2014 Seketese General Election

2014 Seketese general election

March 31, 2014 (2014-03-31)
All 294 seats to the Commons Council of the Hérvynsken 148 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	66.3
First party Second party Third party   LDY Leader Eris Kellisyen Tomas Serdoa Angela Heiþens Party Socialist National Conservatives Liberal Democrats Leader since May 2014 7 August 2002 June 2004 Leader's seat Conelibek-University Nelderjen List Zynatan (lost re-election) Last election 90 149 33 Seats before 91 148 33 Seats won 145 64 34 Seat change 55 85 1 Popular vote 1,171,942 739,709 531,299 Percentage 36.06% 22.76% 16.35% Swing 6.96pp 13.54pp 0.95pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   WNP Leader Lilli Maisolson Marc Joels Simon Laondo Party Labour Wilsk Nat. Greens Leader since July 2012 March 2003 July 2012 Leader's seat Wilskland List Wilskland List Gjenor List Last election 15 5 0 Seats before 15 5 0 Seats won 27 22 1 Seat change 12 17 1 Popular vote 462,911 189,142 119,452 Percentage 14.24% 5.82% 3.68% Swing 3.74pp 4.32pp 1.28pp

The 2014 Seketese General Election was held on 31 March 2014 to elect members of the Commons Council, the lower house of the Hérvynsken. The President of Seketan, Fjedor Alesk formally dissolved the Commons Council on February 15 2017 at the request of Prime Minister Tomas Serdoa as the parliamentary term had expired.

The election saw Prime Minister Serdoa lose re-election to a resurgent Socialists lead by former caucus co-chair Eris Kellisyen. Serdoa's governing National Conservatives lost over half their caucus as they were swept out of Gjenor, Nelderjen, and Fjeska. All parties except for the National Conservatives gained seats. The Liberal Democrats made only nominal gains, as their leader Angela Heiþens lost re-election. The Labour nearly doubled their caucus with with Lilli Maisolson rebranding of the party making them gains amoungst Seketan's national minorities. In Wilskland, the Wilsk Nationalists had their best preformance, winning the most votes in the Indenepent state and more then tripling their seats. The previously minor Greens also gained their first seat, with party leader Simon Laondo winning a Gjenor list seat.

Electoral system

Since 2004, Seketan has used a mixed voting system to elect members to the Commons Council. 193 of seats are elected from single-member districts using First-past-the-post voting (district seats), and 100 seats are elected from at-large provincial constituencies using close Party-list proportional representation (provincial seats). Unlike other mixed systems like in South Korea or Ukraine, voters cast a single vote for their district seat, with their chosen candidates party affiliation being counted for the provincial seat. Both district and provincial seats are allocated to the provinces by population as such below.

Province	D. Seats	P. Seats	Total	+/-
Gjenor	57	32	89	3
Wilskland	32	16	48	1
Nelderjen	31	16	47	3
Fjeska	27	14	41	3
Bynan	20	10	30	4
Ellinesa	19	9	28	2
Giorgi-Alesk	7	3	10	0

Results

Party	Acym.	Leader	Seats		Votes
			Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Socialist	SY	Eris Kellisyen	145	55	1,171,942	36.1%	7.0pp
	Nat. Conservative	CNY	Simone Laphjen	64	85	739,709	22.8%	13.5pp
	Liberal Democrats	LDY	Jeameson Treirþe	34	1	531,299	16.4%	1.0pp
	Labour	OeUC	Lilli Maisolson	27	12	462,911	14.2%	3.7pp
	Wilsk Nat.	WNP	Marc Joels	22	17	189,142	5.2%	4.3pp
	Green	AY	Simon Laondo	1	1	119,452	3.7%	1.3pp
	Party of Seketan	YaS		0	0	13,094	0.4%	0.4pp
	Libertarian	LiY		0	0	8,016	0.2%	0.1pp
	Progressives	PY		0	0	7,319	0.2%	0.3pp
	Communist Union	CO		0	0	6,592	0.2%	0.2pp
	Christian Democratic Union	CDO		0	0	4,653	0.1%	0.2pp
	Animal Rights Asso.	AAR		0	0	3,678	0.1%	0.3pp
	Sosymets	SSY		0	0	1,377	0.1%	0pp
Total	293		3,311,775	100%