2020 Vazian General Election
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The Vazian Federal Election of 2019 was held on the 14th April 2019 to elect the 9th sitting of the Vazian Congress. It was held along with the presidential and various state elections. Seven "Presidential Class" seats were up for election in the Senate and all 250 seats were up for reelection in the House.
The Forward Alliance picked up seven Senate seats and 84 seats in the House of Representatives. Brudian Governor Micheal Brudia also carried all 263 electoral votes in the Presidential race. The 2019 election represented the first time since the inception of the 2001 Vazian Constitution that a party outside of the traditional two-party system controlled all three branches of the Vazian government.
Polling showed at the start of the campaign that the RSP would lose their majority and that a hung parliament would be returned. After some time it became apparent that the Progressive Alliance could get an overall majority although pundits said it was highly improbable.
Parties
Main Parties
Main Parties
Voter eligibility
To be able to vote in Vazian elections:
- Voter must be 18 years old by election day
- a Vazian citizen
- not excluded from voting by law
Timetable
| 14 March | Government Collapses |
| 27 March | Channel Three Debate |
| 5 April | VBC Debate |
| 16 April | Parliament Assembled/Presidential Inauguration |
| 16 April | State Opening of Parliament |
Background
| Vote of No Confidence | ||
| Ballot → | 12 February 2019 | |
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| Required majority → | 232 out of 463 
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Yes
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234 / 463
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No
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229 / 463
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Campaign
Gay Rights
After various homophobic attacks across the country, many were calling for harsher punishment for
Policy platforms
The main parties in the election had the main aims of:
Rising Sun Party
- Reduce the power of trade unions
- Introduce fair press regulation
- Hold a referendum on centralisation
- Semi-Privatise the VHS
- Reintroduce National Service
New Order
- Hold a referendum on banning same-sex marriage and restricting abortion
- Reduction in the rate of corporation tax to F0.10
- Temporarily ban immigration for one year
- Implement Austerity measures until 2022
- Privatise all state-held assets
Progressive Alliance
- Constitutional reform by referendum
- Legalisation of same-sex marriage and making abortion a constitutional right
- Introduction of a windfall tax on excessive corporate profits
- Create a federal anti-discrimination charter
Debates
| Vazian federal election debates, 2019 | |||||||||||
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| Date | Organisers | Venue | P Present S Surrogate NI Non-invitee A Absent invitee | ||||||||
| Progressive Alliance | People Before Profit | New Order | Green Party | Rising Sun Party | Confederalist Party | Liberal Party | Regionalist Party | ||||
| 3 April | Channel 3 | University of Georges | P Brudia |
P Fredrick |
P de Grand |
P Lucas |
P Matin |
A | A | A | |
| 3 April | Channel 3 | University of Georges | P Brudia |
P Fredrick |
P de Grand |
P Lucas |
P Matin |
A | P Twilight |
A | |
Exit Poll
Independent polling firms created an exit poll on the behalf of the VBC and Channel 2 that was revealed at the time of poll closings across the nation at 11 pm. The poll predicted that the Progressive Alliance would gain seats and have a landslide majority of 79. The poll showed the collapse of the ruling coalition government which included the Liberal Party and Rising Sun party. It also showed that the New Order Party had failed to make any gains and losing 71 of its seats and that the Confederalist Party would lose all but one of their seats. People Before Profit and the Green Party would also gain more ground. With Exit Poll result, it was assumed per Forward Alliance rules that a coalition government would be formed between the Progressives, Greens and People Before Profit which would have a majority of 157.
Following results being reported in several North and Lake state constituencies, it became apparent that the exit poll had been inaccurate in its measure of support for the Progressive Alliance. Actual results saw the Progressive Alliance swept to power with a majority of 137.
| Parties | Seats | Change | |
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| Progressive Alliance | 271 | 252
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| New Order | 54 |  71
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| People before Profit | 54 | 3
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| Rising Sun Party | 51 | 112
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| Green Party | 32 | 9
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| Confederalist Party | 1 | 9
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| Liberal Party | 0 | 66
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| Progressive Alliance Majority of 79 | |||
Results
After all 463 constituencies had been declared, the results were:
| Party | Leader | MPs | Votes | |||||
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| Of total | Of total | |||||||
| Progressive Alliance | Micheal Brudia | 300 | 64.79% | 300 / 463
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25,812,709 | 41.68% | 41.68% | |
| People before Profit | Fred Bates | 69 | 14.9% | 69 / 463
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10,503,444 | 16.96% | 16.96% | |
| New Order | Theresa de Grand | 38 | 8.21% | 38 / 463
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9,091,424 | 14.68% | 14.68% | |
| Green Party | Marine Lucas | 29 | 6.26% | 29 / 350
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5,753,360 | 9.29% | 9.29% | |
| Rising Sun Party | Emmanuel Matin | 21 | 4.54% | 21 / 463
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5,319,845 | 8.59% | 8.59% | |
| Confederalist Party | Xino Junior | 6 | 1.3% | 6 / 463
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2,836,425 | 4.58% | 4.58% | |
| Liberal Party | Paul Twilight | 0 | 0% | 0 / 463
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2,260,470 | 3.65% | 3.65% | |
Voting summary
Aftermath
At 8 am the day after the election outgoing Prime Minister North conceded the election and resigned the premiership. He told his supporters that politics has been "changed beyond recognition" and later added that he believed that both RSP and New Order parties had been "incompetent". Soon after North's resignation Micheal Brudia the now-former governor of Brudia was summoned to the Presidential Palace where he was inaugurated as President. His first act was to assemble the 7th Parliament and move for the election of a new Prime Minister. At Midday the President Brudia officially appointed Racheal Povaz as Prime Minister.
Opinion Polls
| Fieldwork date | Polling firm | PA | PBP | NO | GRN | RSP | CON | LP | RP | Lead |
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| 15 April 2019 | General election results | 46.4 | 33.8 | 10.9 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 11.4 |
| 13-14 April | VBS | 40 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 |
| 7-9 April | News-Poll | 34 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 20 |
| 5 April | VBC Debate | |||||||||
| 1-2 April | VBS | 36 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 24 |
| 1-2 April | Channel Three | 34 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| 27 March | Channel Three Debate | |||||||||
| 24-26 March | VBS | 24 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 3 |
| 21-23 March | Op.net | 24 | 8 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
| 18-20 March | VBS | 24 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 3 |
| 16-17 March | Channel 3 | 24 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 3 |