2021 Seketese General Election

2021 Seketese general election

March 29, 2021 (2021-03-29)
All 294 seats to the Commons Council of the Hérvynsken 148 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	65.7%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Simy Brasa Eris Kellisyen Simone Laphjen Party Our Revolution Socialist National Conservatives Leader since June 2020 May 2014 April 2017 Leader's seat Fjeska List Conelibek-University Ciloven South (Lost re-election) Last election New Party 125 88 Seats before New Party 122 87 Seats won 164 62 28 Seat change 164 63 59 Popular vote 1,292,202 670,608 349,891 Percentage 39.4% 20.5% 10.7% Swing 39.4pp 12.3pp 17.1pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   WNP Leader Lilli Maisolson Marc Joels Simon Laondo Party Labour Wilsk Nat. Greens Leader since July 2012 March 2003 July 2012 Leader's seat Wilskland List Wilskland List Gjenor List Last election 35 14 2 Seats before 35 14 3 Seats won 15 9 6 Seat change 20 5 3 Popular vote 243,810 93,026 221,790 Percentage 7.4% 2.8% 6.8% Swing 9.9pp 0.6pp 1.8pp

The 2021 Seketese General Election was held on March 29 2021 to elect members of the Commons Council, the lower house of the Hérvynsken. The election came after 4 years of Socialist coalition rule with the Labour Party. The President of Seketan, Fjedor Alesk formally dissolved the Commons Council on February 15 2017 at the request of Prime Minister Eris Kellisyen.

The election saw the populist Our Revolution, led by former comedian and TV personality Simy Brasa, win a landslide victory. It was the first time a party other than the Socialists and National Conservatives won an election since the Seketese revolution, with both parties receiving record low seats and vote counts. Socialist Party support collapsed, with their caucus halved and many prominent ministers losing their districts.

Electoral system

Since 2004, Seketan has used a mixed voting system to elect members to the Commons Council. 193 of seats are elected from single-member districts using First-past-the-post voting (district seats), and 100 seats are elected from at-large provincial constituencies using close Party-list proportional representation (provincial seats). Unlike other mixed systems like in South Korea or Ukraine, voters cast a single vote for their district seat, with their chosen candidates party affiliation being counted for the provincial seat. Both district and provincial seats are allocated to the provinces by population as such below.

Province	D. Seats	P. Seats	Total	+/-
Gjenor	57	32	89	3
Wilskland	32	16	48	1
Nelderjen	31	16	47	3
Fjeska	27	14	41	3
Bynan	20	10	30	4
Ellinesa	19	9	28	2
Giorgi-Alesk	7	3	10	0

Results

Party	Acym.	Leader	Seats		Votes
			Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Our Revolution	OR	Simy Brasa	164	164	1,292,202	39.4%	39.4pp
	Socialist	SY	Eris Kellisyen	62	63	670,608	20.5%	12.3pp
	Nat. Conservative	CNY	Simone Laphjen	28	59	349,891	10.3%	17.1pp
	Labour	OeUC	Lilli Maisolson	15	20	233,643	7.4%	9.9pp
	Wilsk Nat.	WNP	Marc Joels	9	5	88,406	2.8%	0.6pp
	Green	AY	Simon Laondo	6	3	214,699	6.8%	1.8pp
	Party of Seketan	YaS	Justin Herbr	6	6	166,421	5.1%	5.0pp
	Liberal Democrats	LDY	Jeameson Treirþe	2	29	97,398	3.0%	11.7pp
	Progressive	PY	Elli Maþane	1	1	52,053	1.6%	1.5pp
	Fjeska Nat.	FNY	Jaine Haerpoos	1	1	35,866	1.1%	1.0pp