Elections in Walneria
The Confederacy of Walneria is a constitutional republic with regular elections for many offices and assemblies. Every citizen aged 18 years at the second day of the election is eligible to vote in all elections. Citizens of Walneria have the right to vote in the elections for:
- National Assembly
- Grand Assembly
- President
- Regional council or autonomous parliament in the region they are a permanent resident of
- County council if they are a resident in one of the Special Counties in Walneria or the Consular assembly if they reside abroad
- Municipal council in the municipality they are a permanent resident of
- Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Democratically-Aligned Nations
Elections are usually coupled, with the regional elections, county elections and municipal elections taking place at the same time.
Timing
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National Assembly
National Assembly is elected once every 4 years for 4 year terms. The right to be elected has every citizen aged at least 21 on the second day of the election. A total of 130 seats are elected using a proportional system. Early elections can be called, if:
- The President dissolves the National Assembly because it failed to convene at least once every three months
- The National Assembly dissolved with a 3/5 majority vote
- One or more people in the Presidium is convicted of treason, sabotage, espionage, war crimes, crimes against the teritorial integrity of Walneria, crimes against democracy and/or crimes against humanity
Following the 2023 electoral law referendum, the parties have the right to decide on which of the three permissible principles are they going to follow for the election (but they can choose at most one):
- A single party list at large with no more than 130 candidates
- Regional party lists in the 9 regions and 2 settlement areas with no more than a floor function of the 1.5 × number of candidates that would proportionally be apportioned to the said electoral regions under equal turnout in all electoral regions, but not less than 5 candidates total
- Regional party lists with the same rules and local party lists in the Special counties with no more than a floor function of the 1.5 × number of candidates that would proportionally be apportioned to the said electoral county under equal turnout in all electoral regions and counties, but not less than 2 candidates total
Seats are apportioned to each party based on the at large result and only to those parties which crossed the electoral threshold using D'Hondt method with seats being apportioned between electoral constituencies within every party that opted for regional and/or local lists using Sainte-Laguë method. Both the Ustokan minority and the Malenik minority have reserved at least 6 seats through the Minority Caucus.
There are multiple electoral thresholds, where at least one must be met in order to enter the National Assembly:
Type of candidate | Threshold | |
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Single party | 4% at large | 8% in at least 3 regions |
Alliance of 2 parties | 6% at large | 12% in at least 3 regions |
Alliance of 3 parties | 8% at large | 16% in at least 3 regions |
Alliance of 4 or more parties | 10% at large | 20% in at least 3 regions |
Party representing a national minority | No threshold on the first seat, then to every other same as for a single party | |
Independent candidate | ~0.769% at large[1] |
The Constitution of Walneria demands, that at least 3 subjects (excluding minority parties unless they cross the threshold and independent politicians) be represented in the National Assembly, so if less than three parties cross the threshold, the thresholds are lowered until at least three parties have seats in the National Assembly. At-large thresholds are lowered by the same amount and thresholds on the regional level are lowered by an amount that is double that of the at-large threshold for each of the respective subject.
Moreover, the Constitution provides for a emergency break mechanism, where in if a single running subject recieves 3/5 of seats or more, more seats are added for other parties to the convocation until they are proportionally just below the 3/5 threshold. This provision was introduced to ensure, that even if a party wins a supermajority, they do not have alone the power to impeach the President or influence the Constitutional Court. This has never happened in Walnerian history.
Grand National Assembly
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President
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Regional councils
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County councils
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Municipal councils
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Referendums
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Parliamentary Assembly of CDAN
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See also
- Politics of Walneria
- Government of Walneria
- National Assembly of Walneria
- Special Counties in Walneria
- ↑ This value is calculated as the number of votes divided by the number of seats, i.e. 1/130. 130)100 is equal to roughly 0.769%