Elections in Lemovicia

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Elections in Lemovicia are held on a national, entity, provincial, and municipal level.

Criteria

In order to be eligible to vote in Lemovician elections, one must be:

  • A Lemovician citizen, who is:
    • over the age of 18 years, and
    • has never been convicted of a crime, and
  • Is living in territory controlled by the Lemovician State

In order to be eligible to run as a candidate for Lemovician election, one must be a Lemovician citizen, who is over the age of 18 years of age, has never been convicted of a delict, and is willing to pay a deposit of 50Ð. Should the candidate win, the deposit is returned: otherwise, they do not receive their deposit back.

Elections

Under the constitution, elections for the National Assembly are held every four years, using first-past-the-post. Unlike Kirenia and East Miersa, who do not have direct elections, the Lemovician government has direct elections for the National Assembly, due to concerns that indirect democracy may lead to distrust among Lemovicians.

List of national elections

Below are the list of national elections since Lemovicia's war of independence from West Miersa in 1979, with elections under the 1980 constiution listed below.

1980

109 1
L I
Party Seats +/- Status
Lemovician Section of the Workers' International 109 new Government
Independents 1 new Opposition

1992

107 3
L I
Party Seats +/- Status
Lemovician Section of the Workers' International 107 Decrease 2 Government
Independents 3 Increase 2 Opposition

1996

101 9
L I
Party Seats +/- Status
Lemovician Section of the Workers' International 101 Decrease 6 Government
Independents 9 Increase 6 Opposition

2000

94 16
L I
Party Seats +/- Status
Lemovician Section of the Workers' International 94 Decrease 7 Government
Independents 16 Increase 7 Opposition

2004

84 26
L I
Party Seats +/- Status
Lemovician Section of the Workers' International 84 Decrease 10 Government
Independents 26 Increase 10 Opposition

2008

75 35
L I
Party Seats +/- Status
Lemovician Section of the Workers' International 75 Decrease 9 Government
Independents 35 Increase 9 Opposition

2012

69 41
L I
Party Seats +/- Status
Lemovician Section of the Workers' International 69 Decrease 6 Government
Independents 41 Increase 6 Opposition

2016

65 45
L I
Party Seats +/- Status
Lemovician Section of the Workers' International 65 Decrease 4 Government
Independents 45 Increase 4 Opposition

2020

61 49
L I
Party Seats +/- Status
Lemovician Section of the Workers' International 61 Decrease 8 Government
Independents 49 Increase 8 Opposition