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New Alexandrian general election, 1698
All 619 seats to the Federal Assembly ; 310 seats needed for a majority.
Leader	Rufus Wahlberg
Leader since	1697 AN
Leader's seat	Alduria
President of the Government before election; Augustus Strong (FHP);	Succeeding President of the Government; Gerhardt Eugen Seydlitz (FHP);

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The New Alexandrian general election of 1698 is the second general election of the Federation of Nouvelle Alexandrie after its formation in 1685 AN. The 1698 general election was held from 13.XV.1698 AN to 15.XV.1698 AN, in line with the Proclamation of Punta Santiago and the laws of Nouvelle Alexandrie. With 91,560,093 votes cast, the election had a 62.5% turnout, lower than the 1693 general election.

The election resulted in the Federal Humanist Party securing a majority in the Federal Assembly of 34 seats. The Federal Humanist Party made a net gain of 48 seats and won 56.6% of the popular vote – the highest percentage for any party since the creation of the Federation in 1675 AN.

The election took place across all ten Regions, each with its own number of seats based on population, under proportional representation.

Background

See also: New Alexandrian general election, 1693

At the end of the 1693 general election, the death of Marcel de la Croix and the pronounced disruption this caused on the process of forming a government led to the Federal Humanist Party,Cambio Democrático, and the Digger's Society forming a Government of National Unity. Soon after the assassination of de la Croix and just several hours before the deadline to form a government passed, Augustus Strong, leader of the Federal Humanist Party and formateur, announced that agreement on a unity government had been reached. The deal would involve the two largest parties sharing power, with Strong and Santiago Etienne of Cambio Democrático taking turns being President and Vice-President of the Government. Both would exchange roles every AN year, with Strong beginning the rotation.

In 1697 AN, changes to the active status registration of several political parties that maintained caucuses in the Federal Assembly resulted in the dissolution of several parties, including the second largest party and a member of the Government of National Unity, Cambio Democrático. This resulted in Deputies that were members of Cambio Democrático to defect to either the Federal Humanist Party, the successor to the Progressive Federalist Party, the Solidarity Party, or to the successor of Cambio Democrático, the Progressive Party. This required the Government of National Unity to reconstitute, this time, replacing Cambio Democrático with the Solidarity Party.

In the lead up to the general election, negotiations between the Solidarity Party and the Progressive Party led to the founding of a new party, the Social Democratic & Liberal Alliance (SD&LA). The negotiations were slow and acrimonious at first, but the advance in the polls of the Federal Humanist Party and its successes in Operation Paramount and other policy matters prompted both parties to come to an agreement to form a broad big tent coalition of the left in order to be able to compete.

Dates of the election

The deadline for final candidate nominations was set for 11.III.1698 AN with political campaigning to last until the first polling day in 13.XV.1698 AN. The election was conducted over a period of three days, from 13.XV.1698 AN to 15.XV.1698 AN. Results were counted and published by the National Elections Commission on 16.XV.1698 AN. The three day period of the election was allowed in order to ensure that remote rural and insular areas could have some time to send their results, as well as to allow postal ballots to arrive to their destinations. This was the first election where New Alexandrians were allowed to vote by mail by going to their local polling station, confirming their identity, and picking up a ballot.

Eligibility to vote

Individuals eligible to vote had to be registered to vote by midnight on 10.XV.1698 AN, three days before the first day of polling. This was to allow the National Elections Commission system to electronically confirm the updates to the voter's rolls, confirmed with local and tax records for correct addresses and identities.

To be eligible to vote, individuals were required to be aged 18 or over, be a national of the Federation, and have been a resident in the Region they planned to vote in for at least six months prior to registration.

Opinion polling

Electoral system

Regional seat apportionment

Campaigns

Contesting Parties

Federal Humanist Campaign

Social Democratic & Liberal Campaign

Digger's Society Campaign

Freedom Party Campaign

Results

National

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	FHP (344)		SDLA (234)		DS (15)		FP (3)		Ind. (21)

	Political party	Leader	Candidates	Votes	Elected	Gain/loss	% of votes	% of seats
	Federal Humanist Party	Gerhardt Eugen Seydlitz	619	51,848,707	344	▲ 48 seats	56.6%	55.5%
	Social Democratic & Liberal Alliance	Robert Beaujolais	619	35,597,571	234	▲ 72 seats	38.9%	37.8%
	Digger's Society	Iwashiiwa Kazuemon	619	2,418,941	15	No gain/loss	2.4%	2.6%
	Freedom Party	Rufus Walberg	619	1,694,874	5	▲ 2 seats	0.8%	1.9%
	Independent		472	3,330,395	21	▲ 21 seats	3.6%	3.3%
Total			2,948	91,560,093	619	Turnout		62.5%

Regional

Alduria

Region of Alduria
Party	Votes	Vote %	Deputies
Federal Humanist Party	11,486,631	51.3%	75
Social Democratic & Liberal Alliance	9,238,174	41.2%	61
Digger's Society	717,354	3.2%	5
Independent/Unaligned	493,181	2.2%	3
Freedom Party	470,764	2.1%	3
Totals	22,406,104	100.0%	147

Wechua Nation

Region of the Wechua Nation
Party	Votes	Vote %	Deputies
Federal Humanist Party	10,574,172	50.1%	71
Social Democratic & Liberal Alliance	8,323,047	39.5%	55
Independent/Unaligned	1,181,472	5.6%	8
Digger's Society	632,931	3.0%	4
Freedom Party	379,759	1.8%	0
Totals	21,091,381	100.0%	138

Santander

Region of Santander
Party	Votes	Vote %	Deputies
Federal Humanist Party	6,800,234	51.3%	45
Social Democratic & Liberal Alliance	5,194,402	39.1%	34
Independent/Unaligned	769,738	5.8%	5
Digger's Society	278,698	2.1%	2
Freedom Party	225,613	1.7%	0
Totals	13,268,685	100.0%	86

Valencia

Region of Valencia
Party	Votes	Vote %	Deputies
Federal Humanist Party	2,142,415	49.9%	14
Social Democratic & Liberal Alliance	1,727,075	40.2%	11
Independent/Unaligned	201,871	4.7%	1
Digger's Society	120,264	2.8%	1
Freedom Party	103,083	2.4%	1
Totals	4,294,708	100.0%	28

Federal Capital District

Federal Capital District
Party	Votes	Vote %	Deputies
Federal Humanist Party	161,893	51.9%	1
Social Democratic & Liberal Alliance	132,571	42.5%	1
Digger's Society	12,789	4.1%	0
Freedom Party	4,679	1.5%	0
Totals	311,932	100.0%	2

Isles of Caputia

Region of the Isles of Caputia
Party	Votes	Vote %	Deputies
Federal Humanist Party	5,867,618	62.9%	39
Social Democratic & Liberal Alliance	2,947,342	31.6%	20
Digger's Society	223,990	2.4%	2
Independent/Unaligned	177,326	1.9%	0
Freedom Party	111,995	1.2%	0
Totals	9,328,271	100.0%	61

New Luthoria

Region of New Luthoria
Party	Votes	Vote %	Deputies
Social Democratic & Liberal Alliance	1,568,354	52.6%	10
Federal Humanist Party	1,328,507	44.6%	9
Digger's Society	45,132	1.5%	0
Freedom Party	38,685	1.3%	0
Totals	2,980,678	100.0%	19

Islas de la Libertad

Region of Islas de la Libertad
Party	Votes	Vote %	Deputies
Federal Humanist Party	920,772	50.1%	6
Social Democratic & Liberal Alliance	757,201	41.2%	5
Independent/Unaligned	94,466	5.1%	1
Digger's Society	42,271	2.3%	0
Freedom Party	22,054	1.2%	0
Totals	1,836,764	100.0%	12

North Lyrica

Region of North Lyrica
Party	Votes	Vote %	Deputies
Federal Humanist Party	6,894,262	74.0%	46
Social Democratic & Liberal Alliance	2,008,393	21.6%	13
Freedom Party	217,557	2.3%	1
Digger's Society	194,656	2.1%	1
Totals	9,314,868	100.0%	61

South Lyrica

Region of South Lyrica
Party	Votes	Vote %	Deputies
Federal Humanist Party	5,672,203	56.4%	38
Social Democratic & Liberal Alliance	3,701,012	36.8%	24
Digger's Society	150,856	1.5%	0
Freedom Party	120,685	1.2%	0
Totals	9,314,868	100.0%	65

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 In the lead up to the general election, negotiations between the [[Solidarity Party]] and the [[Progressive Party]] led to the founding of a new party, the [[Social Democratic & Liberal Alliance]] (SD&LA). The negotiations were slow and acrimonious at first, but the advance in the polls of the [[Federal Humanist Party]] and its successes in [[Operation Paramount]] and other policy matters prompted both parties to come to an agreement to form a broad big tent coalition of the left in order to be able to compete.
-==Date of the election==
+==Dates of the election==
+The deadline for final candidate nominations was set for 11.III.{{AN|1698}} with political campaigning to last until the first polling day in 13.XV.{{AN|1698}}. The election was conducted over a period of three days, from 13.XV.{{AN|1698}} to 15.XV.{{AN|1698}}. Results were counted and published by the National Elections Commission on 16.XV.{{AN|1698}}. The three day period of the election was allowed in order to ensure that remote rural and insular areas could have some time to send their results, as well as to allow postal ballots to arrive to their destinations. This was the first election where New Alexandrians were allowed to vote by mail by going to their local polling station, confirming their identity, and picking up a ballot.
+===Eligibility to vote===
+Individuals eligible to vote had to be registered to vote by midnight on 10.XV.{{AN|1698}}, three days before the first day of polling. This was to allow the National Elections Commission system to electronically confirm the updates to the voter's rolls, confirmed with local and tax records for correct addresses and identities.
+To be eligible to vote, individuals were required to be aged 18 or over, be a national of the Federation, and have been a resident in the Region they planned to vote in for at least six months prior to registration.
 ==Opinion polling==
 ==Electoral system==