2021 Etrurian federal election

2021 Etrurian federal election

October 8, 2021 (2021-10-08)
All 600 seats to the Chamber of Representatives 301 seats needed for a majority
Leader Francesco Carcaterra Chiara Mastromarino Mauro Cesare Capra Party Tribune Movement/Social Party of the Third Order Social Democratic Party Citizens’ Alliance Leader since 13 March 2012 X 2021 Leader's seat San Metello in Valle San Alessandro III Monteperano Last election 414 seats, 60.88% 38 seats, 5.58% 160 seats, 23.52% Current seats 402 38 160 Seats needed 101 263 141   Leader Davor Krstičević Party Farmers and Workers Union Leader since X 2015 Leader's seat Kanfanar Last election 29 Current seats 29 Seats needed 272
Incumbent President Francesco Carcaterra Tribune Movement

The 2021 Etruria federal election will take place on November 05, 2021, to elect all 600 members of the Chamber of Represenatives to the XXth Etrurian Senate. The legal documents dissolving the Senate for the period of 05 October to 05 November was accepted by President of the Chamber Ivano Jandroković after President Francesco Carcaterra utilised his constitutional power to call a snap election.

Date

The Articles of Federation (Articoli della Federazione) state under Article 20 that elections for the Chamber of Representatives must be elected no later than 30 days after the fourth or fifth anniversary of the first sitting of the current Chamber (Camera). The dissolution of the current Camera must take place 30 days before election day, excluding public holidays, and the newly elected Camera must hold its first sitting within 14 days of election day, not including public holidays.

Article 21 of the Articles of Federation grants the Etrurian executive the right to dissolve the sitting Camera and hold an election at any point of their choosing within the 5-year maximum period. Should an early election be called it must be held on the first friday of any given month. The dissolution of the Camera maybe pre-announced according to Article 21.2 - for example, the 2021 election was declared in August and the current Camera was to be dissolved on 5 October, exactly 30 days before the dated election on 5 November. The government may dissolve the Camera without a parliamentary vote.

Electoral system

Following the passing of the 2021 Legislative and Electoral Reform Law on 23 August 2021, the electoral system was radically overhauled. The Chamber of Representatives was reduced in size from 680 to 600 and the electoral voting system was also changed. Of the 600 members, 500 are elected by first past the post to single-member constituencies, while the remaining 100 are elected by party list to a single national constituency. How the party list results are calculated was also changed in the law, ending state-level results being collated, to now the seats being awareded on the basis of the national vote from FPTP seats.

Since 2004, Etruria's elections have operated a 5% electoral threshold for parties to be awarded seats on the party-list, this is the same for coalitions of any size. FPTP seats are distributed across Etruria's fifteen states in line population with Veratia, the most populous, holding 189 seats and Il Dogado, the smallest, only 8. Seat apportionment is subject to non-binding review every four years, and officially reviewed with changes every decade following a national census.

The required majority to form a government is 301 seats. Prior to 2017, when all of Etruria's seats were elected under the party-list system, coalitions and agreements were necessary for governments to be formed. However, the 2017 Etrurian constitutional referendum introduced FPTP to 400 seats and enabled the Tribune Movement (incumbent government since 2016) to be elected in 2018, as the first single-party government since the end of the Military junta and restoration of democracy in 1984.

Parties and leaders

The 2017 constitutional amendments also included changes to the requirements for parties to compete in federal elections. In order to officially be registered, a political party must hold seats at the state and local level, both of which are set at a minimum of 10 seats. Candidates for constituency seats must also pay a ₣2,680 deposit, while those competing for party-list seats need to pay ₣1,200, which are returned if a candidate secures more than 5% of votes. It has been consistently rare for local/state level parties to compete federally, often campaigning on behalf of a national party that shares similar agendas or ideological beliefs.

The Federal Electoral Commission reported on 20 September that four parties had officially registered candidates to compete in the election and had met the requirements.

Parties/Coalitions represented in the XXth Chamber of Representatives
Party/Coalition Style				Ideology	Leader(s)	2018 result		Current seats
						Votes (%)	Seats
	Patria		Tribune Movement Movimento Tribvne	Right-wing populism	Francesco Carcaterra	53.66%	414 / 680	402 / 680
			Farmers and Workers Union UAL	National conservatism	Davor Krstičević		29 / 680	29 / 680
			Social Party of the Third Party Partito Sociale del Terz'Ordine	Syncretic Sotirian socialism (economic), Sotirian right (social)	[[ ]]	Did not exist		0 / 680
	Citizens' Alliance AC			Classical liberalism	Mauro Cesare Capra	28.58%	160 / 680	160 / 680
	Sotirian People's Force Forza Popolare Sotiriana			Sotirian democracy	Vittore Eugenio Agrella	Did not exist		51 / 680
	Social Democratic Party SD			Social democracy	Chiara Mastromarino	15.76%	38 / 680	38 / 680

Extra-parliamentary parties participating in the 2021 federal election
Party		Leader	Main ideology	Position	2017 result	Regions contesting
					Votes (%)
	Popular Renewal PR	Giorgio Begović	Democratic socialism	Left-wing	1.02%	485
	Veratian National Party Partito Nazionale Veraziani	Enrico Fattoiani	Regionalism	Centre-right	0.60%	23
	Green Future Futuro Verde	Alissa Santorini/Mario Giorgini	Green socialism	Left-wing	0.34%	105
	Together for Carvagna Insieme	Caterina D'Angeli	Regionalism	Centre-left	0.04%	39

Campaign

Debates

Etrurian federal election debates, 2021
Date	Organisers	Channel	P  Present    A  Absent invitee   NI  Non-invitee						Notes
			MT/PSTO	SD	AC	UAL	FPS	RP
23 September	Orrizonte Media	Orrizonte24	P Carcaterra	P Mastromarino	P Capra	NI Krstičević	P Agrella	NI Favazza
01 October	ARE	ARE	P Carcaterra	P Mastromarino	P Capra	NI Krstičević	P Agrella	P Favazza

Opinion polls

Pre-2021 election

Rolling national average from the previous federal election to the beginning of the 2021 election.