2022 Sedakanian state election

2022 Sedakanian state election

28 August 2022
144 seats 73 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	78,90%
First party Second party Third party   File:Claudia Bernhard.jpg Candidate Vanessa Halm Elke Glöcker Markus Neubauer Party BVP FBBP SDU Leader since 2 October 2019 1 September 2014 13 April 2021 Popular vote 2,577,441 1,161,347 1,054,997 Percentage 34,4% 15,5% 14,2% Swing 4,6pp 4,0pp 4,1pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Candidate Walter Heutzer Peter Reinbach Eva Hahn-Mendel Party NBP GPB PBL Leader since 2 July 2018 6 October 2021 15 November 2020 Popular vote 1,041,466 666,838 404,598 Percentage 13,9% 8,9% 5,4% Swing 2,9pp 2,8pp 1,4pp
Strongest party by constituency
Governor before election Vanessa Halm BVP Elected Governor Vanessa Halm BVP

The 2022 Sedakanian state election was held on 28 August 2022 to elect the members of the State Chamber of Sedakania. It was the 12th election to the Sedakanian State Chamber since its inception in 1967.

The BVP lost 4,6 percentage points and achieved the historically worst election result in its history with around 34,4% of the valid votes. The FBBP reached about 15.5% after losing 4 percentage points.

The SDU was able to increase by around 4.1 percentage points to 14.3% with strong gains. The NBP also managed a gain of 2.9 percentage points and achieved its best ever election result with 13.9% of the vote. The GPB also gained 2.8 percentage points and received an election result of 8.9%. The PBL lost 1.4 percentage points and still gained entry into the Sedakanian parliament with 5.4%, after the PBL was sometimes below 5% in polls. All other parties clearly failed to enter the Sedakanian parliament.

Electoral system

Besmenian citizens are eligible to vote if they are 18 years old at the latest on election day or had their main residence in Sedakania as of 28 May and are not disqualified from voting because of a court conviction.

The 144 seats of the State Chamber of Sedakania are elected via open list proportional representation.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Besmenian People's Party	2,577,441	34,4	54
	Free Besmenian Citizen's Party	1,161,347	15,5	24
	Social Democratic Union	1,054,997	14,2	22
	National Besmenian Party	1,041,466	13,9	22
	Green Party of Besmenia	666,838	8,9	14
	Party of the Besmenian Left	404,598	5,4	8
	Besmenian Libertarian Party	313,687	4,2	0
	Other parties	224,776	3	0
Invalid/blank votes		37,462	0,5	–
Total		7,482,612	100	144
Registered voters		9,483,665	78,90	–

Government formation

Coalitions considered	Seats
Total seats	144
Absolute majority (From 73 seats)
BVP, FBBP	78
BVP, SDU	76
BVP, NBP	76
No majority (Less than 73 seats)
BVP, GPB	68