2021 Paretian general election

2021 Paretian general election

4 Aug 2021
All seats in the Senado da Paretia and regional legislatures
Registered	26,308,455
Turnout	25,769,231 (97.95%; 19.81 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Isilda Cerqueira Esmeralda Falcão Horácio Pacau Party Patron League Social Democrats Alternative Party Leader since 15 June 2021 11 August 2011 1 June 2016 Leader's seat none (Cresceu won) Vale de Precea Casiovio Last election 65 C / 18 A 119 C / 33 A 28 C / 4 A Seats before 66 C / 18 A 119 C / 33 A 28 C / 5 A Seats won 164 C / 54 A 129 C / 42 A 32 C / 10 A Seat change 98 C / 36 A 10 C / 9 A 4 C / 5 A Votes 11,737,885 9,233,115 2,288,308 % and swing 45.55% 27.05% 35.83% 2.78% 8.88% 1.18%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Salomão Andrade Perpétua Venâncio Joel Campos Party Paretian Section of the Workers' International The Greens Catholics for Liberty Leader since 7 September 2019 February 5 2012 20 August 2007 Leader's seat Martessa Central São Miguel Ronchique Last election 7 C / 4 A 20 C / 2 A 11 C / 13 A Seats before 7 C / 4 A 20 C / 2 A 11 C / 12 A Seats won 26 C / 9 A 2 C / 1 A 2 C / 1 A Seat change 19 C / 5 A 18 C / 1 A 9 C / 11 A Votes 1,860,538 161,731 153,002 % and swing 7.22% 5.28% 0.55% 5% 0.54% 2.6%   Seventh party Eighth party   Leader Nicole Barboza Alexandre Nobreza Party Liberals of Paretia Conservative Union Leader since 1 December 2014 21 June 2021 Leader's seat Jardinagem-Anestrel Jema (lost) Last election 14 C / 6 A 77 C / 29 A Seats before 14 C / 6 A 76 C / 29 A Seats won 1 C / 0 A 1 C / 0 A Seat change 13 C / 6 A 75 C / 29 A Votes 107,987 77,987 % and swing .41% 2.85% 0.30% 20.83%
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

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 Liberals of Paretia 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.

Parties

Party		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
	Liberals of Paretia	Social liberalism , centrism, sotirian democracy, pro-eucleanism	Center	Nicole Barboza	15 / 360	6 / 120
	Catholics for Liberty	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
	Vicisan Party	Vicisan 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

Main article: 2021 Trovão elections scandal

Main article: Functionalism in Paretia

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

Organizations

Social Democrats

• Social Democratic and Co-operative Party of Estmere
• Social Democratic Party of Gaullica
• Social Democratic Party of Caldia
• Social Democratic Party of Etruria
• Social Democratic Radical Party of Werania of Werania
• Paretia Automotive Workers' Union
• Paretia Manufacturers' Union
• Paretia Teachers' Union
• Paretia Writers' Union
• Paretian LGBT+ Rights Organization

Patron League

• Tribune Movement of Etruria
• Estmere First of Estmere
• National Front of Gaullica
• Gaullican Conservatives of Gaullica
• Weranic Völkisch Freedom Party of Werania
• Paretia Law Enforcement Union
• Paretia Truckers' Union
• Paretian Mothers against Sodomy

Conservative Union

• Conservative and Progressive Republican Party of Gaullica

Alternative Party

• Paretians for Direct Democracy Organization

Paretian Section of the Workers' International

• Congress of the Workers' International

Liberals of Paretia

• Modern Centre Party of Werania

Results

Assembleia Nacional

Congresso

Party		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
	Catholics for Liberty	153,002	0.54%	2 / 360	9
	Liberals of Paretia	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
	Vicisan Party	23,080	0.08%	1 / 360	1
	Party for Luzelese Interests	23,050	0.08%	0 / 360	1
	Luzelese Dominion Party	23,036	0.08%	0 / 360	2
	Other parties	31,222	0.012%	0 / 360

Assembleia

Party		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
	Catholics for Liberty	137,701	0.59%	1 / 120	11
	Liberals of Paretia	101,188	0.43%	1 / 120	6
	Party for Luzelese Interests	28,735	0.12%	1 / 120	1
	Luzelese Dominion 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
	Vicisan 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 Dominion 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)

Vicisa

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