Mercury general election, 2016

The Mercury general election of 2016 was held in June 2016 to elect the third Mercurian Parliament. Voting took place in 300 constituencies, each electing one representative, using the instant-runoff voting system.

Overview

This was the first general election since Mercury's claims of North Antarctica and Qavaqaqqaqqaniitqeqertaq. The National Party had formed a coalition with the Livingston Democrats following the Southern Territories by-election, 2015. Three parties contested 293 out of the 300 seats, excluding those of the Speaker, Deputy Speaker, three seats in Qavaqaqqaqqaniitqeqertaq and two seats in Lucerne. Independent England, led by Angela Pike, were seeking to increase their majority of seats in Nova England, following the aftermath of the 2014 Witan election, when four parties formed a coalition in order to stop her party from leading the house.

Nationwide parties

• National Party – led by Joe Foxon, the incumbent President. The National Party were the largest party in the governing coalition coming into the election.
• Conservative Party – led by James Cardley, officially the opposition party in the previous Parliament.
• Mercurian Labour Party – led by Caroline Griffiths.

Lucerne

• Faatasi le Nuu – led by Suivai Umataua, the majority party in the Fono le Lusa. The party's two representatives only vote on issues concerning Lucerne.

North Antarctica

• Livingston Democrats – led by William Robertsen. The Livingston Democrats were the second party in the governing coalition.
• People's Front – led by Joachim Sanchez, who has branched the party out from its roots in North Antarctica, and is now contesting seats in the mainland, despite going into the election with 17 seats, all in North Antarctica.

Nova England

• Independent England – led by Angela Pike, came into the election with 19 seats. The party won 45 out of the 100 seats in the 2014 Witan elections.

Qavaqaqqaqqaniitqeqertaq

• Ataatsit Pissiippaa – led by Inuaq Suersaq.
• Qeqertaq Ilagiit – led by Peder Jensen.

Result

	Political party	Leader	Candidates	Votes	Elected	Gain/loss	% of votes	% of seats
	National Party	Joe Foxon	293		145	−1	—	48.3
	Mercurian Labour Party	Caroline Griffiths	293		39	+3	—	13
	Conservative	James Cardley	293		37	−8	—	12.3
	Independent England	Angela Pike	39		26	+7	—	8.7
	Livingston Democrats	William Robertsen	57		23	0	—	7.7
	People's Front	Joachim Sanchez	105	—	16	−1	—	5.3
	Ataatsit Pissiippaa	Inuaq Suersaq	3	7,388	2	0	—	0.7
	Faatasi le Nuu	Suivai Umataua	2	†	2	0	–	0.7
	Qeqertaq Ilagiit	Peder Jensen	3	3,929	1	0	—	0.3
	Independents	–	44	29,193	7	0	—	2.3
	Speaker	Alan Barlow	1	—	1	0	—	0.3
	Deputy Speaker	Peter Cornell	1	14,215	1	0	—	0.3
Total			966		300	Turnout		—

† – Elected by Fono le Lusa

Seats by state

	Political party	Deacon	Lucerne	May	Mercury	North Antarctica	Nova England	Nova English Korea	QQQ	Taylor	Tow Law	Total
	National Party	4	0	36	48	12	4	2	0	25	14	145
	Mercurian Labour Party	1	0	10	9	0	2	5	0	6	6	39
	Conservative	7	0	4	12	5	0	0	0	5	4	37
	Independent England	0	0	0	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	26
	Livingston Democrats	0	0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	23
	People's Front	0	0	1	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	16
	Ataatsit Pissiippaa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
	Faatasi le Nuu	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
	Qeqertaq Ilagiit	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Independents	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	7
	Speaker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
	Deputy Speaker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total		13	2	51	73	57	29	10	3	37	25	240

Election of the President

	Political party	Candidate	Round 1	Status
	National Party	Joe Foxon	170	Elected
	Conservative	James Cardley	60	Defeated
	Mercurian Labour Party	Caroline Griffiths	58	Defeated
Totals			298

Preceded by: 2013

General elections in Mercury

Followed by: 2019