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2007 Alslandic same-sex Marriage referendum

2007 Alslandic same-sex Marriage referendum
Should the United Provinces of Alsland allow marriage between same-sex couples?
LocationAlsland Alsland
Date15 June 2007 (2007-06-15)
Results
Votes %
Yes 3,935,311 59.26%
No 2,705,508 40.74%
Valid votes 6,640,819 99.56%
Invalid or blank votes 29,151 0.44%
Total votes 6,669,970 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 7,963,944 83.75%
Results by province
2007 Alslandic Referendum.png
How the electorate voted, by province. Proportion of the valid poll voting yes:
Source: Alslandic Government

The 2007 Alslandic Same-Sex Marriage referendum took place on 15 June 2007 in Alsland to ask the electorate whether Alsland should legalise same-sex marriages. Prior to the referendum same-sex couples were allowed to enter civil unions and foreign marriages were recognised. The government of Jabik Nieuwenhuis promised a referendum on same-sex marriage in their manifesto for the 2005 General election. The referendum resulted in 59.3% of votes being cast in favour of legalising same-sex marriage. The resulting Marriage Act 2007 was passed nearly unanimously in the Folkssenaat and was signed by President Onne Monsma on August 11, 2005. The act came into force on November 23 2007 the day after Jabik Nieuwenhuis was removed from office by Onne Monsma. The first same-sex marriage ceremony in Alsland occurred on November 29 2007.

Background

History

Support and Opposition

Party positions

Position Political parties
Yes Worker's Party
Progressive Alliance
The Centre
ASAY
United Democratic Union
Greens and Socialists
Radical
No Sotirian Union
Justice Party
Alslandic Resistance
National Rally
No official stance Conservative Party
Sotirian Democratic Front
Democrats

Yes Campaign

No Campaign

Public opinion

Date Firm Yes No Undecided Sample size
11–14 June 2007 ANS 55% 42% 3% 1,000
2–8 June 2007 Hjoed 62% 38% - 1,200
25–30 May 2007 TBD 56% 42% 2% 1,200
26–29 May 2007 Hjoed 60% 40% - 1,000
19–24 May 2007 TBD 54% 46% - 1,730
10–14 May 2007 JaAlslân 59% 39% 2% 1,500
2–6 May 2007 Yndyktinkt 66% 30% 4% 1,800
15-20 April 2007 TBD 52% 45% 3% 1,000
4-8 April 2007 TBD 56% 44% - 1,200
25-27 March 2007 TBD 57% 40% 3% 1,250
20-23 March 2007 Hjoed 60% 40% - 1,500

Campaign

Advertising

Abuse and vandalism

Mental health

Attempted assassination of Jabik Nieuwenhuis

On 14 June 2007, the day before the scheduled date of the referendum and the final day of campaigning, Tilman Schricker a 42 year old man from Garz attempted to stab Premier Jabik Nieuwenhuis with a 12 inch Kitchen Knife at a campaign visit in Werdau. Nieuwenhuis escaped injury after Schricker stabbed a police officer in the shoulder who had been preventing Schricker from approaching Nieuwenhuis. Schricker was detained immediately after this and Nieuwenhuis was evacuated. Campaigning was suspended nationwide for the rest of the day.

When questioned following his arrest, Schricker didn't cite the referendum as a cause for the attempted assassination but it was later revealed that Schricker was a member of the anti-LGBT Stadtbäumer Foundation which had vigorously opposed the referendum. However initial reports in the media said the attempted assassination was motivated by the decision to hold the referendum and Nieuwenhuis' support for same-sex marriage.

Result

National result

2007 Alslandic Same-sex Marriage referendum
Choice Votes %
Referendum passed Yes 3,935,311 59.3
No 2,705,508 40.7
Valid votes 6,640,819 99.6
Invalid or blank votes 29,151 0.4
Total votes 6,669,970 100.00
Registered voters and turnout 7,963,944 83.8
Referendum results
Yes:
3,935,311 (59.3%)
No:
2,705,508 (40.7%)

Result by Province

Breakdown of voting by province
Province Yes No Invalid
Votes % Votes %
Delland 950,928 63.2% 541,668 36% 0.8%
Fawkhamshire 378,737 54.8% 310,315 44.9% 0.3%
Garz 580,737 55.4% 480,104 45.8% 0.8%
Hamptonshire 591,191 61.2% 364,181 37.7% 1.1%
Martiland 284,287 51.8% 260,688 47.5% 0.7%
Middewald 352,279 65.3% 185,040 34.3% 0.4%
Yndyk 378,286 71.3% 149,086 28.1% 0.6%
Zittau 418,866 49.8% 420,592 50% 0.2%

Aftermath

Marriage Act 2007

Reactions

Criticism

Plans to hold a referendum were criticised by several LGBT rights advocacy groups who called the decision to have the majority vote on the rights of a minority group. During initial debates on holding a referendum, Senator Emo Akkerman who is openly Bisexual said that holding a referendum could set a dangerous precedence for other countries to deny LGBT citizens their rights if a referendum is held. Akkerman voted to hold the referendum during the vote on the issue.

In 2011, Premier Jonathan Fraser criticised the move to hold a referendum saying that the process would have been much faster had the Marriage Act 2007 been voted on in the Folkssenaat where there was overwhelming support for it. Fraser was outed as Gay in 2003 and was one of the most prominent figures within the 'Yes' campaign.

List of Alslandic governments

President Premier Governing parties Government
1920 Kei Holwerda Siemen Hartmann DNM DC SPP FDU Hartmann government
1921 Douglas Cunningham Cunningham government
1924 Viktor Funke LP FDU Funke government
1925 Liuwke Talsma
1927 Tsjaable Wouda SAP AB Wouda government
1929 Villem Mand AB Mand government
1939 Sjemme Boersma Boersma government
1940 Villem Mand
1942 Djurre De Vos De Vos government
1942 Laas Keuning Keuning government
1945 Adam Schmiedeberg
1948 Samuel Hudson SF SDyD ASAY Hudson government
1950 Tys Jonker
1952 Witte Reitsma First Reitsma government
1957 PA Second Reitsma government
1960 Dougie Hayes Eric Feigenspan NB FDU Feigenspan government
1962 Konrad Neuheuser First Neuheuser government
1963 IS Second Neuheuser government
1964 Marshall Harvey IS FDU First Harvey government
1965 Boate Hamstra
1969 NB (minority) Second Harvey government
1970 Hinne Jorritsma NB FDU Third Harvey government
1973 IS FDU Fourth Harvey government
1976 Urseltsje Van Der Hoek PA GS Van Der Hoek government
1977 Stendert Snijder Snijder government
1979 Declan Walker Walker government
1980 Marshall Harvey
1985 Ygram Hoeksma NB PA Hoeksma-Wijma government
1989 Jimte Gorter
1990 Martina Scott Hoeksma-Brötzmann government
1991 Adalbrecht Brötzmann PA First Brötzmann government
1994 PA (minority)
1997 PA IS Second Brötzmann government
2000 Drewes Brandsma Bonne Zijlstra PA First Zijlstra government
2003 PA GS Second Zijlstra government
2004 Martina Scott IS Scott government
2005 Onne Monsma
2006 Jabik Nieuwenhuis AP GS ASAY Nieuwenhuis government
2007 Jochen Schünemann NB (minority) Schünemann government
2008 Gwen Ritter Jabik Nieuwenhuis AP GS ASAY Nieuwenhuis government
2009 Asser Toman NB PA IS FDU Toman government
2010 Addik Kuiken
2011 Jonathan Fraser PA GS Fraser government
2014 Aarnd Hellinga NB IS FDU Hellinga government
2015 Hepke Veltman Lilliana Elliott First Elliott government
2017 NB IS FDU NR Second Elliott government
2020 Ottila Möller PA (minority) Möller government

2021 Middewald general election

2021 Middewald general election
← 2018 3 September 2021

All 70 seats in the Middewald Provincial Assembly
36 seats needed for a majority
Turnout532,389 (74.2%)
Increase 0.7%
  First party Second party Third party
  Heigo Harma 2021.jpeg Anke Fuchs-Dreisbach.jpg 2549ri Georg Fortmeier, SPD.jpg
Candidate Heigo Harma Eildert Van Der Werff Wullem De Graaf
Party Together for the Republic Social Democrats in Delland Orange Party
Leader's seat List Blijdorp List
Last election 24 seats, 30.3%[a] 25 seats, 35.7% 4 seats, 5.7%
Seats after 24 21 10
Seat change Increase 24 Decrease 4 Increase 6
Popular vote 171,961 162,911 75,599
Percentage 32.3% 30.6% 14.9%
Swing Increase 2% Decrease 5.1% Increase 9.2%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Hagemeier, Daniel-1.jpg Henk Nijboer - TK2021 (51014716448).jpg RE Urve Tiidus.jpg
Candidate Formert Meinsma Rutger Douma Triin Keskula
Party Conservative Party Workers Party Martish Democratic Party
Alliance ASAY - Workers Party
Leader's seat Vanaoever (defeated)
List
List Kuresuu II
Last election 12 seats, 17.3% 4 seats, 5.6% 1 seats, 2.1%
Seats after 7 4 4
Seat change Decrease 5 Steady Increase 3
Popular vote 54,836 31,410 28,216
Percentage 10.3% 5.9% 5.3%
Swing Decrease 7% Increase 0.3% Increase 3.2%

Middewald election 2021.png
Winning candidates in the single-member constituencies, with list seats shown in the top right.

Minister-President before election

Eildert Van Der Werff
Social Democrats in Delland

Elected Minister-President

Heigo Harma
Together for the Republic

The 2021 Middewald general election was held on 3 September 2021 to elect all 70 members to the Middewald Provincial Assembly. The outgoing government was a coalition government between the Social Democrats in Delland (SDyD), the Conservative Party (KP) with support from the Martish Democratic Party (MDP). It was led by Eildert Van Der Werff since 2019.

Together for the Republic, a newly founded bloc won a plurality of seats. The bloc was contesting this election as a joint initiative between The Centre, the Green Party and Future Alsland who all won seats. The SDyD experienced a decline of five percentage points. The right-wing Orange Party unexpectedly won more seats than the Conservative Party which experienced a decline of seven percentage points, the election was the party's worst ever result in the Province. ASAY and the Workers Party contested the election together and did not increase their share of seats or vote share significantly. The MDP more than doubled their vote share and won an extra 3 seats.

The incumbent coalition was defeated and Eildert Van Der Werff announced her resignation as Minister-President after coalition talks fell through. Heigo Harma was confirmed as Minister-President by the Assembly on 1 October and announced the establishment of a coalition of Together for the Republic and the SDyD later that week.

Election date

The 33rd Assembly on Middewald began on 21 September 2018 following the 2018 Middewald general election. Under the Provincial constitution of Middewald, elections to the Provincial Assembly must be held during the month of September every three years. On 29 July 2020 the Middewald government confirmed the date of the election for 3 September 2021. Originally the election was to be held together with elections to the Witansmoot of Hamptonshire but a snap election was held in Hamptonshire in conjunction with the 2020 Alslandic legislative election.

Background

In the previous election, the SDyD held a plurality of seats and had entered a coalition with the KP and MDP. The election was widely seen as a referendum on the Premiership of Ottila Möller, the election was the first to be held in Alsland during her tenure as Premier. The incumbent grand coalition SDyD-KP-MDP was unpopular in Middewald throughout it's existence. On 14 February 2019, Minister-President of Middewald Ljimme Broersma resigned as Minister-President and was succeeded by the Province's Secretary of Health Eildert Van Der Werff.

Parties

The table below lists the parties represented in the 33rd Gearkomste.

# Name Ideology Minister-President
candidate
National
affiliation
2018 result
Votes (%) Seats
1 SDyD Social Democrats in Delland
Sosjaal Demokraten yn Dellân
Social democracy
Dellish minority politics
Eildert Van Der Werff Progressive Alliance 35.7%
25 / 70
2 IS The Centre
It sintrum
Social Liberalism
Euclofederalism
Centrism
Heigo Harma
TGFR joint candidate
Together for the Republic 25.4%
19 / 70
3 KP Conservative Party
Konservative Partij
Dellish minority politics
Sotirian Democracy
Formert Meinsma National Bloc 17.3%
12 / 70
4 O Orange Party[b]
Oranje Partij
Federalism
Right-wing populism
Eucloscepticism
Wullem De Graaf Non-inscrits 5.7%
4 / 70
5 GP Green Party[c]
Griene Partij
Green Politics
Progressivism
Euclofederalism
Heigo Harma
TGFR joint candidate
Together for the Republic 4.2%
4 / 70
6 AP Workers Party
Arbeiderspartij
Libertarian Socialism
Left-wing nationalism
Rutger Douma
AP-ASAY joint candidate
Non-inscrits 5%
3 / 70
7 ASAY ASAY
Alslandyske seksje fan 'e arbeiders ynternasjonaal
Kirenian Model
Councilism
Rutger Douma
AP-ASAY joint candidate
Non-inscrits 3.4%
1 / 70
8 MDP Martish Democratic Party
Marti Demokraatlik Partei
Kirenian minority politics
Sotirian Democracy
Liberal conservatism
Triin Keskula Non-inscrits 2.1%
1 / 70
9 TA Future Alsland
Takomst Alslân
Future politics
E-democracy
Participartory democracy
Heigo Harma
TGFR joint candidate
Together for the Republic 2%
1 / 70

Campaign

The campaign officially began on 1 August 2021 when the 33rd Provincial Assembly was dissolved by President Hepke Veltman. Minister-President Eildert Van Der Werff was able to secure the support of many federal officials in the government. On 3 August the SDyD campaign officially began when the Provincial Manifesto was launched. Shortly after this Van Der Werff was endorsed by Bonne Zijlstra and Ottila Möller.

Originally, opinion polls suggested the election would be a close race between the KP and Together. Polls conducted before the campaign had consistently shown the Conservative Party ahead of the SDyD and Together. On 16 August, audio recordings appeared to show the KP's Minister-President candidate Formert Meinsma accepting a bribe from a logging company. At first the allegations were denied and were claimed to be manipulated. However the recording's authenticity was validated and soon after many National Bloc figures rescinded their endorsements from Meinsma. Meinsma continued to deny the allegations throughout the campaign. As it was already too late to replace Meinsma as a candidate the Conservative Party issued a statement saying Meinsma would not accept the role of Minister-President and would stand down as an MA if he was found to have accepted a bribe by the police.

Two TV debates were held during the campaign. Polling after the debates showed most voters believed MDP leader Triin Keskula preformed the best out of the candidates.

Opinion polling

Graphical summary

Minister-President polling

Polling conducted during the campaign on who the preferred Minister-President would be

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size
Heigo Harma 2021.jpeg Anke Fuchs-Dreisbach.jpg 2549ri Georg Fortmeier, SPD.jpg Hagemeier, Daniel-1.jpg Other/Unsure/None of the above Lead
Harma
TGFR
Van Der Werff
SDyD
De Graaf
OP - FDU
Meinsma
KP
ANS 29-31 Aug 2021 1000 41 16 12 2 32 18
TBD 21-24 Aug 2021 1000 40 20 6 4 29 20
TBD 15-16 Aug 2021 800 30 13 5 29 23 1
TBD 10-13 Aug 2021 800 32 15 4 30 19 2
TBD 9-12 Aug 2021 800 30 14 2 31 23 1
TBD 6-8 Aug 2021 800 30 11 3 30 26 Tie

Preferred coalition

Results

Aftermath

Government formation

Impact on Federal politics

Notes

  1. Figure combines the total seats won by IS, GP and TA
  2. The Orange Party is the successor party to the United Democratic Union
  3. The Green Party and Loftlist split in early 2021, all former Greens and Socialist MAs however joined the Green Party

Federal Presidency

Federal Presidency
Federaal presidintskip (Dellish)
Bundespräsidentschaft (Weranian)
Fœderal Foresittenċe (Swathish)
Föderaalne eesistumine (Kirenian)
Federal Presidency logo.png
Alsland Generic Politician.png
Incumbents

StyleThe Honourable
StatusHead of State
AppointerPopular vote
Term length4 years, no term limit
Inaugural holder
Formation1920; 104 years ago (1920)
Websitewww.federaalpresidintskip.as

The Federal Presidency (Dellish: Federaal presidintskip, Weranian: Bundespräsidentschaft, Swathish: Fœderal Foresittenċe, Kirenian: Föderaalne eesistumine) is the 4-member executive that functions as the collective head of state and head of the executive of the United Provinces of Alsland. It meets in the Presidential Hall in Yndyk. Members of the Presidency are directly elected from each linguistic community every 4 years using the alternative vote system. The position of Head of the Presidency rotates between the 4 members of the Presidency, each serving as Head of the Presidency for one year.

Hepke Veltman has been the incumbent Head of the Presidency since 5 January 2021.

Members

The current members of the Federal Presidency as of 2021 are:

Member Portrait Joined Party/Bloc Community Head of the Presidency term
Achim Lehmann Alsland Generic Politician.png 5 January 2019 National Bloc Weranian 2019 - 2020
Riċard utNocct Alsland Generic Politician.png 5 January 2011 Progressive Alliance Swathish 2020 - 2021
Hepke Veltman Norbert Röttgen 2012 (portrait crop).jpg 5 January 2019 Together for the Republic Dellish 2021 - 2022
Reedik Kaljurand Tanel Kiik (crop).jpg 5 January 2015 Progressive Alliance Martish 2022 - 2023