2022 Satavian federal election

2022 Satavian federal election

July 15, 2022 (2022-07-15)
All 152 seats in the House of Representatives All 96 seats in the Senate 77 seats are needed for a majority in the House of Representatives 49 seats are needed for a majority in the Senate
Registered	15,327,585
Turnout	92.04% ( 3.34 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Arthur Warwick Blake Goodwin Rian Pienaar Party Conservative & Country Liberal United Leader since 23 December 2017 (2017-12-23) 22 May 2022 (2022-05-22) 19 January 2020 (2020-01-19) Leader's seat Johnson (Hope) Crace (Hope) Fox (Hope) (defeated) Last election 84 MPs / 58 Senators (46.56%) 33 MPs / 21 Senators (26.31%) 21 MPs / 13 Senators (16.75%) Seats won 61 MPs / 46 Senators 47 MPs / 26 Senators 37 MPs / 19 Senators Seat change 23 MPs / 12 Senators 14 MPs / 5 Senators 16 MPs / 6 Senators Popular vote 5,077,693 4,221,402 3,540,356 Percentage 35.99% 29.92% 25.09% Swing 10.57 pp 4.22 pp 8.34 pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Jannie Swart Ian Jackson Party Satavia First Labour & Social Democratic Leader since 15 December 2015 (2015-12-15) 3 June 2019 (2019-06-03) Leader's seat Mattheus (Orange) Harris (Hope) (defeated) Last election 2 MPs / 1 Senator (1.04%) 4 MPs / 3 Senators (3.77%) Seats won 4 MPs / 4 Senator 3 MPs / 1 Senator Seat change 2 MPs / 3 Senators 1 MPs / 2 Senators Popular vote 528,964 621,577 Percentage 3.75% 4.41% Swing 2.71 pp 0.64 pp
Results by winning party by division for the House of Representatives
Prime Minister before election Arthur Warwick Conservative & Country Prime Minister after election Arthur Warwick Conservative & Country

The 2022 Satavian federal election was held on Friday, 15 July 2022 to elect all 152 representatives and 96 senators to the Parliament of Satavia. Elections were also held concurrently in the Diereplek, Hope and New Borland provinces. The snap federal election which saw the dissolution of both houses of the Parliament of Satavia was called following the passage of amendments to the Satavia Act, and resulted in the ruling Conservative & Country party losing its majority in the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Following the continuation of for the Conservative & Country party, the High Court confirmed the amendments to the Satavia Act three days after the election, on Monday, 18 July. In accordance with the recommendations of the electoral boundary commission, the election saw an increase in the total number of seats avaliable in the House of Representatives from 149 to 152.

The Conservative & Country party won 61 seats in the House of Representatives (a decrease of 23) and won 46 seats in the Senate, 12 seats and falling three seats shy of a majority. On Sunday, 17 July, two days after voting began, Conservative & Country leader Arthur Warwick announced that they had formed a coalition with the United Party. Two days later, on Tuesday, 19 July, Warwick also announced that his party had entered into a confidence-and-supply agreement with Satavia First, whose leader Jannie Swart replaced Gerald Hardwick as Secretary of State for Education. Warwick announced a cabinet reshuffle in the aftermath of the electoral victory, which saw new United Party leader Parker Lawson appointed Deputy Prime Minister, in addition to the United Party gaining three ministries, whilst Satavia First gained one.

[United]/[Satavia First]/[Labour & SDP]/[New National]/[Green]