Mercury legislative elections, 2020

The Mercury legislative elections of 2020 are being held on 22 January 2021 to elect members of Parliament for Mercury's new states, and members of the first Mercurian Senate. Voting will take place in all states and territories. The elections were originally scheduled to take place in December 2020, however they were postponed following the death of Tow Law MP Andrew Wells. Despite the date change, the elections are still considered to have been held in 2020.

Overview

A total of 50 seats are to be contested in the Senate elections, and 170 seats in the parliamentary elections.

Changes to Parliament seats

Parliamentary seats
State	Seats before	Seats after	Change	Contested
Castilona	68	15	−53	15
Deacon	14	23	+9	9
East Moorshire	14	18	+4	4
Lusa	2	1	−1	1
May	54	61	+7	7
Mercury	78	90	+12	12
Nova English Korea	9	13	+4	4
Qavaqaqqaqqaniitqeqertaq	2	1	−1	1
Taylor	36	52	+16	16

New states
State	Seats
Ambiane	16
Lalorne	7
Lothia	13
Mandowey	5
Midmoor	15
North Moorshire	17
Osktrava	13
Vimie	6
West Moorshire	9

Nationwide parties

• National Democratic Party – led by new leader Nick Perry. The National Democratic Party were formed following a merger between the National Party and the Livingston Democrats and are currently the largest party in Parliament, with 142 seats.
• Mercurian Labour Party – led by Caroline Griffiths. Labour are currently in coalition with the National Democratic Party following the 2019 election. The party have joined forces with the People's Front and will run on a combined ticket for this election.
• Conservative Party – led by Melissa Barnes, officially the opposition party in Parliament. A number of regional parties have affiliated with the Conservatives for this election, with the party expected to take seats in the Franklin Islands, Lusa and Qavaqaqqaqqaniitqeqertaq.

Senate results

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	CON		NAT		MLP		Oth.

	Political party	Leader	Candidates	Votes	Elected	Gain/loss	% of votes	% of seats
	Conservative	Melissa Barnes	3	17,277	3	+3	67.0	6.0
	National Party	Nick Perry	3	8,507	0	0	33.0	0.0
	Mercurian Labour Party	Caroline Griffiths	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Independent England	Angela Pike	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Independents	–	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			0	43	50	Turnout		76.1%

State-by-state results

Ambiane (3 seats)  East Moorshire (3 seats)  Lothia (2 seats)  May (4 seats)  North Moorshire (3 seats)  Qavaqaqqaqqaniitqeqertaq (1 seat) Political party Votes % of votes % swing Conservative 9,723 69.6 – National Party 4,239 30.4 – Total 13,962 Turnout 75.0%  Vimie (2 seats)  Castilona (3 seats)  Franklin Islands (1 seat) Political party Votes % of votes % swing Conservative 36 83.7 – National Party 7 16.3 – Total 43 Turnout 97.7%  Lusa (1 seat) Political party Votes % of votes % swing Conservative 7,518 63.8 – National Party 4,261 36.2 – Total 11,779 Turnout 76.0%  Mercury (5 seats)  Nova English Korea (2 seats)  Taylor (4 seats)  West Moorshire (2 seats)  Deacon (3 seats)  Lalorne (2 seats)  Mandowey (2 seats)  Midmoor (3 seats)  Osktrava (1 seat)  Tow Law (3 seats)

Parliament results

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	NAT (104)		MLP (79)		CON (42)		Oth. (6)

Existing uncontested seats are shown in brackets.

	Political party	Leader	Candidates	Votes	Elected	Gain/loss	% of votes	% of seats
	National Party	Nick Perry	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Mercurian Labour Party	Caroline Griffiths	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Conservative	Melissa Barnes	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Independent England	Angela Pike	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Independents	–	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			0	0	170	Turnout		0.0%

State-by-state results
Ambiane (16 seats)  East Moorshire (4 seats)  Lusa (1 seat)  Mercury (12 seats)  Nova English Korea (4 seats)  Taylor (16 seats)  Castilona (15 seats)  Lalorne (7 seats)  Mandowey (5 seats)  Midmoor (15 seats)  Osktrava (13 seats)  Vimie (6 seats)  Deacon (9 seats)  Lothia (13 seats)  May (7 seats)  North Moorshire (17 seats)  Qavaqaqqaqqaniitqeqertaq (1 seat)  West Moorshire (9 seats)

Preceded by: Southern Territories 2015

By-elections in Mercury

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