2011 Weranian federal election

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All 545 seats to the Volkstag
273 seats are needed for a majority in the Volkstag
Turnout34,654,997 (74.73%)
Decrease6.61%
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Ellis Koopmann Dietrich Wittmann Klaus Ngo
Party SRPO NKP PMZ
Leader since 22nd November 2007 27th June 2008 6th September 2009
Last election 110 seats, 26.40% 228 seats, 34.22% 41 seats, 7.26%
Seats won 190 135 95
Seat change Increase80 Decrease93 Increase54
Popular vote 10,463,728 9,174,932 5,074,839
Percentage 30.19% 26.48% 14.64%
Swing Increase3.79% Decrease7.74% Increase7.38%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Leader Veronika Althammer Valentina Kaltenbrunner
(Spitzenkandidat)
Egon Geisel
Party OSAI Grüns DA
Leader since 14th July 2004 12th November 2008 20th March 1999
Last election 46 seats, 9.33% 20 seats, 2.22% 12 seats, 2.56%
Seats won 26 26 22
Seat change Decrease20 Increase6 Increase10
Popular vote 5,074,839 1,278,473 1,548,493
Percentage 5.90% 3.69% 4.47%
Swing Decrease3.43% Increase1.55% Increase1.91%

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
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Leader Aneta Umbraite Albrecht Ströher Fabian Breitscheid
Party SDT OVFP KRP
Leader since 11th March 2009 16th August 2006 4th March 2011
Last election 21 seats, 2.12% 25 seats, 5.62% 32 seats, 4.56%
Seats won 20 12 10
Seat change Decrease1 Decrease13 Decrease22
Popular vote 704,652 1,015,463 1,256,473
Percentage 2.03% 2.69% 3.63%
Swing Decrease0.09% Decrease2.87% Decrease0.93%

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States coloured by largest party.

Chancellor before election

Dietrich Wittmann
NKP

Elected Chancellor

Ellis Koopmann
SPRO

The 43rd federal election was held in the Weranian Confederation for the Volkstag (the lower house of the Bundestag) on the 27th 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, Conservative Reform Party (KRP) 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 left-wing populist message the SRPO embraced a more moderate tone that emphasised fiscal responsibility. 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 KRP collapsed as a political force never regaining its relevance. 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 10 million votes are the highest the party has ever achieved and the overall highest for a left-wing party in Weranian history.

Electoral process

Background

Timetable

Parties

Campaign

Opinion Polls

Results

Aftermath

Outcome

Government formation