2011 Weranian federal election

2011 Weranian federal election

27 May 2011
All 545 seats to the House of Deputies 273 seats are needed for a majority in the House of Deputies
Turnout	34,654,997 (74.73%) 6.61%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ellis Koopmann Günter Schaefer Klaus Reimann Party SRPO NKP PMZ Leader since 22nd November 2007 24th January 2011 6th September 2009 Leader's seat Bonnlitz-Ostbrücken Roetenberg Roetenberg Last election 140 seats, 26.40% 249 seats, 33.20% 42 seats, 7.13% Seats won 244 137 61 Seat change 104 112 19 Popular vote 12,463,728 9.174.932 4,074,839 Percentage 35.56% 26.48% 11.63% Swing 8.25% 7.02% 4.50%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Phillipp Steinhäuser Michael Kaltenbrunner Michaela Redler Aneta Umbraite Party OSAI Grüns SDT Leader since 14th July 2004 12th November 2008 7th November 2002 11th March 2009 Leader's seat Westbrücken Cislania Ruttland Last election 60 seats, 10.75% 10 seats, 3.18% 8 seats, 2.44% Seats won 23 20 23 Seat change 37 10 15 Popular vote 1,946,372 1,578,473 1,256,473 Percentage 5.55% 4.50% 3.58% Swing 5.20% 1.32% 1.14%
File:2011 werania election map.png States coloured by largest party.
Chancellor before election Dietrich Wittmann NKP Elected Chancellor Ellis Koopmann SPRO

The 43^rd federal election was held in the Weranian Confederation for the Volkstag (the lower house of the Bundestag) on the 27^th May 2011. All 545 members of the Volkstag were elected under a single non-transferable vote system in multi-member electoral districts. The Social Democratic Radical Party of Werania (SRPO) won the largest amount of seats amid a collapse of the vote of the National Consolidation Party led government, with the SRPO subsequently forming a coalition government with the Modern Centre Party which underwent its own resurgence in votes to become the third largest party.

The election was held during an ongoing financial crisis, high unemployment, a large public deficit and high levels public discontent. The outgoing coalition government of the NKP, PMZ and Sotirian Democratic Homeland (SDT) had become extremely unpopular due to their adoption of tough public spending cuts as well passing a highly controversial and contested labour reform that many blamed for the high unemployment. As a result for the years preceding the election the SRPO had consistently outpolled the NKP as the largest party leading to many to predict the former would easily beat the latter at an election.

The electoral campaign was largely dominated by differing approaches to the financial crisis and unemployment. The government largely defended its policies of fiscal restraint whilst the PMZ called for greater tax cuts and economic deregulation to kickstart the economy. In comparison to the 2007 campaign where the SRPO had adopted a more moderate message the SRPO embraced a more populist tone. The SRPO mainly focused on cutting Werania's high unemployment rate, which stood at 11% on election day.

The election saw the SRPO and PMZ gain votes at expense of the NKP and the Weranic Section of the Workers' International who had performed well in 2007 but declined as many of their voters went to the SRPO. The Weranic Völkisch Freedom Party, a far-right party that had shocked the nation when it gained over 5% of the vote in 2007 lost half its seats.

Turnout in the election was 74.73%, a decline of over 6% from the last election and the lowest turnout since the 1972 election. The SRPO's 12 million votes are the highest the party has ever achieved and the overall highest for a left-wing party in Weranian history.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats			±
				Constituency	Proportional	Total
	Social Democratic Radical Party	12,463,728	35.56	129	115	244	tba
	National Consolidation Party	9,174,932	26.18	53	84	137	tba
	Modern Centre Party	4,074,839	11.63	24	37	61	tba
	Weranic Section of the Workers' International	1,946,372	5.55	6	17	23	tba
	Sotirian Democratic Homeland	1,256,473	3.58	12	11	23	tba
	Green Party	1,578,473	4.50	6	14	20	tba
	Democratic Alternative	1,248,493	3.56	4	11	15	tba
	Weranic Völkisch Freedom Party	1,215,463	3.47	0	11	11	tba
	National Coalition for Independence	726,832	2.07	8	0	8	tba
	Aldman People's Party	240,576	0.69	2	0	2	-
	United Party	12,058	0.03	1	0	1	-
	Others	12,058	1.33	0	0	0	-
Invalid/blank votes		646,357	–	–	–	-	-
Total		46.374,583	100	245	300	545	-
Registered voters/turnout		46,474,226	75.6	–	–	-	-