2011 Weranian federal election

2015 Weranian federal election

27 May 2011
All 545 seats to the Volkstag 273 seats are needed for a majority in the Volkstag
Turnout	34,654,997 (74.73%) 6.61%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ellis Koopmann Dietrich Wittmann Klaus Ngo Party SRPO NKP PMZ Leader since 22nd November 2007 27th June 2008 6th September 2009 Last election 110 seats, 23.10% 228 seats, 33.41% 41 seats, 9.18% Seats won 190 135 95 Seat change 80 93 54 Popular vote 11,463,728 8,174,932 5,074,839 Percentage 33.08% 23.59% 14.64% Swing 9.98% 9.82% 5.46%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Veronika Althammer Valentina Kaltenbrunner (Spitzenkandidat) Egon Geisel Party OSAI Grüns DA Leader since 14th July 2004 12th November 2008 20th March 1999 Last election 46 seats, 10.76% 20 seats, 2.30% 12 seats, 2.64% Seats won 26 26 22 Seat change 20 6 10 Popular vote 5,074,839 1,278,473 1,548,493 Percentage 5.90% 3.69% 4.47% Swing 4.86% 1.39% 1.83%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Leader Aneta Umbraite Albrecht Ströher Fabian Breitscheid Party SDT OVFP KRP Leader since 11th March 2009 16th August 2006 4th March 2011 Last election 21 seats, 2.19% 25 seats, 5.74% 32 seats, 4.72% Seats won 20 12 10 Seat change 1 13 22 Popular vote 704,652 1,015,463 1,256,473 Percentage 2.03% 2.93% 3.63% Swing 0.16% 2.87% 1.09%
File:2011 werania election map.png States coloured by largest party.
Chancellor before election Dietrich Wittmann NKP Elected Chancellor Ellis Koopmann SPRO

The 43^rd federal election was held in the Weranian Confederation for the Volkstag (the lower house of the Bundestag) on the 27^th May 2011. All 545 members of the Volkstag were elected under a single non-transferable vote system in multi-member electoral districts. The Social Democratic Radical Party of Werania (SRPO) won the largest amount of seats amid a collapse of the vote of the National Consolidation Party led government, with the SRPO subsequently forming a coalition government with the Modern Centre Party which underwent its own resurgence in votes to become the third largest party.

The election was held during an ongoing financial crisis, high unemployment, a large public deficit and high levels public discontent. The outgoing coalition government of the NKP, Conservative Reform Party (KRP) and Sotirian Democratic Homeland (SDT) had become extremely unpopular due to their adoption of tough public spending cuts as well passing a highly controversial and contested labour reform that many blamed for the high unemployment. As a result for the years preceding the election the SRPO had consistently outpolled the NKP as the largest party leading to many to predict the former would easily beat the latter at an election.

The electoral campaign was largely dominated by differing approaches to the financial crisis and unemployment. The government largely defended its policies of fiscal restraint whilst the PMZ called for greater tax cuts and economic deregulation to kickstart the economy. In comparison to the 2007 campaign where the SRPO had adopted a more left-wing populist message the SRPO embraced a more moderate tone that emphasised fiscal responsibility. The SRPO mainly focused on cutting Werania's high unemployment rate, which stood at 11% on election day.

The election saw the SRPO and PMZ gain votes at expense of the NKP and the Weranic Section of the Workers' International who had performed well in 2007 but declined as many of their voters went to the SRPO. The KRP collapsed as a political force never regaining its relevance. The Weranic Völkisch Freedom Party, a far-right party that had shocked the nation when it gained over 5% of the vote in 2007 lost half its seats.

Turnout in the election was 74.73%, a decline of over 6% from the last election and the lowest turnout since the 1999 election. The SRPO's 11 million votes are the highest the party has ever achieved and the overall highest for a left-wing party in Weranian history.