Pacitalian parliamentary elections, 2023

This article is about the upcoming parliamentary election in Pacitalia. For the concurrent election of the Archonate, see Pacitalian archonal election, 2023.

Pacitalian parliamentary elections, 2023

27th November 2023
All 715 seats in the Constazione and 100 seats in the Senato 358 seats needed for a majority in the Constazione 51 seats needed for a majority in the Senato
Registered	TBA
Turnout	TBD Votes can be cast in person or by postal or special ballot
Votes counted	0% as of 30th July 2023 AOTC+0300
Leader Damián Moya Dominic de Brincat Paolo Demarco Party Pacitalian Social Democratic Congress Federation of Progressive Democrats Christian Democratic Party Leader since 30th June 2020 16th April 2023 19th January 2008 Last election 457 168 29 Seats needed 0 190 329   Leader Pere Capderoig Rosa Bardolin Alba Gaudí i Piqué Party Partit dels Socialistes d'Emporda Pacitalian Green Party Empordian League Leader since 12th May 2015 5th April 2021 12th September 2021 Last election 20 15 9 Seats needed 338 343 349
Incumbent Prime Minister Damián Moya PSDC

Parliamentary elections will be held in the Pacitalian Republic on Monday 27th November 2023. Officially, this is the 119th national general election, where Pacitalian voters elect the 715 members of the Constazione Repubblicana, Pacitalia's lower house, and 100 Senators to its upper house.

The order of election, which dissolves the parliament, is typically issued by the Archonate about five weeks in advance of the election date, officially starting the campaign period. However, campaigning by parties and their leaders unofficially begins well before the order is issued.

The centre-left Pacitalian Social Democratic Congress, led by incumbent Prime Minister Damián Moya, are attempting to retain outright control of both houses of parliament and win a third three-year term in power. Centre-right and right-wing parties currently in opposition, such as the Federation of Progressive Democrats, the Christian Democratic Party, and Defence of the Republic, are seeking to return a conservative government to power at the national level for the first time since 2017. New parties, such as the eDemocrats and other regional parties, may further fragment the final makeup of parliament and create a more difficult road for the eventual winner to form a coalition.

Background

Parliamentary elections in Pacitalia are triennial and held on the last Monday of November unless circumstances require them to be re-scheduled. Pacitalians also elect their regional governments triennially, though in the year following the parliamentary vote. Archonates, by comparison, are elected to six-year terms.

Pacitalians elect 715 members of the Constazione using the mixed-member form of proportional representation (MMP). There are 445 Members of the Republican Parliament (MRPs) elected through a party list, with the remaining 270 coming from single-member districts whose members are elected using instant-runoff voting (IRV). The weighting of the two blocs of seats typically leads smaller parties to focus their resources on winning party list seats rather than standing candidates in electorates; this leaves the latter bloc to be captured overwhelmingly by larger parties, and has the effect of increasing the odds of the winning party having a workable coalition or an outright majority.

Senators, by contrast, are elected using solely IRV.

Previous election and outcomes

The previous parliamentary elections were held in 2020.

Buoyed by his government's decisive response to the COVID-19 pandemic, voters delivered Moya and the PSDC a resounding mandate and a second term in office, with a majority of the party list vote, and a strong plurality of votes from electorate seats. The PSDC won outright control of both houses of the Pacitalian parliament and were able to govern alone as a result – the first time since 2004 that any party had won a majority of seats in both houses. Due to the social distancing guidelines resulting from the pandemic, that election also made history as the first where the majority of votes were cast by mail instead of in-person.

Campaign

On July 31, 2023, four centre-right parties agreed to cooperate in the upcoming election in an attempt to bolster their chances of forming government. Federation of Progressive Democrats leader Dominic de Brincat was reported to have led the talks between his party, the Christian Democrats, the Empordian League and Podemos–Derecha Unida.

Under the agreement, the FPD and the Christian Democrats will not run electorate seat candidates in Empordia or Marquería so as not to split the centre-right vote. The two parties would also coordinate their efforts in the rest of the country, with a non-compete agreement in place based on a review of previous election history to determine which party would have the better chance to defeat a PSDC opponent in each seat. The deal was not intended to extend to a formal coalition agreement if the centre-right bloc wins the election, but was viewed as likely to form the basis for any further cooperation.

Results

Default table sort is by total seats won.