;" |'''23'''
| 11
| 4.5
| 19
| 2.5
| 2.5
| 3
| 2
| 3
| 7.5
| style="background:#f1c232;color:#FFFFFF;"| 1
|-
| [[QOPH Polling]]
| 5 May 2005
| 23
| style="background:#f2d272;" |'''27'''
| 10.5
| 4.5
| 17.5
| 2
| 2
| 2.5
| 1
| 2
| 8
| style="background:#f1c232;color:#FFFFFF;"| 4
|- style="background:#E9E9E9"
| [[2005 Scalizagastian federal election|2005 election]]
| 7 May 2005
| 25.3
| style="background:#f2d272;" |'''25.6'''
| 13.0
| 4.7
| 15.4
| 2.3
| 1.7
| 1.3
| 1.7
| 2.2
| 6.8
| style="background:#f1c232;color:#FFFFFF;"| 0.3
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| colspan=15 style="text-align:left; font-size:88%"|<sup>a</sup> '''Fortuyn''' is here compared with its immediate predecessor [[Pim Fortuyn List|LPF]]<br /><sup>b</sup> '''PVV''' is here presented as a new party, as it did not participate in the 2003 elections. It is however a continuation of [[Groep Wilders]], an independent MP during part of the last term, after he split off from VVD-->
|}
 
 
==Results==
The Revolutionary Republican Party and Liberal-Conservative Alliance were in a near tie, at 139 and 138 seats respectively. The NSP made a strong third-place showing, winning 82 seats.
 
===Analysis===
===Summary Results===
[[File:2005_Scalizagastian_Federal_Election_Map.PNG|thumb|right|Map of electoral results.]]
 
[[File:2005_Scalizagastian_Federal_Election_Map_2.png|thumb|Highest polling party in each electorate.]]
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
| colspan="15" |[[File:Scalizagasti_Parliament_2005.svg|center|300px]]
|-
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Party
! colspan="2" |Popular Vote
! colspan="2" |Seats
|-
! %
! Change
! Total
! Change
|-
| bgcolor="bf2101" |  || align="left" |Revolutionary Republican Party (RRP)||25.3||-11.3||139||-64
|-
| bgcolor="f1c232" |  || align="left" |Liberal-Conservative Alliance (LCA)||25.6||+0.3||138||+48
|-
| bgcolor="094174" |  || align="left" |New Scalizagasti Party (NSP)||15.4||---||82||+25
|-
| bgcolor="fe4401" |  || align="left" |Social Democratic Party (SDP)||13.0||-3.2||69||-16
|-
| bgcolor="000000" |  || align="left" |Patriotic Defense Movement (PDM)||4.7||+0.1||21||+10
|-
| bgcolor="26c6a8" |  || align="left" |Holispet First (HSF)||1.3||-0.3||8||-3
|-
| bgcolor="e80075" |  || align="left" |Labour and Socialist Party (LSP)||2.3||-0.2||7||-3
|-
| bgcolor="327215" |  || align="left" |Progressive People's Party (PPP)||1.7||0.0||7||+2
|-
| bgcolor="ef9630" |  || align="left" |Reform Party (REF)||1.7||+0.4||7||+2
|-
| bgcolor="3D9B35" |  || align="left" |Green Party (GRN)||2.2||+0.9||6||+4
|-
| bgcolor="E0AB76" |  || align="left" |Sontalirdenna (SON)||0.9||-0.6||6||-4
|-
| bgcolor="808000" |  || align="left" |United North (UN)||0.9||-0.4||5||0
|-
| bgcolor="ff0022" |  || align="left" |Palyrian Left (PL)||0.6||-0.3||3||-1
|-
| bgcolor="20124d" |  || align="left" |Aulden Democratic Party (ADP)||1.3||-0.2||1||-1
|-
| colspan="6" style="background: #C0C0C0" |
|-
| colspan="2" align="left" |Others||3.1||-0.4||1||+1
|-
| bgcolor="9335b6" |  || align="left" |Pirate Party (PIR)|||-||-||-||-
|-
| bgcolor="ff36ff" |  || align="left" |Birthday Party (BIRP)||-||-||-||-
|-
| bgcolor="9cda41" |  || align="left" |Ecologist Party of Scalizagasti (EPS)||-||-||-||-
|-
| bgcolor="b4cccf" |  || align="left" |Islander Independence Party (IIP)||-||-||-||-
|-
| bgcolor="e5e647" |  || align="left" |Citizen's Party (CIT)||-||-||-||-
|-
| bgcolor="9d6124" |  || align="left" |Animal Rights Party (ARP)||-||-||-||-
|-
| bgcolor="eb0000" |  || align="left" |Communist Party of Scalizagasti (CPS)||-||-||-||-
|-
| bgcolor="e0c600" |  || align="left" |Liahuan Heavenly Sutai Faith Party (LHSFP)||-||-||-||-
|-
| bgcolor="35b5cc" |  || align="left" |Universal Basic Income Now (UBI)||-||-||-||-
|-
| bgcolor="000150" |  || align="left" |Imperial Restoration Party (IRP)||-||-||-||-
|-
| bgcolor="da0084" |  || align="left" |Scalizagastian Feminist Party (SFP)||-||-||-||-
|-
| bgcolor="fcb3b3" |  || align="left" |Vegan and Vegetarian Party (VVP)||-||-||-||-
|-
| bgcolor="eda21f" |  || align="left" |The Family Party (FAM)||-||-||-||-
|-
| bgcolor="C0C0C0" |  || align="left" |Independents||-||-||1||-
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| colspan="2" align="left" |'''Total'''||'''100'''||'''–'''||'''516'''||'''–'''
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==Aftermath==


[[Category:Scalizagasti]]
[[Category:Scalizagasti]]

Latest revision as of 03:09, 1 May 2022

2005 Scalizagastian federal election
← 2004 7 May 2005 2008 →
All 500 seats in the Parliament of Scalizagasti
251 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Russel Balfour Samson Rock Gary Biyende
Party Revolutionary Republican Party Liberal-Conservative Alliance New Scalizagasti Party
Leader since 25 October 2000 14 October 2000 11 February 2005
Leader's seat Ostrawijan South Dunedin Jurein North
Last election 203 seats, 36.6% 139 seats, 25.3% Pre-creation
Seats before 203 90 57
Seats won 139 138 82
Seat change Decrease64 Increase48 Increase25
Percentage 25.3% 25.6% 15.4%
Swing Decrease11.3pp Increase0.3pp Increase15.4pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Leader Max Sormann Jake Leurgin Adrian Lutz-Schürmann
Party Social Democratic Party Patriotic Defense Movement Holispet First
Leader since 31 March 2005 28 July 1999 22 May 1996
Leader's seat Monulla Palgaroca South Haprian Group
Last election 86 seats, 16.2% 19 seats, 4.6% 11 seats, 1.7%
Seats before 85 11 11
Seats won 69 21 8
Seat change Decrease16 Increase10 Decrease3
Percentage 13.0% 4.7% 1.3%
Swing Decrease3.2pp Decrease0.1pp Decrease0.4pp
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Leader Bodi Lampoche Katherine Sorres Bole Yallussi
Party Labour and Socialist Party Progressive People's Party Reform Party of Scalizagasti
Leader since 29 November 1998 2 November 2004 2000
Leader's seat Liahuan Ostrawijan North Monulla
Last election 9 seats, 2.5% 5 seats, 1.7% 5 seats, 1.3%
Seats before 10 5 5
Seats won 7 7 7
Seat change Decrease3 Increase2 Increase2
Percentage 2.3% 1.7% 1.7%
Swing Decrease0.2pp Steady0.0pp Increase0.4pp
Prime Minister before election

Russel Balfour
RRP

Prime Minister after election

Samson Rock
LCA

The 2005 Scalizagastian federal election was held on May 7, 2005, to elect 500 members of the Parliament of Scalizagasti. The centre-right Liberal-Conservative Alliance, led by then-Deputy Prime Minister Samson Rock, narrowly defeated incumbent Prime Minister Russel Balfour's Revolutionary Republican Party after only 158 days in office. Rock formed a minority coalition with the New Scalizagasti Party, whose leader, Gary Biyende, had left the Alliance 85 days earlier. Rock's government would last only three years until he was replaced as Prime Minister by his coalition partner Gary Biyende after the 2008 election. The coalition between the Alliance and New Scalizagasti Party would continue until 2016 when both parties experienced severe defeat to the opposition.

Background

The Revolutionary Republican Party and Liberal-Conservative Alliance were the two largest parties following the 2004 federal election, forming a grand coalition government. Neither party wanted to work with the Social Democrats, who were seen as corrupt and untrustworthy due to the Alpodes Scandal that toppled their government. 49 MPs from the Alliance would leave the coalition and form the New Scalizagasti Party in February 2005 after the coalition legalized same-sex marriage throughout the country. Sensing a surge in the polls for the Alliance, Rock pulled out of the coalition in May. Although SDP leader Max Sormann declared that he would support the government in a vote of non-confidence, Prime Minister Balfour refused any support from the Social Democrats and called a snap election.

Electoral System

The 516 members of Parliament are elected by open party-list proportional representation in multi-member constituencies. Seats are allocated using a Droop quota for the largest remainder method, with a 3% threshold for parties and a 1.5% threshold for independents.

458 seats are elected in 42 geographical electoral districts, ranging anywhere from 5 to 18 seats per electorate. The other 42 seats are elected through a national list, where each of Scalizagasti's six recognized ethnic groups (officially documented in the census) vote for 6 seats each, alongside a seventh list for "other" ethnicites and expats (including expats of Scalizagasti's six recognized groups). If a party wins 251 or more seats, they can govern without forming any coalition. However, this is incredibly uncommon due to Scalizagasti's proportional electoral system. The last time one party won an absolute majority was the RRP's landslide victory in 1993.

Election Date

The date of the election, 7 May 2005, was set by President Jennifer Charest following the dissolution of Parliament on 2 April 2005.

According to the 2000 Election Law, unless an early election is called, the general election must be held on the second Friday of August, four years after the last election year. However, because a snap election was called by Prime Minister Russel Balfour, the election law could be ignored and another date chosen. The last election was held on 30 November 2004, which was also called prematurely.

Polls close in electorates at 8:00 PM local time, and results are usually released a few hours later. However, recounts and other unexpected issues have previously caused vote count delays for up to 24 hours.

Campaign

Political Parties

Political Parties

In total, 27 parties stood in the election. However, only 13 won seats in Parliament. The vote share of minor extraparliamentary parties is not included.

Party Leader Founded Ideology 2004 election
% vote Seats
Revolutionary Republican Party Russel Balfour 1840 Big-tent, Liberalism, Social liberalism, Civic nationalism 36.6 203
Liberal-Conservative Alliance Samson Rock 2000 Classical liberalism, Liberal conservatism 25.3 139
Social Democratic Party Max Sormann 1862 Social democracy 16.2 86
Patriotic Defense Movement Jake Leurgin 1999 Nationalism, Right-wing populism 4.6 19
Holispet First Adrian Lutz-Schürmann 1948 Regionalism, Haprian sovereigntism, Conservatism 1.7 11
Sontalirdenna Charles Orias 1979 Regionalism, Milynian sovereigntism, Social democracy 1.5 10
Labour and Socialist Party Bodi Lampoche 1987 Socialism, Left-wing populism 2.5 9
Progressive People's Party Katherine Sorres 1904 Centrism, Agrarianism, Social liberalism 1.7 5
Reform Party Bole Yallussi 2000 Radical Centrism 1.3 5
United North Roberto Marrone 1991 Regionalism, Civil libertarianism 1.3 5
Palyrian Left Emma Foligis 1996 Democratic socialism 0.9 4
Green Party Francis Wright 1983 Green politics 1.3 2
Aulden Democratic Party Harrison Webry 1805 Aulden Democracy, Red Toryism 1.5 2
New Scalizagasti Party Gary Biyende 2005 National conservatism, Social conservatism N/A N/A
Birthday Party Joe Kerr 2004 Satire – –
Islander Independence Party Wendy Benemaw 1981 Regionalism, Torlu Island sovereigntism – –
Animal Rights Party Elizabeth Peric 2005 Animal welfare – –
Communist Party of Scalizagasti Anadi Bains 1901 Communism – –
Liahuan Heavenly Sutai Faith Party Propi Wechuk 1967 Spiritualism, Sutai Faith – –
Imperial Restoration Party Joseph Macton 1967 Monarchism – –
Scalizagasti Feminist Party Laura Innis 2005 Feminism, LGBT rights – –
Vegan and Vegetarian Party Lin Brown 2017 Veganism, animal welfare – –
The Family Party Joseph Randy Ronald 1982 Religious right, Social conservatism – –

Taxation

Taxation was a major issue during the election that was debated by all the major parties. Both the Liberal-Conservative Alliance and New Scalizagasti Party pledged to lower taxes on low- and middle-income earners. The Alliance also proposed to increase the tax-free allowance on income tax and the threshold for the inheritance tax. In its Three Preserves campaign platform, the NSP declared it would pass a law to prevent increases to income and sales taxes, which some critics claimed would make deficit reduction impossible. The Social Democrats proposed expanding the low-income family tax credit program, which was introduced by the Second Blaisworth Government, to include middle-income families as well. This would be paid for by a general income tax increase on high-income earners, as well as the creation of a new income bracket on those making over $450,000 yearly. The Republicans declared that taxation on individuals would not increase "by a single penny," although the party planned to fund healthcare expansions with higher corporate taxes.

Grand Coalition

Both the Republicans and Alliance described the grand coalition as a "coalition of necessity" following the Alpodes Scandal. Alliance leader Samson Rock declared that he would seek to form a government led by the Alliance, who at that point was leading in the polls. The NSP criticized the Alliance for entering a grand coalition and supporting "Big-time Socialism" during their time in government, and appealed to Alliance voters to instead vote NSP to prevent another grand coalition. Meanwhile, Labour and the Social Democrats accused the Republicans of tolerating and encouraging austerity measures by the Alliance, declaring that progressive voters should abandon the RRP.

Energy

The Green Party drew national attention when some of their members, including party leader Francis Wright, interrupted a news conference held by Samson Rock. They waved signs and held posters declaring that "Rock will poison us for 100,000 years!" in reference to the Alliance's plan to build 12 new nuclear reactors by 2020. The Social Democrats also adopted an anti-nuclear position, instead planning to invest in hydroelectric, solar, and wind energy.

Same-sex marriage

In February 2005, same-sex marriage was legalized throughout the country by the grand coalition. A survey conducted by QOPH Polling in April found that 43% of Scalizagastians supported the legalization of same-sex marriage while 38% opposed it (the remaining 19% had no opinion). The RRP, Alliance, and SDP all affirmed their support for same-sex marriage, although some Alliance members and voters voiced their disapproval. The New Scalizagasti Party was the most vocal opponent of the policy and appealed to social conservatives for support in repealing the law.

High-speed rail

Both the Alliance and Social Democrats wanted to extend Scalizagasti's high-speed rail line, which ended in the Torlonian city of Priel Swann, all the way to Reliance, Sintalli. The Republicans claimed that a high-speed rail expansion would not be economically feasible as demand to travel in Scalizagasti's north did not justify a high-speed corridor.

Opinion polls

Polling firm Date RRP LCA SDP PDM NSP LSP PPP ADP REF GPS Other Lead
QOPH Polling 20 Mar 2005 22 43 14 4 4 2 1 - - 1 9 21
Bookmark 1 Apr 2005 23 44.5 15.5 3.5 2 1.5 1.5 - - 1.5 7 21.5
QOPH Polling 3 Apr 2005 22.5 42 15 3.5 4 2 1 2.5 - 1 6.5 19.5
Bookmark 10 Apr 2005 21 40 16 3 6 1 1.5 3 2 1 5.5 19
QOPH Polling 10 Apr 2005 21.5 40.5 15 3.5 6 2 1 2 - 1.5 7 19
QOPH Polling 17 Apr 2005 21 35 14 4 8 3 1 2 1.5 2.5 8 14
QOPH Polling 24 Apr 2005 25 34 18 2.5 7.5 2 1 0.5 2.5 1 6 9
Bookmark 27 Apr 2005 19.5 31 13.5 3.5 13 3.5 2 2.5 3 2 6.5 11.5
QOPH Polling 1 May 2005 18.5 29 12 5.5 14 4 1.5 3 2.5 3 7 10.5
Bookmark 4 May 2005 22 23 11 4.5 19 2.5 2.5 3 2 3 7.5 1
QOPH Polling 5 May 2005 23 27 10.5 4.5 17.5 2 2 2.5 1 2 8 4
2005 election 7 May 2005 25.3 25.6 13.0 4.7 15.4 2.3 1.7 1.3 1.7 2.2 6.8 0.3


Results

The Revolutionary Republican Party and Liberal-Conservative Alliance were in a near tie, at 139 and 138 seats respectively. The NSP made a strong third-place showing, winning 82 seats.

Analysis

Summary Results

Map of electoral results.
Highest polling party in each electorate.
Scalizagasti Parliament 2005.svg
Party Popular Vote Seats
% Change Total Change
Revolutionary Republican Party (RRP) 25.3 -11.3 139 -64
Liberal-Conservative Alliance (LCA) 25.6 +0.3 138 +48
New Scalizagasti Party (NSP) 15.4 --- 82 +25
Social Democratic Party (SDP) 13.0 -3.2 69 -16
Patriotic Defense Movement (PDM) 4.7 +0.1 21 +10
Holispet First (HSF) 1.3 -0.3 8 -3
Labour and Socialist Party (LSP) 2.3 -0.2 7 -3
Progressive People's Party (PPP) 1.7 0.0 7 +2
Reform Party (REF) 1.7 +0.4 7 +2
Green Party (GRN) 2.2 +0.9 6 +4
Sontalirdenna (SON) 0.9 -0.6 6 -4
United North (UN) 0.9 -0.4 5 0
Palyrian Left (PL) 0.6 -0.3 3 -1
Aulden Democratic Party (ADP) 1.3 -0.2 1 -1
Others 3.1 -0.4 1 +1
Pirate Party (PIR) - - - -
Birthday Party (BIRP) - - - -
Ecologist Party of Scalizagasti (EPS) - - - -
Islander Independence Party (IIP) - - - -
Citizen's Party (CIT) - - - -
Animal Rights Party (ARP) - - - -
Communist Party of Scalizagasti (CPS) - - - -
Liahuan Heavenly Sutai Faith Party (LHSFP) - - - -
Universal Basic Income Now (UBI) - - - -
Imperial Restoration Party (IRP) - - - -
Scalizagastian Feminist Party (SFP) - - - -
Vegan and Vegetarian Party (VVP) - - - -
The Family Party (FAM) - - - -
Independents - - 1 -
Total 100 – 516 –


Aftermath

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