2021 Paretian general election: Difference between revisions

2021 Paretian general election
All seats in the Senado da Paretia and regional legislatures
Registered	26,308,455
Turnout	25,769,231 (97.95%; 19.81 pp)
	Map of the results of the election, showing the constituencies and the party they voted for.
Premier before election; Isilda Cerqueira; Independent	Premier ; Isilda Cerqueira; Patron League

Latest revision as of 19:07, 1 May 2022

The 2021 Paretian general election was held on August 4 2021. It was the first snap election in over 50 years in Paretia. It took place less than a year after the 2020 Paretian general election. The election was called on June 15th by King Erasmo, after disagreement within the diverse government coalition lead by Isilda Cerqueira fell apart after she joined the far-right populist Patron League and called for a snap election. The Conservative Union and Together for Liberty both left the coaltion, leading to a hung parliament, which then dissolved.

Cerqueira would become the Party Chairperson of the Patron League and serve as leader alongside Selena Caprichoso, who became General Secretariat. The LP's rise to power using populist rhetoric was emboldened by blaming the failures of the last decade on the UC and others. The Social Democrats initially took the lead in polls, closely ahead of the LP. The "old parties" of the right, the UC, CpL, and LdP were seen as obsolete by many and saw a massive freefall of support, many began to consider the LP as the new leader of the Paretian right-wing. Other populist, or anti-establishment parties rose alongside the LP, including the populist Alternative Party, and the far-left Paretian Section of the Workers' International.

Further scandals including the 2021 Trovão Elections Scandal, in which the SD, CpL, and UC were implicated in working with election and judicial officials in attempting to remove the LP from the ballot, would cause further collapse of the old parties. The scandal also saw massive growth in LP support to put them into the lead ahead of the SD.

The election was held on August 4th, and the results showed the LP becoming the largest party in both houses of the Senado da Paretia, The SD would grow but not have enough to hold a majority, even with allying with other left-wing parties. The LP would then ally with the Alt Party, they would form an alliance called O Povo. The Social Democrats and other left-wing parties would form an opposition alliance known as Socialist Unity. The government was the first self-proclaimed far-right populist Paretian government since the functionalist government of Carlito Palmeira. Cerqueira would again be reinstated as Premier of Paretia, with the leaders of both ruling parties being made Deputy Premiers.

Background

Parties

	Ideology	Political position	Leader	2020 result (Congresso)	2020 result (Assembleia)
Social Democrats	Social democracy, progressivism, democratic socialism, pro-eucleanism	Center-left	Esmeralda Falcão	119 / 360	33 / 120
Conservative union	Liberal conservatism, sotirian democracy, centrism, pro-eucleanism	Center-right	Alexandre Nobreza	76 / 360	29 / 120
Patron League	Right-wing populism, Paretian nationalism, national conservatism, eucloscepticism	Far-right	Isilda Cerqueira Selena Caprichoso	66 / 360	18 / 120
Alternative Party	Populism, big tent, direct democracy, eucloscepticism	Big tent	Horácio Pacau	28 / 360	5 / 120
Greens	Green politics , green socialism, environmentalism, pro-eucleanism	Center-left	Perpétua Venâncio	20 / 360	2 / 120
Together for Liberty	Social liberalism , centrism, sotirian democracy, pro-eucleanism	Center	Nicole Barboza	15 / 360	6 / 120
Catholic Citizens	Sotirian democracy , social conservatism, religious conservatism, pro-eucleanism	Center-right	Joel Campos	11 / 360	12 / 120
Paretian Section of the Workers' International	Council socialism, revolutionary socialism, libertarian socialism	Far-left	Salomão Andrade	7 / 360	4 / 120
Esmeira Party	Esmeiran regionalism, social conservatism	Center-right	Salvador Modesto	7 / 360	3 / 120
Tosuton Front	Tosuton regionalism, social democracy	Center-left	Roser de Fontanel	5 / 360	3 / 120
Visegan Party	Visegan regionalism, social democracy, direct democracy	Center-left	Xusta das Criadas	2 / 360	3 / 120
Party for Luzelese Interests	Luzelese regionalism, liberal conservatism	Center-right	Guilherme Brilha	1 / 360	2 / 120
Luzelese Dominion party	Luzelese nationalism, social conservatism	Center-right	Raúl Torres	2 / 360	0 / 120

Campaign

An SD poster, using unifying symbolism

An LP poster, using populist symbolism

Campaigning officially began on the 22nd of June 2021. About a week after Cerqueira joined the Patron League and the call for snap election was accepted by King Erasmo.

The Patron League began rallying in Esmeira on the 22nd of June. The first rally was held in Vallenoche, there Premier Isilda Cerqueira gave a speech alongside Selena Caprichoso announcing the shift in the party's leadership positions. Their campaign focused heavily on populist rhetoric. A common target was the EC, which the party believes is "detrimental to Paretia's sovereignty" and was open to a referendum to leave the community. The campaign adopted multiple slogans, such as "Fight for the people!", "Paretia first!" or "Revolta!". The party commonly used various populist terms like "the bloodsuckers" or "the cronies" to describe the EC and Paretian elites. The party took a unique position on various issues to appeal to it's populist message, some positions of the party are considered left-wing, but inherently populist.

The Social Democrats held their first rally in Sidaloa, Luzela on the 22nd of June. The party commonly referred to numerous failures during the Vasco Gonçalves and Isilda Cerqueira governments. The party called for "change" and the bring the Pink Wave to Paretia. The party called for expanding Paretia's friendship with other EC nations. It also called for Paretia to further support the rights of minorities within the country, especially the LGBT community. The party called for a reformation of Paretia's policing and advocated for putting more strict rules into how policing is conducted to protect citizens from police brutality. The party used rhetoric of "unity" against "the dangerous far-right and the corrupt center".

WIP

Controversies

Paretian far-right functionalists rallying in support of the Patron League

The election saw various controversies, the largest being the 2021 Trovão elections scandal, which on the 23rd of July, an anonymous source approached the Patron League and multiple news outlets revealing an attempt to ban the LP from the ballot in the districts overseen by the Trovão Elections Commission and the Trovão High Court. The source also said that multiple party members from different parties, including the SD, UC, and CpL were involved in working with Trovão authorities in trying to find a way to remove the LP from the ballot. Leadership from the parties denied any knowledge of the events, LP leaders announced that they will punish those involved. Selena Caprichoso said in response at a LP rally, "They know we are going take these districts in the snap election, we are polling in great numbers there. They're scared of us, our movement and a possible victory for Paretian democracy!" The scandal led to a surge in support for the LP within the final weeks of the election season. The LP used the scandal as evidence of the Paretian elites working together to subvert Paretian sovereignty.

The Patron League were no strangers to controversies. One of them being the party's use of conspiracy theories against the Euclean Community and older Paretian parties. Some of them include the idea of Great Replacement Theory, in which they believe the EC is trying to led Coian migrants into the country to replace the white population and therefore make it "more malleable by the elites".

Another controversy of the LP was the support they saw the Paretian functionalist far-right. Many of neo-functionalists in Paretia endorsed the LP and held rallies in support of the Party, many of which saw violence with anti-functionalist counter-protests. Many of the leaders of the far-right wish to return the country to the functionalist state that ruled during the Great War. Although LP leaders refused to accept the far-right's endorsements, many of them were allowed to rally with them in support and attend LP rallies.

Endorsements

Media Outlets

Individuals

Social Democrats

Patron League

Conservative Union

Alternative Party

Paretian Section of the Workers' International

Organizations

Social Democrats

Patron League

Results

Assembleia Nacional

Congresso

	Votes	%	Result	+/-

Patron League	11,737,885	45.55%	164 / 360	98
Social Democrats	9,233,115	35.83%	129 / 360	10
Alternative Party	2,288,308	8.88%	32 / 360	4
Paretian Section of the Workers' International	1,860,538	7.22%	26 / 360	19
Greens	161,731	0.55%	2 / 360	18
Catholic Citizens	153,002	0.54%	2 / 360	9
Together for Liberty	107,987	0.41%	1 / 360	13
Conservative Union	77,987	0.30%	1 / 360	75
Tosuton Front	24,170	0.09%	1 / 360	4
Esmeira Party	24,120	0.09%	1 / 360	6
Visegan Party	23,080	0.08%	1 / 360	1
Party for Luzelese Interests	23,050	0.08%	0 / 360	1
Luzelese Representation Party	23,036	0.08%	0 / 360	2
Other parties	31,222	0.012%	0 / 360

Assembleia

	Votes	%	Result	+/-

Patron League	10,574,096	45.55%	54 / 120	36
Social Democrats	8,319,803	35.82%	42 / 120	9
Alternative Party	2,064,477	8.88%	10 / 120	5
Paretian Section of the Workers' International	1,679,484	7.21%	9 / 120	5
Greens	145,557	0.62%	1 / 120	1
Catholic Citizens	137,701	0.59%	1 / 120	11
Together for Liberty	101,188	0.43%	1 / 120	6
Party for Luzelese Interests	28,735	0.12%	1 / 120	1
Luzelese Representation Party	24,365	0.1%	1 / 120	1
Conservative Union	24,201	0.1%	0 / 120	29
Tosuton Front	23,222	0.1%	0 / 120	3
Esmeira Party	23,055	0.09%	0 / 120	3
Visegan Party	22,653	0.09%	0 / 120	3
Other parties	23,770	0.1%	0 / 120

Constituent Kingdoms

Luzela

Government (67)
Patron League (61)
Alternative Party (6)
Supported by (2)
Party for Luzelese Interests (2)
Opposition (66)
Social Democrats (48)
Luzelese Section of the Workers' International (5)
Unionists of Luzela (4)
Luzelese Conservative Union (3)
Greens (2)
Liberals of Luzela (1)
Luzelese Representation Party (1)
Luzelese Catholic League (4)

Esmeira

Government (59)
Patron League (38)
Alternative Party (21)
Opposition (56)
Social Democrats (27)
Esmeiran Section of the Workers' International (7)
Conservative Union (4)
Greens (4)
Esmeiran Catholic League (3)
Liberals of Esmeira (3)
Esmeira Party (2)
Tenorian Party (2)
Deguitan League (2)
Separate! (2)

Tosutonia

Government (64)
Social Democrats (35)
Tosuton Section of the Workers' International (15)
Greens (8)
Tosuton Front (6)
Opposition (41)
Patron League (19)
Alternative Party (10)
Freedom for Tosutonia (4)
Conservative Union (3)
Tosuton Catholic League (3)
Liberals of Tosutonia (2)

Visega

Government (42)
Patron League (36)
Alternative Party (6)
Opposition (38)
Social Democrats (21)
Visegan Party (4)
Visegan Section of the Workers' International (3)
Conservative Union (2)
Visega Catholic League (3)
Liberals of Visega (2)
Greens (2)
Rally Together (1)

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-The '''2021 Paretian general election''' was held on August 4 2021. It was the first {{wp|snap election}} in over 50 years in [[Paretia]]. It took place less than a year after the [[2020 Paretian general election]]. The election was called on June 15th by King [[Erasmo]], after disagreement within the diverse government coalition lead by [[Isilda Cerqueira]] fell apart after she joined the far-right populist [[Patron League]] and called for a snap election. The [[Conservative Union (Paretia)|Conservative Union]] and [[Liberals of Paretia]] both left the coaltion, leading to a hung parliament, which then dissolved.
+The '''2021 Paretian general election''' was held on August 4 2021. It was the first {{wp|snap election}} in over 50 years in [[Paretia]]. It took place less than a year after the [[2020 Paretian general election]]. The election was called on June 15th by King [[Erasmo]], after disagreement within the diverse government coalition lead by [[Isilda Cerqueira]] fell apart after she joined the far-right populist [[Patron League]] and called for a snap election. The [[Conservative Union (Paretia)|Conservative Union]] and [[Together for Liberty]] both left the coaltion, leading to a hung parliament, which then dissolved.
 Cerqueira would become the Party Chairperson of the [[Patron League]] and serve as leader alongside [[Selena Caprichoso]], who became General Secretariat. The LP's rise to power using populist rhetoric was emboldened by blaming the failures of the last decade on the UC and others. The [[Social Democrats (Paretia)|Social Democrats]] initially took the lead in polls, closely ahead of the LP. The "old parties" of the right, the UC, CpL, and LdP were seen as obsolete by many and saw a massive freefall of support, many began to consider the LP as the new leader of the Paretian right-wing. Other populist, or anti-establishment parties rose alongside the LP, including the populist [[Alternative Party (Paretia)|Alternative Party]], and the far-left [[Paretian Section of the Workers' International]].
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2021 Paretian general election: Difference between revisions

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