1714 Vegno Elections

1714 AN Vegno Elections

1709 AN ← 1714 AN → 1716 AN

All 150 seats to the Assemblea Nazionale 76 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Luca Zarrella Shalva Mancuso Tito Bettella Party FV PPV PC Seats won 34 29 24 Seat change ▼2 ▼8 ▲6 Popular vote 461.862 420.254 390.676 Percentage 20,28% 18,45% 17,15% Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Michelangelo Lèvati Antonio Visciglia Haldi Rinaldi Party PNV PDC VV Seats won 25 18 10 Seat change ▼5 ▼3 ▲10 Popular vote 367.184 232.883 182.271 Percentage 16,12% 10,22% 8%

Turnout: (% of entitled)

Results by coalition

Party Leader % Seats ± Centre-right-coalition Luca Zarrella 38,72% 63 Right-Green Alliance Michelangelo Lèvati 23,82% 35 Centre-left coalition P. Antonio Visciglia 27,37% 42 Vegno vivo Haldi Rinaldi 8% 10 Partito Indipendentista Vegnese Lewis Newhouse 2,08% 0 Swyndyrr Party 0% 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 1714 AN Vegno Elections will be the third ever general elections of the Republic of Vegno and will see the election of the President of the Republic of Vegno and the composition of the Parliament, the Assemblea Nazionale.

The Parliament will meet for the first session of the 3rd legislature on early 1714 AN. Following the constitutional reform approved in 1708 by the Mancuso I Cabinet, each legislature will last from now on, from three to five years.

As the General Election of Vegno, population will vote both for the President of the Republic, with the two most voted candidates accessing the final ballot a week after, and for the composition of the Parliament, which will reflect the formation of the new government.

Voting system

The electoral law in force is the "Rinaldellum", which regulated the previous elections of 1709 and provides for a mixed electoral system, where:

• 81,33% of the seats (122 of 150 in the Assemblea Nazionale) are assigned through the proportional system in multi-member constituencies on the basis of blocked lists; the allocation of seats is carried out at regional levels.

• 18,66% of the seats (28 of 150) are assigned with a single-round majority system (2 seats for the two most voted party in each single region;

In accordance with the Constitution, modified by the Mancuso I Cabinet 150 deputies are elected. Furthermore, the composition of the parliament and the mandate of President of the Republic will now last for five years instead of three.

The voting paper, which is a single one for the majority and the proportional systems, shows the names of the candidates to single-member constituencies and in close conjunction with them the symbols of the linked lists for the proportional part, each one with a list of the relative candidates. The voter is able to cast their vote in three different ways, among them:

• Drawing a sign on the symbol of a list. In this case, the vote extends to the candidate in the single-member constituency that is supported by that list.
• Drawing a sign on the name of the candidate of the single-member constituency and another one on the symbol of one list that supports them; the result is the same as that described above. Under penalty of annullment, the panachage is not allowed, so the voter cannot vote simultaneously for a candidate in the uninominal constituency and for a list which is not linked to them.
• Drawing a sign only on the name of the candidate for the uninominal constituency, without indicating any list. In this case, the vote is valid for the candidate in the single-member constituency and also automatically extended to the list that supports them; however, if that candidate is connected to several lists, the vote is divided proportionally between them, based on the votes that each one has obtained in that constituency.

Background

From the previous elections of 1709 AN for the 3rd legislature, a fragmented political framework had resulted: the Partito Popolare Vegnese had the relative majority of the Parliament as a single parliamentary group, while Forza Vegno was the most voted party in the country, having his secretary elected as President of the Republic. After nearly one month of difficult negotiations between the main parties, the President of the Republic Luca Zarrella entrusted the formation of the government to Shalva Mancuso, the secretary of the PPV. The Mancuso I Cabinet, supported by a Forza Vegno-PPV-PDC majority, took office on 1709 AN and adopted a liberal political line, characterized by the flag measures of the two majority parties.

The Mancuso I Cabinet has worked for 5 years, with the continous support of FV, PPV and PDC, not without critisims and critics from the opposition of PNV and PC. It managed anyway to end the legislature and a already months before the new election the parties started already their electoral campaign.

Electoral campaign

The former President of the Republic and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Visciglia doing and electoral rally in his home city of Sancrus, during an electoral tour in Vegno ahed of the 1714 Elections.

Following the dissolution of Parliament with the end of 2nd legislature, the electoral campaign officially began. Within the government coalition, the "Partito Democratico Costituzionale" (PDC) secretary Antonio Visciglia ruled out an alliance for the following elections with Luca Zarrella's Forza Vegno (FV), thus trying not to lose another slice of the left electorate to the advantage of the Communist Party (PC). Visciglia said that the government agreement with FV and PPV to reach a majority for the good of the country was not understood by all its electors and brought an "irreversible break" between the letf-wing electors.

Mancuso during an electoral debate in the telecast of "Terza Torre", directed by Nicola Cavolo, ahed of the 1714 Vegno General Elections.

Zarrella accused Visciglia of being "arrogant and hypocritical",having first been in government for 8 years together with post-electoral agreements and then not agreeing to form this alliance in view of the elections of 1714. Mancuso and Partito Popolare Vegnese declared themselves to be part of the centre/centre-right pole and not distant from FV ideals; their campaign centered around the Flat-tax, already established for a part of the population, and the positive period Vegno had in the previous two governments . Visciglia criticized FV for their past nearness with PNV and nationalist measures. PDC ran for a wealth tax, minimum wage, support for civil rights such as egalitarian marriage, a law protecting against sexual orientation discrimination, and ius scholae reform to allow children of immigrants who live and study in Vegno to apply for citizenship.

In 1713 AN, the Partito Nazionalista Vegnese (PNV) and the Greens of Peppe Freeda (PF) officially launched their joint alliance for the upcoming election within the "Per il Vegno e per l'Ambiente" coalition, finding an agreement on many points of the program regarding the reclamation of some vegnese areas and on the theme of the environment. After a few days, Lèvati was appointed political leader of the alliance on a black–green platform.

In early 1714 there was another twist in the Vegnese political panorama: a centre coalition was formed before the elections, by Forza Vegno (FV) and Partito Popolare Vegnese (PPV). Zarrella and Mancuso found an agreement on the distribution of single-member districts between the allies and agreed also on the candidate for the Presidency of the Republic, which would be proposed by the party that gains more votes. They campaigned on a mixed-program based on the flat tax, constitutional reforms and minimum wage; though the two parties and leaders had their differences, and their manifesto lacked details they strongly focused on a favorable government experience in the past 5 years and also in the first government of Vegno.

The new logo presented by H. Rinaldi for his new party "Vegno Vivo" ahed of the 1714 Vegno elections.

Finally in late 1714 AN Visciglia's PDC signed an alliance with Tito Bettella's Communist Party (PC). These alliance caused tensions between Visciglia and Rinaldi (one of the main PDC deputies and vice-secretary of the party). The latter, being a strong supporter of economic liberalism and nuclear power, considered impossible a coalition between himself and the far left-wing PC. So, Rinaldi broke the alliance with PDC, publicly declaring that "Visciglia has shit in his head"; with these strong statements, the relationship between the two great and historical exponents of the PDC seemed to have broken forever. PC, led by Tito Bettella and Edoardo Diotisalvi, decided to remain in the centre-left coalition with PDC, marking the end of the federation between them and Rinaldi. One month after, Haldi Rinaldi signed an agreement to create a centrist party led by himself and other dissidents from PDC, using a new symbol named "Vegno Vivo" (VV). The new party led by RInaldi, ran a pro-nuclear power, a pro-regasification campaign and a liberal program as solutions for the Vegnese Country.

Two months before the elections, Marco M. Unno (candidate for the PNV) tweeted a video of a rape committed by a 27-year-old Interland against a 55-year-old woman in the city of Sancrus, Falange. Visciglia immediately labeled Unno as "indecent", adding that "the Vegnese right-wing has no respect for the victim, not caring about her rights", while Tito Bettella stated that Unno should be ashamed of herself. Marco Unno accused Visciglia of lying, saying that the video was taken from the official website of a vegnese newspaper, adding that he did not have to apologize because it was done for solidarity with the victim.

Electoral Debates

As usual in Vegno, ahed of the 1714 general elections there were organized some electoral debates, on the main vegnese TV channel, between the leaders of the main candidates parties. Different from the past elections the Partito Indipendentista Vegnese will appear only in the constituencies of some regions and not in the national lists, and therefore loses the opportunity to participate in national debates. It will also be the first appearance of Haldi Rinaldi as leader and secretary of the Vegno Vivo party, at the first participation in national elections after the detachment from the PDC.

1714 Vegno General Elections Debates
Date	Organiser	Moderator	PDC	FV	PNV	PC	VV
10 October	Vai ("Finestra a Finestra")	Giovanni Ape	Antonio Visciglia	Luca Zarrella	A	Edoardo Diotisalvi	Haldi Rinaldi
18 October	TeleV ("Terza Torre")	Nicola Cavolo	Antonio Visciglia	Papu J. Papasso	Michelangelo Lèvati	Tito Bettella	A
31 October	TeleV ("Linea Politica")	Gerry Aldente	Miguel Sposato	Luca Zarrella	Marco M. Unno	Tito Bettella	Haldi Rinaldi
7 November	Vai ("Il Vegno di Domani")	Michele Buonanotte	Antonio Visciglia	Nick Fish	Michelangelo Lèvati	NI	Haldi Rinaldi

Electoral Lists and Candidates

	Alliance		Lists	Head of Party	Seats at last election
	Centre-right coalition		Forza Vegno (FV)	Luca Zarrella	36
			Partito Popolare Vegnese (PPV)	Shalva Mancuso	37
	Right-Green Allliance		Partito Nazionalista Vegnese (PNV)	Michelangelo Lèvati	30
			I Verdi - Peppe Freeda (PF)	Peppe Freeda	7
	Centre-left coalition		Partito Democratico Costituzionale (PDC)	Antonio Visciglia	21
			Partito Comunista (PC)	Tito Bettella	18
	Vegno Vivo (VV)			Haldi Rinaldi	new party
	Partito Indipendentista Vegnese (PIV)			Lewis Newhouse	1
	Swnndyrrr Party (PS)			Michele Angelo Avvicinati	0

Parliament Results

Overall Results

Results by party

	Political party	Vote Received	% of votes	Deputies Elected	Uninominal seats	Total Parliament seats	% of seats
	Forza Vegno	461.862	20,28%	25	9	34	22,66%
	Partito Popolare Vegnese	420.254	18,45%	23	5	29	19,33%
	Partito Comunista	390.676	17,15%	21	3	24	16%
	Partito Nazionalista Vegnese	367.184	16,12%	20	5	25	16,66%
	Partito Democratico Costituzionale	232.883	10,22%	13	5	18	12%
	Vegno Vivo	182.271	8%	10	0	10	6,66%
	I Verdi - Peppe Freeda	175.365	7,7%	10	0	10	6,66%
	Partito Indipendentista Vegnese	47.415	2,08%	0	0	0	0%
Total		2.560.741	100%	122	28	150	100%

Results by coalition

	Alliance		Lists	% of votes	Total Parliament seats
	Centre-right coalition		Forza Vegno (FV)	38,72%	63
			Partito Popolare Vegnese (PPV)
	Right-Green Allliance		Partito Nazionalista Vegnese (PNV)	23,82%	35
			I Verdi - Peppe Freeda (PF)
	Centre-left coalition		Partito Democratico Costituzionale (PDC)	27,37%	42
			Partito Comunista (PC)
	Vegno Vivo (VV)			8%	10
	Partito Indipendentista Vegnese (PIV)			2,08%	0
	Swnndyrrr Party (PS)			0%	0

Regional results

Region	FV	PPV	PC	PNV	PDC	VV	PF	PIV	Total votes
Cossa	81.659	39.054	85.209	113.612	0	21.302	14.202	0	355.038
South Coast	10.644	13.305	5.987	9.979	9.979	8.648	7.983	0	66.525
Largoprato	14.125	10.273	3.210	15.409	3.210	5.779	2.568	0	64.205
Bassovento	5.533	17.705	7.193	5.533	12.172	4.980	2.213	0	55.329
Compare	10.997	5.737	14.822	6.694	0	5.737	3.825	0	47.812
Mhazar-Campoasciutto	30.145	83.736	40.193	30.145	56.940	43.542	50.241	0	334.942
Buonriposo	96.209	42.445	56.594	0	59.423	2.830	25.467	0	282.968
Caponord	12.066	5.246	4.722	14.165	5.246	6.296	4.772	0	52.463
Falange	82.878	79.918	44.399	44.399	20.719	5.920	17.760	0	295.993
Falangina	1.425	0	907	0	2.980	713	453	0	6.478
Falangetta	800	364	73	1.563	145	509	182	0	3.636
Ponente	32.673	55.543	19.604	91.483	32.673	49.009	3.267	42.474	326.726
Badia	9.882	21.412	19.765	824	19.765	5.765	0	4.941	82.354
Pelago	72.826	45.516	87.998	33.378	0	21.241	42.482	0	303.441

Uninominal seats

Region	1° Uninominal Seat	2° Uninominal Seat
Cossa	PNV	PC
South Coast	PPV	FV
Largoprato	PNV	FV
Bassovento	PPV	PDC
Compare	PC	FV
Mhazar-Campoasciutto	PPV	PDC
Buonriposo	FV	PDC
Caponord	PNV	FV
Falange	FV	PPV
Falangina	PDC	FV
Falangetta	PNV	FV
Ponente	PNV	PPV
Badia	PPV	PDC
Pelago	PC	FV

Presidential Results

First Round

	Coalition	Candidate	Vote Received	% of votes
	Centre-righ coalition	Luca Zarrella	882.116	34,44%
	Centre-left coalition	Antonio Visciglia	623.559	24,35%
	Right-green coalition	Michelangelo Lèvati	542.549	21,18%
	Vegno Vivo	Haldi Rinaldi	182.271	8%
Total			2.560.741	100%

Second Round

Presidential Elections

Nominee Luca Zarrella Antonio Visciglia Party Centre-right coalition Centre-left coalition Popular vote 1.249.300 805.830 Percentage 60,79% 39,21%

Elected President of the Republic Luca Zarrella

	Political party	Vote Received	% of votes
	Luca Zarrella	1.249.300	60,79%
	Antonio Visciglia	805.830	39,21%
Total		2.055.130	100%