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Elections in Walneria

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The Confederacy of Walneria is a constitutional republic with regular elections for many offices and assemblies. Every citizen aged 18 years at the second day of the election is eligible to vote in all elections. Citizens of Walneria have the right to vote in the elections for:

National Assembly

Electoral constituencies for the National Assembly of Walneria following the 2023 referendum

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Following the 2023 electoral law referendum, the parties have the right to decide on which of the three permissible principles are they going to follow for the election (but they can choose at most one):

  1. A single party list at large with no more than 130 candidates
  2. Regional party lists in the 9 regions and 2 settlement areas with no more than a floor function of the 1.5 × number of candidates that would proportionally be apportioned to the said electoral regions under equal turnout in all electoral regions, but not less than 5 candidates total
  3. Regional party lists with the same rules and local party lists in the Special counties with no more than a floor function of the 1.5 × number of candidates that would proportionally be apportioned to the said electoral county under equal turnout in all electoral regions and counties, but not less than 2 candidates total

Seats are apportioned to each party based on the at large result and only to those parties which crossed the electoral threshold using D'Hondt method with seats being apportioned between electoral constituencies within every party that opted for regional and/or local lists using Sainte-Laguë method.

There are multiple electoral thresholds, where at least one must be met in order to enter the National Assembly:

Type of candidate Threshold
Single party 4% at large 8% in at least 3 regions
Alliance of 2 parties 5% at large 10% in at least 3 regions
Alliance of 3 parties 6% at large 12% in at least 3 regions
Alliance of 4 or more parties 7% at large 14% in at least 3 regions
Party representing a national minority No threshold on the first seat, then to every other same as for a single party
Independent candidate ~0.769% at large[1]

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Grand National Assembly

Single-member electoral districts for the Grand National Assembly of Walneria

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President

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Regional councils

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County councils

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Municipal councils

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Referendums

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  1. This value is calculated as the number of votes divided by the number of seats, i.e. 1/130. 100%/130 is equal to roughly 0.769%