2022 Louisianian General Election

2022 Louisianian General Election

5 February 2022 (2022-02-05)
All 255 seats in Parliament 128 seats needed for a majority
Registered	8,712,122
Turnout	64.1% (1.6pp)
First party Second party Third party   Candidate Michel LePenz Edward Soline Cyril Baudet Party PC Alliance UML Last election 46.4%, 121 seats 23.5%, 61 seats 5.3%, 14 seats Seats won 115 65 19 Seat change 6 4 5 Popular vote 2,534,793 1,438,606 418,484 Percentage 44.4% 25.2% 7.3% Swing 2.0% 1.7% 2.0%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Candidate Thaaqib al-Rahman Robin Angelle Sébastien Soyer Party Qumsa ApL RCL Last election 6.0%, 16 seats 6.4%, 17 seats 4.1%, 11 seats Seats won 17 15 14 Seat change 1 2 3 Popular vote 364,856 333,619 311,232 Percentage 6.4% 5.8% 5.5% Swing 0.4% 0.6% 1.4%   Seventh party   Candidate Arnold Kautz Party Ma'ayi Last election 3.6%, 10 seats Seats won 10 Seat change Popular vote 180,686 Percentage 3.2% Swing 0.4%
First place winner by parish
Government before election LePenz III Cabinet PC–ApL-RCL Government after election LePenz IV Cabinet PC–RCL

Federal snap elections were held in Louisiana on 5 February 2022 to elect all 255 members of Parliament. As the previous election's four-year mandates were due to expire, new writs of election were issued in late November 2021. Despite a reduced majority, incumbent Prime Minister Michel LePenz was able to secure a record fourth term after first being elected in 2012.

The Conservative Party (PC), led by Prime Minister LePenz, won the highest percentage of the vote with 40.4% for 115 seats. While considered a near-landslide, this represented a slight decrease from its 2018 percentage of 44.4% and 121 seats. The Alliance for the Republic (or "Alliance") received 25.2% and 65 seats, considered a disappointing result despite staying the second largest party in Parliament. Better Louisiana (UML) received 7.3% and 14 seats, Qumsa received 6.4% and 17 seats, Alternative for Louisiana (ApL) received 5.8% and 15 seats, the Christian Rally (RCL) received 5.5% and 11 seats, while Ma'ayi received 3.6% and stayed stable at 10 seats. This was the first election under the new 5% threshold, though Ma'ayi was exempt due to its status as an ethnic party.

Though the PC had formed a coalition with the ApL and RCL in a green Marktdarp after the 2018. Due to polls indicating lagging popularity for LePenz, the ApL signaled it intended to break the coalition agreement at the expiration of the session. However, in a surprise, LePenz and the PC outdid their polling and was able to secure a Marktdarp coalition of just 129 seats. Despite the efforts of the ApL to rejoin the coalition, LePenz preferred the narrow majority consisting of just the PC and RCL, citing irreconcilable differences between the parties on migration and energy policy.

LePenz and his cabinet would resign in wake of the War Appropiations Scandal in late which saw several members of the LePenz IV Cabinet, including prime minister LePenz, be implicated in a scheme to use federal troops enforcing occupation law in northern Louisiana to confiscate property and goods to be sold, with the resulting funds being funneled into the bank accounts of the implicated officials. LePenz would be replaced by Broussard Landry, who would lose election in a landslide the following year.