Central Shaneville Presidential election

Central Shaneville holds elections for legislatures or governments in several jurisdictions: for the federal (national) government, provincial and territorial governments. Local councils also get their own elections. All Central Shaneville citizens aged 18 or older who currently reside in Central Shaneville (or at any point in their life have resided in the nation, regardless of time away) as of the polling day may vote in presidential elections. The most recent election was a re-election called by President John Poseidon which occurred on December 5, 2020.

Elections for other levels of government may have additional residency or ownership requirements. For example, some municipalities allow both residents and non-resident landowners to vote.

Parliament and Senate

The Parliament of Central Shaneville has two chambers: the House of Commons has 242 members (it used to have 333), elected for a maximum four-year term in single-seat electoral districts, and the Senate has 105 members appointed by district elections. Senators are given a six year term and thus often serve much longer than the president.

National elections are governed by the Central Shaneville Elections Commission. Using the first past the post voting system, Central Shaneville's people vote for their local Member of Parliament (MP), who represents one specific constituency or district in the Senate. The leader of the party most likely to hold the confidence of the senate becomes a nominee for president.

Most MPs are members of a political party, although candidates may stand for election as independents unaffiliated with any political party. Once candidates are elected, sitting members of parliament are permitted to "cross the floor" switching party affiliation without having to first resign and restand for office under their new affiliation. Sitting members may also be dismissed from or voluntarily leave their party and become independents. As a result, the distribution of seats by party affiliation often fluctuates in between elections.

Although several parties are typically represented in parliament over the years, Central Shaneville has recently had two dominant political parties since the government's reform in 2016: the Liberal Democrats Party and the Labour party however in 2020, during the re-election, Labour was dethroned as the second dominant party by the Commonwealth People's Party which is the newest party aimed at giving young people a voice.

If a government loses a confidence motion or no majority is found during a presidential election, the president will ask the speaker of the senate to call an election if no coalition is formed and the senate speaker follows that advice.

List of presidential elections

This election usually occurs every 4 years, there are no term limits on being president, the first election was in 1912 following the completion of the original Central Shaneville Parliament after it was granted autonomy from the international community.

The first election

Election Year	President	Picture	Summary	Conservatives	Liberal Party	Anti-Confederates	Independent	Other	Total seats
1912	Henry Hite		The Conservative Party won a majority government after a campaign that kept verbally attacking the opposition. This was the first ever Central Shaneville presidential election. The first official seats of the Central Shaneville Parliament were decided. The controversial Anti-Confederates party became the subject of much physical and verbal abuse throughout this campaign due to their non-federal status. The aftermath of the election sees the Anti-Confederates party disbanded following the death of their leader following a demonstration.	112	53	15	-	-	180

Other elections in the 1910s

Election Year	President	Picture	Summary	Conservatives	Liberal Party	Independent	Other	Total seats
1916	Ben Murker		The Liberal Party gains a majority in Parliament resulting in their first election win. Ben Murker becomes the 2nd President of Central Shaneville. A major party shakeup occurs when new Conservative and Liberal MP's arrive in Parliament.	73	107	-	-	180

1920s

Election Year	President	Picture	Summary	Conservatives	Liberal Party	Independent	Other	Total seats
1920	Ben Murker		The Liberal Party extend their majority by 13 seats in parliament. Ben Murker becomes the first ever Central Shaneville President to be elected for a second term.	60	120	-	-	180

Election Year	President	Picture	Summary	Conservatives	Liberal Party	Progressive	Independent	Other	Total seats
1924	William Mackenzie		The new Progressive Party forms a minority government after no majority was reached. The Progressive Party made their electoral debut looking to make their way into Parliament. Incumbent President, Ben Murker, seeked a third team despite bad health.	26	74	80	-	-	180

Election Year	President	Picture	Summary	Conservatives	Progressive	Liberal Party	Independent	Other	Total seats
1925	Jean André		A coalition is formed between the Progressive and Conservative parties. The Conservatives win more seats than the Progressives putting them in charge. Jean Andre of the Conservatives becomes President. The Senate passed a vote through Parliament for a re-election to see if a workable majority could be reached which was accepted. This is the first re-election in Central Shaneville history.	83 (110) Coalition	27 Coalition	70	-	-	180

New Parliament (2016)

Election Year	President	Picture	Summary	Liberal Democrats	Commonwealth People's Party	CS Labor	Independent	Other	Total seats
2016	Chase Owens		Chase Owens is elected following a structural rebuild of the Central Shaneville Parliament. The new Liberal Democrat party achieves a majority government. This election sees the debut of the Commonwealth People's Party.	159	81	2	0	0 (CS National Party)	242

2020s

Election Year	President	Picture	Summary	Liberal Democrats	Commonwealth People's Party	National Labor Coalition	Independent	Other	Total seats
2020	Chase Owens John Poseidon		Chase Owens resigns in 2018 due to poor health The Commonwealth People's Party wins the election but no government is formed. John Poseidon remains President after an emergency senate meeting where legislation for a re-election in a bid to build a majority government was passed. The National and Labor parties form a coalition.	49	98	95	0	-	242
Election Year	President	Picture	Summary	Liberal Democrats	Commonwealth People's Party	National Labor Coalition	Independent	Other	Total seats
2020 (re-election)	John Poseidon		John Poseidon achieves a majority government and wins his first full term as President with the Liberal Democrats by just 6 seats. The National and Labor parties have the worst major party performance in Central Shaneville history. The Commonwealth People's Party becomes a major party.	128	90	24	0	-	242

List of political parties

Current Political Parties

• Central Shaneville National-Labor Coalition (2016-present) - Formed after the 2016 election, this party is the most right leaning party and is technically 2 parties in 1 with the Labor party and Central Shaneville National Party forming this coalition to combat the Liberal Democrats and Commonwealth party however this was fail miserably in the 2020 re-election with the coalition only scoring 2 seats.
• Commonwealth People's Party (2016-present) - Formed in 2016, this party is neither left or right - its prime aim is to give young people a voice in politics
• Liberal Democrats (2016-present) - Formed in 2016, the Liberal Democrats are a left leaning party who was founded during the rebuild of the Central Shaneville Parliament.

Former Parties

• Anti-Confederates - The most controversial party in Central Shaneville history, they were against the idea of Central Shaneville federalism and the formation of parliament, their leader was also not well liked with the people, it only lasted one election cycle as the party was disbanded following the death of its leader during a public demonstration, their seats were absorbed by the Liberal Party.
• Conservative Party - One of two original parties in Central Shaneville, this party gave the nation its first president (Henry Hite) it was more centre aligned on the political spectrum than most Conservative parties around the world.
• Liberal Party - The left leaning party on the political spectrum, the second of the original parties in Central Shaneville. This party gave Central Shaneville its first re-elected president (Ben Murker.)
• Progressive Party - The Progressive Party's aim was to bring Central Shaneville "into the 20th century" they were neither left or right aligned.

List of presidents

	No.	Portrait	Name	Elected	Term of office			Political party	Electorate served during election
					Took office	Left office	Time in office
	1		Henry Hite	1912	11 October 1912	12 October 1916	4 years, 1 day	Conservative	Southern Bay, 1912–1916
	2		Ben Murker	1916 1920	13 October 1916	10 October 1924	7 years, 363 days	Liberal	New Helvetia, 1916–1924
	3		William Mackenzie	1924	11 October 1924	17 July 1925	279 days	Progressive	Bayside, 1924-1925
	4		Jean André	1925	18 July 1925	12 October 1928	3 years, 86 days	Conservative (Coalition with Progressive Party)	Bastia, 1925-1928 (currently)
	TBD		Chase Owens	2016	11 November 2016	12 February 2018	1 year, 93 days	Liberal Democrats	Southern Bay, 2016–2018 (resigned)
	TBD		John Poseidon	- 2020 2020 (re-election)	12 February 2018	Incumbent	6 years, 315 days	Liberal Democrats	Lincoln Island, 2018–present