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[[Category:Elections in Caldia]]
[[Category:Elections in Caldia]]

Revision as of 12:35, 18 June 2021

2022 Caldish general election
Caldia
← 2019 12 June 2022 2027 →

All 399 seats to the Tionól
200 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats ±
Social Democrats Stiofán Mac Suibhne
Liberty Party Pádraig Mac Piarais
Nationals Liam Ó Cuillinn
Centre Lachlann Mac an Fhleisteir
Democratic Left Seán Ó Caoláin
Greens Colm Ó Corráin
Ciara Nic Innes
Democrats Muirís Ó Branagáin
Pensioners Ellie Níc Raghnaill
Homeland Einion ap Calder
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Taoiseach before
Stiofán Mac Suibhne
Social Democrats

A general election will be held in Caldia on 12 June 2022 to elect all 399 members of the Tionól.


Background

Electoral system

Of the 399 members of the Tionól, 200 are elected in multi-member constituencies and 199 are selected based on a party's vote share. The presiding officer is automatically re-elected if standing again, but the incumbent had retired meaning all 399 seats were contested.

Members are elected using mixed-member proportional representation. Caldia has 52 multi-member constituencies. Each consistency consists of three to five members. Members are selected using a version of single-transferable vote known as the Ní Dochartaigh method. Under this process, voters rank candidates by first and second preference. Unlike other methods of single transferable vote, they can only rank candidates in this order and cannot transfer their vote to more than one additional candidate.

The remaining members are allocated to parties who rank their candidates on an open list in which voters can rank candidates on their own. Voters can either support a party's top candidate or give their vote to another candidate on the list. This could allow a candidate to move up the list. For this to occur, a candidate must receive more than 25% of the total number of votes cast for the party. This allows for parties to retain significant control over candidates elected on the open list.

For a new party to become eligible, it has to register the support of 25,000 registered voters with the Caldish Electoral Board before 12 June 2021. For a new party to enter the Tionól it had to receive more than 2.5% of the national vote share win a seat in a multi-member constituency. Independents only require the support of 10,000 registered voters, making ballot access easier.

Participating parties

Parties contesting the elections
Party Leader Last election
PSD Social Democratic Party Stiofán Mac Suibhne 48.8 218 seats
S Liberty Party Pádraig Mac Piarais 18.4 89 seats
PN National Party Liam Ó Cuillinn 13.6 57 seats
PM Centre Party Lachlann Mac an Fhleisteir 4 12 seats
DC Democratic Left Seán Ó Caoláin 3.1 8 seats
G The Greens Colm Ó Corráin
Ciara Nic Innes
3 6 seats
D Caldish Democrats Muirís Ó Branagáin 2.5 5 seats
PP Pensioners Ellie Níc Raghnaill 1.2 1 seat
M/TD Homeland Einion ap Calder .2 1 seat
N Independents Individual candidates 1.3 2 seats