2021 Besmenian federal election

2021 Besmenian federal election

August 8, 2021
All 427 seats in the Federal Chamber 214 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Candidate Elisabeth Rademacher Moritz Bandenberg Ivar Combrinck Party BVP FBBP SDU Leader since 15 May 2021 (nominated) 25 April 2021 4 August 2020 Leader's seat Maurenmark Metakumburg Summingia Last election 31.4% 23.6% 11.2% Popular vote 17,775,672 Number 8,426,130 Percentage 30,8% 20,2% 14,6% Swing 0,6% 3,4% 3,4%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Candidate Anna Stucklein Sandra Eckwach Franz Weinreich Party GPB PBL NBP Leader since 2 July 2018 6 October 2011 23 May 2021 (nominated) Leader's seat Zollingia Laitstadt Greuningia Last election 9,5% 9%, 7.7% Popular vote Number Number Number Percentage 10,7% 10,1% 9,6% Swing 1,2% 1,1% 1,9%
Prime Minister before election Richard Benkel Independent Elected Prime Minister Elisabeth Rademacher BVP

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.

Electoral system

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

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	31.4%	139 / 427
	FBBP	Free Besmenian Citizen's Party Freie Besmenische Bürgerpartei	Liberalism Social liberalism	Moritz Bandenberg	Moritz Bandenberg	24.5%	108 / 427
	SDU	Social Democratic Union Sozialdemokratische Union	Social democracy	Ivar Combrinck	Ivar Combrinck	13.2%	58 / 427
	GPB	Green Party of Besmenia Grüne Partei Besmeniens	Green politics Green liberalism	Anna Stucklein	Anna Stucklein	9,5%	42 / 427
	NBP	National Besmenian Party Nationale Besmenische Partei	National conservatism Right-wing populism	Markus Ernst	Franz Weinreich	9.3%	41 / 427
	PBL	Party of the Besmenian Left Partei der Besmenischen Linken	Democratic Socialism Left-wing populism	Sandra Eckwach	Sandra Eckwach	9%	39 / 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 Maurenmark since March 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

Moritz Bandenberg, 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.

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

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Besmenian People's Party	17,775,672	30,8	137
	Free Besmenian Citizen's Party	11,658,071	20,2	90
	Social Democratic Union	8,426,130	14,6	65
	Green Party of Besmenia	6,175,314	10,7	47
	Party of the Besmenian Left	5,829,035	10,1	45
	National Besmenian Party	5,540,469	9,6	43
	Other parties	2,193,102	3,8	0
Invalid/blank votes		115,426	0,2	–
Total		57,713,219	100	427
Registered voters/turnout		62,832,132	93,9	–

Popular vote BVP   30.8% FBBP   20.2% SDU   14.6% GPB   10.7% PBL   10.1% NBP   9.6% Other parties   3.8%

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.