2017 Seketese General Election

2017 Seketese general election

March 27, 2017 (2017-03-27)
All 294 seats to the Commons Council of the Hérvynsken 148 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	57.3%
First party Second party Third party   CNy Leader Eris Kellisyen John Geosan Lilli Maisolson Party Socialist National Conservatives Labour Leader since May 2014 September 2014 July 2012 Leader's seat Conelibek-University Giorgi-Alesk List Wilskland List Last election 145 64 27 Seats before 143 64 27 Seats won 125 88 35 Seat change 18 25 8 Popular vote 917,811 777,201 488,268 Percentage 32.10% 27.18% 17.08% Swing 3.96pp 4.42pp 2.84pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   WNP Leader Jeameson Treirþe Marc Joels Simon Laondo Party Liberal Democrats Wilsk Nat. Greens Leader since May 2015 March 2003 July 2012 Leader's seat Lyþestan Wilskland List Gjenor List Last election 34 22 1 Seats before 35 22 2 Seats won 29 14 2 Seat change 6 8 0 Popular vote 414,382 78,014 138,974 Percentage 14.49% 2.73% 4.86% Swing 1.86pp 3.09pp 1.18pp

The 2017 Seketese General Election was held on March 26 2017 to elect members of the Commons Council, the lower house of the Hérvynsken. The President of Seketan, Fjedor Alesk formally dissolved the Commons Council on February 15 2017 at the request of Prime Minister Eris Kellisyen.

The election saw Prime Minister Kellisyen re-elected as Prime Minister, albeit with a smaller minority in the Hérvynsken. After weeks of negotiations, on 19 April 2017, a coalition deal was struck between the Socialist and Labour parties, marking the first time Labour entered government. Labour made large gains, particularly in urban areas and their former coal-mining heartland. Their leader Lilli Maisolson would be sworn in on 28 April as the first woman Second Minister. Despite notable gains, CNy leader John Geosan resigned on election night, seeing the election as a failure on his part as the leader. He would be the only party leader to not also compete in the next election. The Liberal Democrats suffered slightly, losing a handful of district seats to strategic voting. The regionalist Wilsk National Party and their longtime leader Marc Joels lost most of the gains they made in 2014, largely attributed to their provincial governments failed independence referendum.

Electoral system

Since 2004, Seketan has used a mixed voting system to elect members to the Commons Council. 193 of seats are elected from single-member districts using First-past-the-post voting (district seats), and 100 seats are elected from at-large provincial constituencies using close Party-list proportional representation (provincial seats). Unlike other mixed systems like in South Korea or Ukraine, voters cast a single vote for their district seat, with their chosen candidates party affiliation being counted for the provincial seat. Both district and provincial seats are allocated to the provinces by population as such below.

Province	D. Seats	P. Seats	Total	+/-
Gjenor	57	32	89	3
Wilskland	32	16	48	1
Nelderjen	31	16	47	3
Fjeska	27	14	41	3
Bynan	20	10	30	4
Ellinesa	19	9	28	2
Giorgi-Alesk	7	3	10	0

Results

Party	Acym.	Leader	Seats		Votes
			Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Socialist	SY	Eris Kellisyen	125	20	917,811	32.1%	4.0pp
	Nat. Conservative	CNY	Simone Laphjen	88	24	777,201	27.2%	4.4pp
	Labour	OeUC	Lilli Maisolson	35	8	488,268	17.1%	2.8pp
	Liberal Democrats	LDY	Jeameson Treirþe	29	5	414,382	14.5%	1.9pp
	Wilsk Nat.	WNP	Marc Joels	14	8	78,014	2.7%	3.1pp
	Green	AY	Simon Laondo	2	1	138,974	4.9%	1.2pp