2018 Polatan General Election

2018 Polatan General Election

2 July 2018 (2018-07-02)
All 100 Seats in the People’s Assembly 51 seats needed for a majority
Registered	9,400,856
Turnout	99%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Mary Sasor John Randel Martin Habersham Party Conservatives Liberal Northern Alliance Leader since 3 June, 2018 12 October, 2011 12 August, 2008 Leader's seat Island Downtown Williams Last election 51, 35.4% 27, 19.9% 9, 13.5% Seats before 51 27 9 Seats won 45 30 10 Seat change 6 3 1 Percentage 28.9% 21.3% 14.4% Swing -6.5% +1.4% +0.9%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Mitch Dawson Martin Danton Maria Saunders Party Nationalists Green Mountain Leader since 8 August, 2009 9 December, 2014 26 January, 2003 Leader's seat Western Oceanside Mountain Territory Last election 5, 11.5% 5, 10.5% 2, 5.7% Seats before 5 5 2 Seats won 7 5 3 Seat change 2 1 Percentage 13.6% 11.5% 8.4% Swing +2.1% +1.0% +3.2%
Prime Minister before election John Wickers Conservatives Prime Minister Mary Sasor Conservatives

The 2018 Polatan General Election was held on 2 July, 2018 after then Prime Minister John Wickers asked Prince James II for an election.

A total of 9,306,847 votes where cast in the election making it 99% of the total 9,400,856 registered voters. 94,009 people where fined for failure to vote in this election.

Election

The 2018 General Election came about as then Prime Minister John Wickers wished to keep the elections on a four year schedule. As such he requested that an election be held and Prince James II granted that request. The election was set for 2 July, 2018.

The Conservative Party which was led by Mary Sasor due to the results of the previous Conservative leadership election. John Wickers did not stand in this election as Prime Minister. The close change in party leadership and Wickers decision to not stand cost the party greatly as they lost both their majority and lost the greatest number of seats

Full Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Conservatives	2,689,679	28.9	45	–6
	Liberal	1,982,358	21.3	30	+3
	Northern Alliance	1,340,186	14.4	10	+1
	Nationalists	1,172,663	12.6	7	+2
	Green	1,070,287	11.5	5	0
	Mountain	781,775	8.4	3	+1
	Pirate Party	145,187	1.56	0	-1
	Llama United Party	66,079	0.71	0	0
	Republican Alliance	30,713	0.33	0	0
	Loony Party	9,307	0.10	0	0
	Justice	6,514	0.07	0	New
	Thermodolian Movement	4,653	0.05	0	0
	Social Democrats	2,792	0.03	0	0
	Northern Independence	931	0.01	0	0
	Workers United	930	0.01	0	0
	Liberal Democrats	929	0.01	0	0
	One Polata	465	0.005	0	0
	Libertarians	279	0.003	0	0
	Democracy Now!	186	0.002	0	New
	National Unity	185	0.002	0	0
	Christian Democrats	47	0.0005	0	0
	Bible Bloc	46	0.0005	0	0
Invalid/blank votes		642	0.007	–	–
Total		9,306,847	100	100	0
Registered voters/turnout		9,400,856	99	–	–

Members of Parliament who lost their Seats

Party	Name	Year elected
Pirate Party	Luke Raymond	2010
Conservatives	John Wickers	2000
Conservatives	Edmond Fasea	2014
Conservatives	Jacob Roll	2014
Conservatives	Roy Folkman	2010
Conservatives	Mary Garan	2008
Conservatives	Mitch Russo	1998