2016 Etrurian federal election

2016 Etrurian general election

10 August 2016
All 680 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and All 290 seats in the State Council
Turnout	34,730,414 (78.40%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Francesco Carcaterra Gianluca Tozzo Milan Vučković Party Tribune Movement Citizens' Alliance Farmers and Workers Union Leader since 13 March 2012 1 August 2011 10 July 2015 Leader's seat San Pietro della Abbadia Lariana (C) San Alessandro III (C) Kaštela-Kvor Last election 14 seats C / 10 S 22 seats C / 12 S 48 C / 80 S Seats won 387 C / 166 S 110 C / 62 S 53 C / 15 S Seat change 373 C / 156 S 88 C / 50 S 5 C / 65 S Popular vote 14,833,359 7,946,318 4,292,679 Percentage 42.71% 22.88% 12.36%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Andrea Reali Matteo Fernandino Paruta Fernando De Micheli Party Etrurian Federalist Party Etrurian Socialist Party Etrurian Greens Leader since 7 July 2016 8 July 2016 1 April 2010 Leader's seat Piscara-Nord San Gennaro su Hermes Last election 366 C / 153 S 226 C / 35 S 4 C / 0 S Seats won 62 C / 23 S 50 C / 13 S 18 C / 11 S Seat change 304 C / 130 S 176 C / 22 S 14 C / 11 S Popular vote 3,945,375 2,094,243 1,618,437 Percentage 11.36% 6.03% 4.66%
President before election Andrea Reali Etrurian Federalist Party Elected President Francesco Carcaterra Tribune Movement

General elections were held in the United Transestrurian Federation for both houses of the Senate of the Federation on the 10 August 2016. All 680 and 290 members of the Chamber of Representatives and State Council respectively, were elected under a single non-transferable vote system in multi-member electoral districts.

The election saw the established two parties of the incumbent Etrurian Federalist Party, under President Andrea Reali and the Etrurian Socialist Party, under Matteo Fernandio Paruta suffer their worst defeats in history. The Tribune Movement under Francesco Carcaterra won a landslide victory, securing a majority in both houses of the Senate, while the Citizens' Alliance under Gianluca Tozzo made strong gains. The Workers and Farmers Union, under Milan Vučković and the Etrurian Greens under Fernando De Micheli making some gains.

Francesco Carcaterra became President of Etruria the next day with a sizeable majority in both houses of the federal legislature. The result also marked the first time a far-right populist political party had been elected into government since the functionalist era.

Electoral process

Werania has since 1908 used an single non-transferable vote in multi-member districts to send 545 representatives to the Volkstag. The current electoral boundaries were approved in 2010 by the Electoral Board, with boundaries being decided every 10 years based on census data. Should a party have 273 or more representative in the Volkstag, it has an absolute majority and could thus govern autonomously, without a coalition partner. The constitution can be amended with a supermajority of two-thirds, or 360 deputies.

Voters have to registrar to vote by the 28 April. In order to be eligible to vote one must be over the age of 18, be a citizen of Werania, have a permanent address in Werania and not be currently in prison.