Aquitaynian General Election, 2014

Aquitaynian general election, 2014

8 December 2014
784 in the Magnus (393 for a majority) 436 in the Magnatus (219 for a majority)
Turnout	62.4%
First party Second party Third party   File:Claire under.jpeg Leader James Zaeir Kirk Macklin Claire Lubeck Party Royalists People's Party Isolationists Leader since 5 January 2015 5 January 2002 5 January 2006 Leader's seat Faer Asaur Eurul Seats won 315 (Commons) 146 (Lords) 298 (Commons) 129 (Lords) 72 (Commons) 109 (Lords) Seat change 9 7 4 3 7 4 Popular vote 48,123,454 44,584,676 8,192,458 Percentage 44.6% 41.35% 7.6% Swing 8% 3.6% 4.4%   Fourth party Fifth party   File:Mhariblack.jpg Leader Charlotte Pharoway Amy Haroldsson Party Republican Environmentalists Leader since 5 January 2015 5 January 2015 Leader's seat Atlus Saropand Last election 0 10 seats, 5.5% Seats won 63 (Commons) 50 (Lords) 38 (Commons) 2 (Lords) Seat change 6 Popular vote 4,311,820 2,587,092 Percentage 2.4% 5.6% Swing 2.4%
Colors denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.
Prime Minister before election Nathan Wilde People's Party Elected Prime Minister James Zaeir Royalist

The Aquitaynian General Election of 2014 was held on the 8th of December, 2014. All 786 seats in the House of Commons using thetwo-round system.

The election was held 3 years after the previous election in 2010. Prime Minister James Zaeir, head of the Royalist Party, succeeded former PM Nathan Wilde of the People's Party, and began office on the 5th of January the following year. The election was an unusual landslide for the Royalist Party, after a strong coalition lead by Mr.Zaeir and the now-weakened Republicans worked together to secure stronger national defense budgets and pushed the 2013 Invasion of Pangus through the legislative body in 2013.

The intervention was largely seen as a great moment for the nation, and the Royalist Party used it to secure their overwhelming majority in the Commons. In the Lords, however, the Royalists did not obtain an absolute majority, but after talks with the head of Environmentalist MP, Amy Haroldsson, a coalition majority was secured in the House of Lords on the terms that larger environmental incentives and initiatives be brought before the House of Commons.

The Royalist Coalition would hold until the next election cycle in 2017.

Campaign

Major Issues

The major issues concerning the 2014 election were, mainly, the recent intervention in Insula Fera, and a proposed 15% increase to the National Healthcare System. The Royalist Party fought on multiple fronts over the course of the election to provide what they called the "moral policy", which was defined by a continuing and expanding humanitarian mission in Insula Fera, and the expansion of the NHS at home. Critics of these policies cited the expected explosion of the deficit if they were brought to fruition, with the Ministry of Government Accountability creating a study in which they found the national deficit would rise by 22% over five years under the proposed policies.

The People's Party argued for a less extensive nation-building campaign in Insula Fera and argued to turn the entire operation over to the Symphonians or the EATA. It was widely believed within the party and their supporters that Aquitayne had thrust itself into a region it had no business being in and wasn't obligated to go there. Additionally, the breakdown of relations between the United Kingdom and the EATA over the intervention fueled an anti-interventionist agenda. The People's Party also fought to subdue the proposed NHS expansion, stating that expanding the current system would cripple the nation, and that the NHS had to be defunded and private insurers given the opportunity to bring costs down across the healthcare market.

Timeline

The key dates of the election year were:

17 June 2014	Prime Minister Nathan Wilde formally announces election date
15 July 2014	Dissolution of the Magnus Magnatus
11 August 2014	Notices issued, nominations open
4 September 2014	Bids close
1 October 2014	Advertising gag closes
15 November 2014	Election day
1 December 2014	Official results released
31 December 2014	Coalition deadline for majority
5 January 2015	87th Magnus Magnatus assembles

Results

After all 784 constituencies had been declared, the results were:

Party		Leader	MPs			Votes
				Of total			Of total
Royalist Party		James Zaeir	315	40.1%	315 / 784	48,123,454	44.5%
People's Party		Kirk Macklin	298	38%	298 / 784	44,584,676	41.4%
Isolationists		Claire Lubeck	72	9.2%	72 / 784	8,192,458	7.6%
Republicans		Charlotte Pharoway	63	8%	63 / 784	4,311,820	3.9%
Environmentalists		Amy Haroldsson	38	4.8%	38 / 784	2,587,092	2.4%