2023 Azmaran legislative election

2023 Azmaran legislative election

16 April 2023
All 150 seats in Folksmot 76 seats needed for a majority
Leader Sofija Anasdohter Freidrik Aleksaanderssun Ana Freidriksdohter Party Workers' Party Gold Flame The Radicals Leader since 1 July 2020 17 September 2017 3 September 2018 Leader's seat Haadland Groonbank Aalmsted Last election 51 seats, 32.1% 30 seats, 19.0% 19 seats, 13.0%   Leader Henrik Jorśsun Liis Jonsdohter Hilda Maartensdohter Party Sotirian Democrats Green Party Blue and White Leader since 5 April 2022 5 April 2020 6 November 2022 Leader's seat Westmaark (standing) Aalmsted Sompland Last election 16 seats, 10.4% 14 seats, 9.1% 6 seats, 4.0%   Leader Maarijana Karlsdohter Jorś Leifssun Niina Karlsdohter Party Socialist Party Party for Hytklif Grey Party Alliance Free Alliance 08 Leader since 1 January 2023 20 August 2020 17 June 2010 Leader's seat Ostlaak Hytklif Groonbank Last election 5 seats, 3.2% 4 seats, 2.8% 3 seats, 1.7%
Incumbent Thingspeaker Sofija Anasdohter Workers'

Parliamentary elections will be held in Azmara on 16 April 2023, and will elect members of the Folksmot for the 2023-2026 term.

Background

The previous election on the 19th April 2020 saw the Workers' Party led by Thingspeaker Eryk Jorśsun win the most seats with 51, five down from the 2017 election. Negotiations would begin between the Workers' Party, The Radicals and the Green Party in order to form a government, with tensions emerging between the Workers' Party and their two prospective coalition partners over the Northern Forum's funding of the Tuaisceart-Süd II pipeline connecting Caldia and Werania, which the latter parties opposed on environmental grounds yet divided Workers' Party parliamentarians and ministers.

After public disputes over the party's environmental policy and mass environmental protests triggered the resignation of three pro-pipeline ministers, Eryk Jorśsun would announce his resignation as Workers' Party leader on 20th May, being succeeded by Internal Affairs Secretary Sofija Anasdohter after an uncontested leadership election on 1st July. After this, a coalition agreement between the three parties would be ratified by the 10th July, with Anasdohter being instituted as Thingspeaker on the 13th July with 84 of 150 Folksmot members voting in favour of her institution.

On the 3rd March, Anasdohter announced that a motion to dissolve the Folksmot on 8th March in preparation for elections on the 16th April would be tabled, to be voted on on the 6th March.