2021 Besmenian federal election

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2021 Besmenian federal election
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All 427 seats in the Federal Chamber
214 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Candidate Elisabeth Rademacher Moritz Bandenberg Ivar Combrinck
Party Besmenian People's Party Free Besmenian Citizen's Party Social Democratic Union
Leader since 15 May 2021 (nominated) 25 April 2021 4 August 2020
Leader's seat Maurenmark Metakumburg Sedakania
Last election 33.4%, 144 seats 28.2%, 122 seats 10.2%, 44 seats
Seats won 136 89 64
Seat change Decrease 8 Decrease 33 Increase 20
Popular vote 17,775,672 11,658,071 8,426,130
Percentage 30,8% 20,2% 14,6%
Swing Decrease 2,6% Decrease 8% Increase 4,4%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Sandra Eckwach2.png Tabea Rößner-8793.jpg Franz Weinreich.png
Candidate Sandra Eckwach Anna Stucklein Franz Weinreich
Party Party of the Besmenian Left Green Party of Besmenia National Besmenian Party
Leader since 6 October 2011 2 March 2020 23 May 2021 (nominated)
Leader's seat Laitstadt Zollingia Greuningia
Last election 10.5%, 45 seats 9%, 39 seats 7.7%, 33 seats
Seats won 55 44 39
Seat change Increase 10 Increase 5 Increase 6
Popular vote 7,271,866 5,829,035 5,136,476
Percentage 12,6% 10,1% 8,9%
Swing Increase 2,1% Increase 1,1% Increase 1,2%
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Prime Minister before election

Richard Benkel
Independent

Elected Prime Minister

TBD

The 2021 Besmenian federal election in Besmenia took take place on August 8, 2021. It is the election of the 27th Federal Chamber. The election should originally take place after the regular course of the Federal Chamber legislative period in summer 2024. On April 30, 2021, Prime Minister Theodor Sidemann announced, after consultation with President Vincent von Schilling, to aim for new elections due to the Hille affair and the subsequent exit of the FBBP from the government cabinet.

Background

Previous election

In the 2020 Besmenian federal election, which took place on August 2, 2020, the BVP became the party with the highest number of votes with 33.4%, with a decrease of -2.6%. The FBBP saw a slight increase in the vote. The PBL became the third largest party for the first time with a result of 10.5%. With 10.2%, the SDU recorded their second worst result ever in the election. The GPB showed a small decrease of -0.8%. After failing the 5 percent hurdle in the 2016 Besmenian federal election with a result of 4.8%, the NBP made it back into the Federal Chamber with 7.7%

Coalition negotiations between the BVP and the FBBP began on August 21th.

Hille affair and no confidence vote against government cabinet Sidemann III

Electoral system

427 members are elected to the Besmenian Federal Chamber for four years. The federal territory is divided into 13 state constituencies and these in turn into 158 regional constituencies. There is a preliminary investigation at every level.

Date

Contesting parties

Name Ideology Party leader Prime Minister candidate 2020 result
Votes (%) Seats in the Federal Chamber
BVP Besmenian People's Party
Besmenische Volkspartei 		Christian Democracy
Conservatism 		Theodor Sidemann Elisabeth Rademacher 33.4%
144 / 427
FBBP Free Besmenian Citizen's Party
Freie Besmenische Bürgerpartei 		Liberalism
Classic liberalism 		Manuel Gonnsheim Manuel Gonnsheim 28.2%
122 / 427
PBL Party of the Besmenian Left
Partei der Besmenischen Linke 		Democratic Socialism
Left-wing populism 		Sandra Eckwach Sandra Eckwach 10.5%
45 / 427
SDU Social Democratic Union
Sozialdemokratische Union 		Social democracy Ivar Combrinck Ivar Combrinck 10.2%
44 / 427
GPB Green Party of Besmenia
Grüne Partei Besmeniens 		Green politics
Green liberalism 		Anna Stucklein Anna Stucklein 9%
39 / 427
NBP National Besmenian Party
Nationale Besmenische Partei 		National conservatism
Right-wing populism 		Markus Ernst Franz Weinreich 7.7%
33 / 427

Prime Minister candidate of the parties

BVP

The former Prime Minister Theodor Sidemann was originally supposed to stand as Prime Minister candidate for BVP. On May 13, 2021 (5 days after his resignation as Prime Minister), Sidemann surprisingly announced that he would not run in the 2021 election. On May 15, Elisabeth Rademacher (Governor of Heraldsteinland since June 2016) was nominated and confirmed as Prime Minister candidate of the Besmenian People's Party. Elisabeth Rademacher is the BVP's first female Prime Minister candidate.

FBBP

Manuel Gonnsheim, who became the new party chairman of the FBBP after Frank Hille's resignation, was confirmed as Prime Minister candidate on May 12th.

PBL

Party leader Sandra Eckwach, who was re-elected as party leader at the PBL party conference on January 16, 2021, was confirmed as Prime Minister candidate of the PBL.

SDU

GPB

NBP

Campaign

Debates

2021 Besmenian federal election debates
Date TV channel     P  Present    N  Not present  
Besmenian People's Party Free Besmenian Citizen's Party Social Democratic Union Green Party of Besmenia National Besmenian Party Party of the Besmenian Left
11 July BRF 1 P
Rademacher 		P
Bandenberg 		P
Combrinck 		N N N
18 July BRF 1 N N N P
Stucklein 		P
Weinreich 		P
Eckwach

Results

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Party Votes % Seats
Besmenian People's Party 17,775,672 30,8 136
Free Besmenian Citizen's Party 11,658,071 20,2 89
Social Democratic Union 8,426,130 14,6 64
Party of the Besmenian Left 7,271,866 12,6 55
Green Party of Besmenia 5,829,035 10,1 44
National Besmenian Party 5,136,476 8,9 43
Other parties 1,500,543 2,6 0
Invalid/blank votes 115,426 0,2 –
Total 57,713,219 100 427
Registered voters/turnout 61,432,132 93,9 –
Popular vote
BVP
 
 30.8%
FBBP
 
 20.2%
SDU
 
 14.6%
PBL
 
 12.6%
GPB
 
 10.1%
NBP
 
 8.9%
Other parties
 
 2.6%

Aftermatch

Coalitions considered Seats
Total seats 427
Absolute majority (From 214 seats)
    BVP, FBBP 225
      BVP, SDU, GPB 244

After the election results were announced, there were two possible coalitions to choose from, which would have an absolute majority in the Federal Chamber. A continuation of BVP-FBBP or a coalition consisting of BVP, SDU and GPB.

Opinion polls

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