Next Seketese general election

Next Seketese general election

no later than March 31, 2025 (2025-03-31)
All 294 seats to the Commons Council of the Hérvynsken 148 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
First party Second party Third party   Leader Simy Brasa Sara Nymon Cjetor Tamš Party Our Revolution Socialist National Conservatives Leader since June 2020 September 2021 July 2021 Leader's seat Fjeska List Ciloven Center Nelderjen List Last election 166 62 28 Seats before 129 59 27   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   LDY OeUC Leader Thom Markse Kati Jolas Julya Ešeca Party Freedom Alliance Liberal Democratic Party Labour Leader since July 2022 September 2021 May 2022 Leader's seat Walybek-Gjeþor (running on Gjenor List) running in Conelibek-Mejner Wilskland List Last election New party 9 15 Seats before 20 20 17

The Next Seketese general election will take place on or before 31 March 2023, to elect members of the Commons Council of the Hérvynsken.

Background

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

Issues

Corruption

A primary concern during the campaign is the increase of perceived corruption in the Seketese government, brought to light by back-to-back relegations of Seketan's "safety in business" rating by the EU in 2022 and 2023. Prime Minister Brasa had campaigned in 2021 on eliminating corruption, but critics have noted the lack of any real plans or legislative initiatives undertaken towards hindering corruption.

CNy leader Cjetor Tams made tackling corruption a key policy initiative. He has proposed the creation of an "anti-corruption task force" with the power to reprimand politicians and corporations caught engaging in corruption, though critics have pointed out that this would just be a duplicate of Seketan's current anti-corruption watchdog. In SY's policy release, they pledged to implement the Nelborne Union's anti-corruption guidelines, including reforming Seketans corporate registration system, mandating regulators sit in on meetings with industry, and increasing funding to Seketan's watchdog. Prime Minister Brasa pledged to continue his plan to eliminate corruption and boasted his personal avoidance of meeting with any business leaders during his term in office, though the Conelibek News fact-checked this claim, listing at least 4 times Brasa had met with industry during his term.

Nelborne Unity

The issue of Seketan's place within the Nelborne and the Nelborne Union is a major discussion amoungst political parties. Seketan is a founding member of the Nelborne Union and is regarded as a key piece of its existance. Opposition to Seketan's involvement in the Nelborne Union started to grow after the 2014 election, with noted Nelbornsceptic John Geosan becoming CNy leader in Septermber 2014 and the party winning back support in the 2017 election. The parties next leader, Simone Laphjen, despite previously being a noted Nelbornsceptic, took a neutral stance, leading to support being bled to the far-right and anti-Nelborne Union Party of Seketan in 2021 election. Then elected Prime Minister Brasa also spoke out against the Nelborne Union calling it "pencil pusher hell", though not directly calling for Seketan's withdrawl. Proponents of the Nelborne Union saw Brasa's election victory as a potential end or retraction from the Nelborne Union, but during Brasa's term he has enacted no measures to do anything of the sort.

The major parties position on the issue of Nelborne Unity is as follows

Party		Position	Notes
	Our Revolution	Neutral	The party officially takes no stance on the Nelborne Union, though leader Brasa has often spoken against it.
	Socialist	Support	The party "supports the continued intigration of the Nelborne island".
	Nat. Conservative	Oppose
	Labour	Oppose	While the party officially opposes further intigration, minority groups have voiced support for the Nelborne Union
	Wilsk Nat.	Neutral	The current government of Wilskland, lead by the WNY, would support and independent Wilskland joining the NU. The national branch takes no stance though
	Green	Support
	Party of Seketan	Oppose
	Liberal Democrats	Support

Economic growth

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