2012 Besmenian federal election

2012 Besmenian federal election

15 July 2012
427 seats 214 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Candidate Theodor Sidemann Jörg Rautenberg Walter Fricke Party BVP FBBP SDU Leader since 31 March 2012 25 January 2011 23 May 2010 Leader's seat Sedakania Neidenstein-Sulzburg Laitstadt Percentage 32,5% 23,0% 16,8%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Candidate Dieter Rathmann Sebastian Bergmann Sandra Eckwach Party NBP GPB PBL Leader since 25 September 2011 30 October 2001 6 October 2011 Leader's seat Laitstadt Metakumburg Laitstadt Percentage 9,8% 8,4% 7,3%

The 2012 Besmenian federal election was held in Besmenia on 15 July 2012 to elect the members of the 25th Federal Chamber. The snap election was called after Vice Prime Minister Theodor Sidemann announced the dissolution of the FBBP-BVP coalition government on April 18, 2012 as a result of internal conflicts within the FBBP-BVP coalition government in the past months. The election was originally intended for September 2013.

Contesting parties

Name			Ideology	Party leader	Prime Minister candidate	2009 result
						Votes (%)	Seats in the Federal Chamber
	FBBP	Free Besmenian Citizen's Party Freie Besmenische Bürgerpartei	Liberalism Social liberalism	Jörg Rautenberg	Jörg Rautenberg	28,7%	128 / 427
	BVP	Besmenian People's Party Besmenische Volkspartei	Christian Democracy Conservatism	Theodor Sidemann	Theodor Sidemann	23,8%	106 / 427
	SDU	Social Democratic Union Sozialdemokratische Union	Social democracy	Walter Fricke	Walter Fricke	12,8%	57 / 427
	NBP	National Besmenian Party Nationale Besmenische Partei	National conservatism Right-wing populism	Dieter Rathmann	Dieter Rathmann	11,5%	51 / 427
	GPB	Green Party of Besmenia Grüne Partei Besmeniens	Green politics Social liberalism	Sebastian Bergmann	Sebastian Bergmann	10,2%	45 / 427
	PBL	Party of the Besmenian Left Partei der Besmenischen Linken	Democratic Socialism Left-wing populism	Sandra Eckwach	Sandra Eckwach	8,9%	40 / 427