2023 Rizealand House of Representatives elections
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The 2023 Rizealand House of Representatives elections are planned to be held on Sunday, October 1, 2023, as part of the 2023 Rizealand elections. They will determine the political representation of all nine of Rizealand's states as well as the Capital Territory, St. Ellen, the Onnohou Nation, and the Nehinaw Nation in 532 of the Rizealand House of Representatives's 535 seats during the session of the 51st Central Assembly from 2023 to 2028. The Tripartite Nationalist Coalition, led by House Speaker Harriet Hill, will be defending their 275-seat majority against the National Progress Coalition, who are led by Opposition Chair Matthew Gray and control 248 seats, and the Socialists, who control 8 seats.
Background
Pursuant to article two, section seven of the Rizealand Articles of Federation, members of the Rizealand House of Representatives must be citizens of Rizealand for at least the last five years and must be a resident of the political division they represent at the time they are elected to the House. The House's 535 members are apportioned among political divisions according to their population and are elected for five-year terms through proportional representation except in cases where a political division only has one representative, in which case each member is then elected in a first-past-the-post election. Another exception is the Powhatan Nation, where the nation's three House seats are filled by appointment rather than election.
The Federation Election Commission (FEC) is responsible for overseeing all federal elections in Rizealand, including those for the House of Representatives. Elections for the House of Representatives are held on October 1, the same day as elections for the presidency and Federation Council. By July 1 of the election year, each political party must submit a closed party list of candidates for each state and territory. The process for being added to a party-list is not set by law and is dependent on the internal procedures of political parties. In states and territories with large House delegations like Astoria (152 seats), New Estmere (86 seats), San Andreas (77 seats), and the Capital Territory (17 seats), political parties often fill their party lists with candidates selected in primary elections, caucuses, or local council meetings organized by each of the state or territory's administrative subdivisions (i.e. boroughs, counties, parishes, or wards). Ultimately, the final decision on nominations and ordering of candidates on the party list is made by the party's state conference or council. In the Nehinaw Nation and the Onnohou Nation, candidates must individually apply for the federal ballot by the July 1 deadline. If neither candidate receives a majority of the popular vote during the October 1 election, the top two candidates participate in a subsequent runoff election held in the same manner as runoff elections for the presidency and Federation Council.
Starting on the twentieth day before election day, the FEC mails out ballots to every registered voter in each political division. To have their votes counted, voters must complete the ballots and mail them back by the day prior to election day. Alternatively, voters may visit a polling station on election day where they can cast their vote or turn in their mail ballot. Once the votes are tabulated and certified by the FEC, each political party is awarded a percentage of each political division's House seats in proportion to the amount of votes they received in that political division and the seats are filled in accordance with the closed party lists they submitted. The 2023 House of Representatives elections will be the last House election conducted under the apportionment from the 2013 national census.