2020 Vazian General Election

Vazcoeur Federal Election, 2019

30 June 2019 (2019-06-30)
463 seats in the National Assembly 232 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	95.41%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Micheal Brudia (standing as presidential candidate) Fred Bates Theresa de Grand (standing as presidential candidate) Party Progressive Alliance People before Profit New Order Alliance Forward Forward The Right Way Leader since 1 March 2018 1 Feburary 2005 1 Feburary 2017 Last election new party 57 135 Seats before 19 57 125 Seats won 300 69 38 Seat change 281 12 87   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   File:Emmanuel Macron en meeting à Besançon 2.png Leader Marine Lucas Emmanuel Matin (standing as presidential candidate) Xino Junior Party Green Party Rising Sun Party Confederalist Party Alliance Forward Centre Leader since 31 October 2010 19 September 2011 3 September 2005 Last election 23 182 spilt from New Order Seats before 23 163 10 Seats won 29 21 6 Seat change 6 142 4   Seventh party   Leader Paul Twilight Party Liberal Party Alliance Centre Leader since 3 September 2018 Last election 66 Seats before 66 Seats won 0 Seat change 66
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Prime Minister before election John North Rising Sun Party Prime Minister Racheal Povaz Progressive Alliance

The Vazian Federal Election of 2019 was held on the 30th June 2019. It was held along with the presidential and state elections. This election was held after the collapse of the governing RSP-Liberal coalition due to policy disagreements and 19 RSP MPs defecting to the Progressives.

Polling showed at the start of the campaign that the RSP would lose their majority and that a hung parliament would be returned. After some time it became apparent that the Progressive Alliance could get an overall majority although pundits said it was highly improbable.

Campaign Issues

Constitutional Convention of 2018

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Gay Rights

After various homophobic attacks across the country many were calling for harsher punishment for

Policy platforms

The main parties in the election had the main aims of:

Rising Sun Party

• Reduce the power of trade unions
• Introduce fair press regulation
• Hold a referendum on centralisation
• Semi-Privatise the VHS
• Reintroduce National Service

New Order

• Hold a referendum on banning same-sex marriage and restricting abortion
• Reduction in the rate of corporation tax to F0.10
• Temporarily ban immigration for one year
• Implement Austerity measures until 2022
• Privatise all state held assets

Progressive Alliance

• Constitutional reform by referendum
• Legalisation of same-sex marriage and making abortion a constitutional right
• Introduction of a windfall tax on excessive corporate profits

Exit Poll

Independent polling firms created an exit poll on the behalf of the VBC and Channel 2 that was revealed at the time of poll closings across the nation at 11pm. The poll predicted that the Progressive Alliance would gain seats but fail to come close to a majority. The poll showed the collapse of the ruling coalition government which included the Liberal Party and Rising Sun party. It also showed that the New Order Party had failed to make any gains and losing 46 of its seats and that the Confederlaista would loose all their seats. People Before Profit and the Green Party would also gain more ground. With Exit Poll result, it was assumed per Forward Alliance rules that a coalition government would be formed between the Progressives, Greens and People Before Profit which would have a majority of 157.

Following results being reported in several North and Lake st constituencies it became apparent that the exit poll had been inaccurate in its measure of support for the Progressive Alliance. Actual results saw the Progressive Alliance swept to power with a majority of 137 (excluding the Forward Alliance members).

Parties		Seats	Change
	Progressive Alliance	197	178
	New Order	79	46
	People before Profit	72	15
	Rising Sun Party	72	91
	Green Party	41	18
	Liberal Party	2	64
Hung Parliament

Results

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Parliament after the election.

After all 463 constituencies had been declared, the results were:

Party		Leader	MPs			Votes
				Of total			Of total
Progressive Alliance		Micheal Brudia	300	64.79%	300 / 463		57.68%	41.68%
People before Profit		Fred Bates	69	14.9%	69 / 463		12.96%	16.96%
New Order		Theresa de Grand	38	8.21%	38 / 463	2,568,642	11.68%	14.68%
Green Party		Marine Lucas	29	6.26%	29 / 350		7.29%	9.29%
Rising Sun Party		Emmanuel Matin	21	4.54%	21 / 463		6.59%	8.59%
Confederalist Party		Xino Junior	6	1.3%	6 / 463		2.58%	4.58%
Liberal Party		Paul Twilight	0	0%	0 / 463		2.65%	3.65%

Aftermath

At 8am the day after the election outgoing Prime Minister North conceded the election and resigned the premiership. He told his supporters that politics has been "changed beyond recognition" and later added that he believed that both RSP and New Order parties had been "incompetent". Soon after North's resignation Micheal Brudia the now former governor of Brudia was summoned to the Presidential Palace where he was inaugurated as President. His first act was to assemble the 7th Parliament and move for the election of a new Prime Minister. At Midday the President Brudia officially appointed Racheal Povaz as Prime Minister.