1701 Hurmu general elections

The third Parlerment elections were held during the ninth month of 1701. At the same time, regional elections are scheduled for the legislative assembles in the States and districts of Hurmu. The previous elections occurred in 1695. The next elections are scheduled for 1707

See also 1701 Hurmu general elections/IRL for the OOC procedure of the election.

Procedure

Eighteen seats in the Senate (double the seats from the previous Senate), elected by the members of the Order of the Holy Lakes, and 99 seats in the Assembly, elected by persons with legal and permanent residence in Hurmu are up for election. All electors must be at least 18 years of age on the last day of the election. Thus not only citizens of Hurmu are allowed to vote, but legally resident foreigners too. Citizenship is a prerequisite, however, for being a candidate.

Residents in the Lake District will elect 38 members of the Assembly, while residents in Lontinien will elect 28 members, and Rekozemlje 31 members. Residents of the District of the Warring Islands and the District of Northern Bretland will be represented by 1 member each. Legal residency is not recognised in the Southern District, and as such, that district will remain outside the remit of the election. Hurmu citizens resident the Southern District or in Eesdeheito, as well as Hurmu citizens living abroad, may vote through their constituency of origin. Citizens who are members of the Order of the Holy Lakes do not vote in Assembly elections but in the Senate election.

The constitution of Hurmu allows for referendums to be held at the same time. Such referendums are binding and require the majority of electors to the Senate to be in favour in order to be binding upon the state institutions of Hurmu, for example amending the constitution or adopting legislation. Another option is for the Electorate through voting in the affirmative or negative to a question bind the Senate to introduce or not to introduce legislation on a specific matter. No provision in the constitution allows for country-wide referendums for Assembly voters.

Senate elections

In this Senate election, the adult members of the Order of the Holy Lakes, who during the year 1701 will reach an age of 18 or more, are electors. The electors will elect an enlarged Senate. The Senate will thus be expanded from 9 members to 18.

Registered Lists

Ayreonist List (A)

1. Anskar Isamma
2. Kir Ayreon-Kalirion of Waffel-Paine
3. Eliza Aabooð
4. Yukiji Ayreon-Kalirion of Waffel-Paine
5. Johannes Klaron Djupvik
6. Silva Astemaa
7. Karl Tryggve
8. Julia Osmondsdottra
9. Julián de Todos los Santos
10. Marianne Andersen
11. Marcel Jolicoeur

Conservative List (C)

1. Karel des Vinandy
2. Jaya Prabhu
3. Priya Sinha
4. Saurabh Farrah
5. Sackhcham Kapudia

Humanist List (H)

1. Daniyal al-Osman
2. Jamshid-e Osman
3. Chaghagan Khoga
4. Ghawetkiin Enkhjargal
5. Ardashir Babakan-e Osman
6. Alissa Guadalim
7. Khoga Orduoronartai
8. Azen u-Germask
9. Royston Merrick IV

Traditionalist List (T)

1. Li Naomiai Avon-El
2. Jan u-Samil Spiik
3. Lyudmila Eduardovna
4. Patrik Djupvik
5. Erik Tyve Andersen
6. Janek Tryggve
7. Ellen Aarevalla
8. Oden Djupvik
9. Kersti Kallas
10. Ivan "Hopsy" Maksimilianov-Shvinnskiy
11. Monika Saajar
12. Viktor Andreyevich Abramov
13. Yrsa Djupvik
14. Roderik Djupvik

Verionist List (V)

1. Abigail Elenkoo
2. Isor Verion
3. Rachid Norgelai
4. James Norwood
5. Anders Zephyrion
6. Thor Petersbuy
7. Peter Sherrinford
8. Aliande of Laegel
9. Lisbet Vastorion
10. Baldwin de Montfort

Results

At a glance

	Number	Percentage
Electors	548
Turnout	513	93.61%
Ballots accepted	511	99.61%
Blank votes	2	0.39%

List	Votes	Diff (votes)	Percentage	Diff (%p)	Seats	Diff (seats)
Ayreonist	26	-19	5.09%	-19.23	1	-1
Conservative	125	+116	24.46%	+19.60	4	+3
Humanist	169	+103	33.07%	-2.61	6	+3
Traditionalist	179	+122	35.03%	+4.22	6	+3
Verionist	12	new	2.35%	new	1	new
Others	0	-8	0.00%	-4.32	0	0
Total	511	+326			18	+9

Elected Senators

Elected senators are marked bold. The first alternate, to take office upon the death or resignation of one of the Senators already elected for that list, is also indicated.

Ayreonist List

1. Anskar Isamma (initially re-elected, but died)
2. Kir Ayreon-Kalirion of Waffel-Paine (new election)
3. Eliza Aabooð (first alternate)
4. Yukiji Ayreon-Kalirion of Waffel-Paine
5. Johannes Klaron Djupvik
6. Silva Astemaa
7. Karl Tryggve
8. Julia Osmondsdottra
9. Julián de Todos los Santos
10. Marianne Andersen
11. Marcel Jolicoeur

Anskar Isamma was initially reelected, but he died before the new Senate would meet. As such, his first alternate, Kir Ayreon-Kalirion of Waffel-Paine, was subsequently declared the Senator-elect. Eliza Aabooð, incumbent senator, lost her seat, though she remains the first alternate (before Kir's status as senator-elect, she was second alternate).

In 1703, Kir Ayreon-Kalirion of Waffel-Paine died, and he was replaced as senator by Eliza Aabooð. First alternate became Kir's widow, Yukiji Ayreon-Kalirion of Waffel-Paine. A year later, Yukiji resigned the position as first alternate, thus being replaced by Johannes Klaron Djupvik as first alternate.

Conservative List

1. Karel des Vinandy (re-elected)
2. Jaya Prabhu (new election)
3. Priya Sinha (new election)
4. Saurabh Farrah (new election)
5. Sackhcham Kapudia (first alternate)

Humanist List

1. Daniyal al-Osman (re-elected)
2. Jamshid-e Osman (new election)
3. Chaghagan Khoga (new election)
4. Ghawetkiin Enkhjargal (re-elected)
5. Ardashir Babakan-e Osman (re-elected)
6. Alissa Guadalim (new election)
7. Khoga Orduoronartai (first alternate)
8. Azen u-Germask
9. Royston Merrick IV

Traditionalist List

1. Li Naomiai Avon-El (re-elected)
2. Jan u-Samil Spiik (re-elected)
3. Lyudmila Eduardovna (new election)
4. Patrik Djupvik (re-elected)
5. Erik Tyve Andersen (new election)
6. Janek Tryggve (new election)
7. Ellen Aarevalla (first alternate)
8. Oden Djupvik
9. Kersti Kallas
10. Ivan "Hopsy" Maksimilianov-Shvinnskiy
11. Monika Saajar
12. Viktor Andreyevich Abramov
13. Yrsa Djupvik
14. Roderik Djupvik

On 30.XV.1704, Jan Spiik informed the Senate that he had resigned the position in the Senate due to his election to Secretary General of the Micras Treaty Organization. As such, the next person on the list was his wife, Ellen Aarevalla. Aarevalla informed the Order of the Holy Lakes that that would be improper, due to her husband's position as Secretary General, and that she thus declined election. As such, the next person on the list was Oden Djupvik, who was deceased. The next person on the list, Kersti Kallas, was also deceased. Accordingly, the Order declared Ivan "Hopsy" Maksimilianov-Shvinnskiy elected. He was sworn in on the evening the same day, and took his seat in the Senate. First alternate was declared to be Monika Saajar.

On 19.VI.1706, Janek Tryggve stepped down from the Senate upon his election to the MTO Court. Ellen Aarevalla declined taking up the free seat, citing a conflict of interest as wife of the MTO general secretary Jan Spiik. The next one in line, who remained alive, was thus Monika Saajar, who took up the seat the same day.

Verionist List

1. Abigail Elenkoo (ineligible for election)
2. Isor Verion (new election)
3. Rachid Norgelai (ineligible for election)
4. James Norwood (ineligible for election)
5. Anders Zephyrion (ineligible for election)
6. Thor Petersbuy (ineligible for election)
7. Peter Sherrinford (ineligible for election)
8. Aliande of Laegel (first alternate)
9. Lisbet Vastorion (ineligible for election)
10. Baldwin de Montfort (ineligible for election)

The Verionist List, despite being warned against so by the Electoral Committee, submitted a list largely composed of non-members of the Order. As such, those persons were ineligible for the election. In the present election, the Verionist List secured enough votes to gain 1 seat in the Senate. Abigail Elenkoo, listed as number 1 for the Verionist List, was ineligible for election, and so her seat went to the number 2, Isor Verion. Similarly, the first alternate became Aliande of Laegel, as all other persons between Isor and Aliande were ineligible for the position of first alternate, too.

In 1704, Isor Verion died. He was replaced as senator by his first alternate and wife, Aliande of Laegel. Due to no other people being eligible for election to the Senate on the list, it meant that Aliande was without a personal alternate.

In the event of the resignation or death of Lady Aliande, this would mean a recalculation of the seats of the Senate, as follows:

Ayreonist: 1 seat

Conservative: 5 seats (instead of 4 seats)

Humanist: 6 seats

Traditionalist: 6 seats

Verionist: 0 seats (instead of 1 seat)

Thus the alternate for Lady Aliande was declared to be Sackhcham Kapudia of the Conservative List.

Transition

The term of the old Senate expires by the end of the year 1701, and the new Senate, now extended from 9 members to 18, automatically enters office upon the first second of the new year 1702. It will sit, unless dissolved by itself earlier, until the end of 1708.

Assembly elections

Hurmu residents in the States of Hurmu and in the districts of Northern Bretland and the Warring Islands, as well as Hurmu citizens living abroad, may vote in the election to the Assembly of Representatives, provided they are above the age of 18 (or will turn 18 during the year of the election), and are not members of the Order of the Holy Lakes (in which case they will vote in the Senate election).

Residents in the Lake District will elect 38 members of the Assembly, while residents in Lontinien will elect 28 members, and Rekozemlje 31 members. Residents of the District of the Warring Islands and the District of Northern Bretland will be represented by 1 member each. Legal residency is not recognised in the Southern District, and as such, that district will remain outside the remit of the election. Hurmu citizens resident the Southern District or in Eesdeheito, as well as Hurmu citizens living abroad, may vote through their constituency of origin. Citizens who are members of the Order of the Holy Lakes do not vote in Assembly elections but in the Senate election.

Parties

Parties re-contesting

• Coalition for Democratic Humanism
  • Lontinian People's Party (LPP), in Lontinien
  • National Community (NC), in Lontinien
  • Crandish People's Party, in Lontinien and the Lake District
  • And then, main lists under the umbrella name of Coalition for Democratic Humanism in the Lake District, Rekozemlje, the Warring Islands, and Northern Bretland.
• Society for Yeshua, in Rekozemlje and Lontinien
• Koos, in the Lake District
• Moderate Party, in the Lake District
• Edasi Hurmu, in the Lake District
• Liberals, throughout the country
• Heartlanders' Interests League, in Lontinien and in the Lake District
• Blue Skies, in Lontinien and Rekozemlje

New parties

• Verionist Party of Hurmu, throughout the country (new party!)

Parties not contesting

• Hurmu for Humanists, dissolved in 1700 due to bankruptcy of the party.

Results

At a glance

Party	Abbr.	Votes	Percentage	Diff (%p)	Seats	Diff (seats)
Coalition for Democratic Humanism	CDH	2,219,240	27.06%	-5.37	29	-7
Society of Yeshua	SY	1,758,757	21.45%	+18.32	19	+16
Social Democratic Party	SDP	854,293	10.42%	+6.82	10	+6
Koos	K	672,819	8.20%	-5.98%	8	-5
Moderate Party	MOD	652,047	7.95%	-4.51%	8	-3
Blue Skies	Blue	605,666	7.39%	-1.28%	7	-3
Edasi Hurmu	Edasi	426,360	5.20%	-9.11%	5	-8
Liberals	Lib	411,732	5.02%	-0.87%	5	0
Verionist Party	VPH	352,053	4.29%	new	5	new
Heartlanders' Interest League	HIL	168,745	2.06%	-0.50%	3	1
Others		78,999	0.96%	-1.82%	0	-2
	Total	8,200,711			99

Or, for a breakdown where the Coalition for Democratic Humanism is broken down by its component parties:

Party	Coal.	Votes	Percentage	Diff %p	Seats	Diff seats
Society of Yeshua		1,758,757	21.45%	+18.32	19	+16
Main List	CDH	1,161,144	14.16%	-1.12	15	-2
Social Democratic Party		854,293	10.42%	+6.82	10	+6
National Community	CDH	723,493	8.82%	-1.48	9	-3
Koos		672,819	8.20%	-5.98	8	-5
Moderate Party		652,047	7.95%	-4.51	8	-3
Blue Skies		605,666	7.39%	-1.28	7	-3
Edasi Hurmu		426,360	5.20%	-9.11	5	-8
Liberals		411,732	5.02%	-0.87	5	0
Verionist Party		352,053	4.29%	new	5	new
Lontinian People's Party	CDH	181,702	2.22%	-1.79	3	-1
Heartlanders' Interest League		168,745	2.06%	-0.50	3	+1
Crandish People's Party	CDH	15,901	1.86%	-0.99	2	-1
Others		78,999	0.96%	-1.82	0	-2
	Total	8,200l,711			99

By state and district

Lake District

Party	Coalition	Votes	Percentage	Seats
Koos		672,819	21.44%	8
Moderate Party		652,047	20.78%	8
Coalition for Democratic Humanism (Main List)	CDH	594,620	18.95%	7
Edasi Hurmu		426,360	13.59%	5
Liberals		411,732	13.12%	5
Verionist Party of Hurmu		141,591	4.51%	2
Heartlanders' Interest League		111,472	3.55%	2
Crandish People's Party	CDH	94 084	3.00%	1
Others		32,842	1.05%	0
TOTAL		3,137,567		38

Lontinien

Party	Coalition	Votes	Percentage	Seats
National Community	CDH	505,990	24.09%	7
Social Democratic Party		459,892	21.89%	6
Blue Skies		378,011	17.99%	5
Lontinian People's Party	CDH	210,900	10.04%	3
Coalition for Democratic Humanism (Main List)	CDH	181,702	8.65%	2
Verionist Party		140,607	6.69%	2
Society of Yeshua		94,737	4.51%	1
Crandish People's Party	CDH	58,817	2.80%	1
Heartlanders' Interest League		57,273	2.73%	1
Others		12,807	0.61%
		2,100,736		28

Rekozemlje

Party	Coalition	Votes	Percentage	Seats
Society of Yeshua		166,4020	56.07%	18
Social Democratic Party		394,401	13.29%	4
Coalition for Democratic Humanism (Main List)	CDH	363,084	12.23%	4
Blue Skies		227,655	7.67%	2
National Community	CDH	217,503	7.33%	2
Verionist Party		67,933	2.29%	1
Others		33,350	1.12%	0
		2,967,946		31

Northern Bretland

Party	Votes	Percentage	Seats
Coalition for Democratic Humanism	1,238	63.72%	1
Social and Liberal Alliance	650	33.45%	0
Verionist Party of Hurmu	55	2.83%	0
Total	1,943		1

Warring Islands

Party	Votes	Percentage	Seats
Coalition for Democratic Humanism	20,500	61.55%	1
Social and Liberal Alliance	10,941	32.85%	0
Verionist Party of Hurmu	1,867	5.61%	0
Total	33,308		1

State and elections

Lake District

Party	Coalition	Seats
Koos		27
Moderate Party		26
Coalition for Democratic Humanism (Main List)	CDH	24
Edasi Hurmu		17
Liberals		16
Verionist Party		6
Heartlanders' Interests League		5
Crandish People's Party	CDH	4
Others		0
TOTAL		125

Following the election, Koos, the Moderate Party and the Liberals agreed to form a coalition for the government of the State of the Lake District. The Coalition for Democratic Humanism would lead the official opposition.

Lontinien

Party	Coalition	Seats
CDH Main List	CDH	21
Crandish People's Party		8
National Community		52
Lontinian People's Party		22
Social Democratic Party		45
Blue Skies		38
Verionist Party of Hurmu		14
Heartlanders' Interests League		0
Society of Yeshua		0
Others		0
Total		200

In Lontinien, the Coalition for Democratic Humanism secured a majority and would form a majority government in the next Great Yurt. The Heartlanders' Interests League and the Society of Yeshua failed to secure the 6% vote that was required to get representation in the Great Yurt.

Rekozemlje

Party	Coalition	Seats
Society of Yeshua		43
Social Democratic Party		10
CDH Main List	CDH	9
Blue Skies		6
National Community	CDH	5
Verionist Party		2
Others		0
Total		75

Securing a comfortable majority in the State Assembly, the Society of Yeshua would form a majority one-party government. The Rekozemlje leader of the Coalition for Democratic Humanism congratulated the leader of the Society of Yeshua, and vowed himself to form a constructive opposition that would cooperate with the government on all matters of mutual interest.

Referendums

Order of the Holy Lakes referendums

• Question 1: Should Hurmu adopt its own currency based on the value of gold, including establishing a central bank, setting its own monetary policies, and leaving the currency area and monetary policies of Craitland?
• Question 2: Should the right of membership in the order for the descendants of Scott Woodrow be rescinded on the grounds of the failure of Scott Woodrow to acknowledge or assume the responsibilities of said seat when it was first conferred upon him?

Results

Question 1

• Question 1: Should Hurmu adopt its own currency based on the value of gold, including establishing a central bank, setting its own monetary policies, and leaving the currency area and monetary policies of Craitland?

	Number	Percentage
Electors	548	100.00%
Turnout	513	93.61%
Ballots accepted	513	100.00%
Blank ballots	0	0.00%
Ballots rejected	0	0.00%

Answer	Votes	% Votes	% Electors
YES	363	70.76%	66.24%
NO	150	29.24%	27.37%
Total	513

With a majority of electors (66.24%) in favour of the question, the result is binding upon the next Senate. Thus the Senate must pass legislation in line with the affirmative of the referendum question.

Question 2

• Question 2: Should the right of membership in the order for the descendants of Scott Woodrow be rescinded on the grounds of the failure of Scott Woodrow to acknowledge or assume the responsibilities of said seat when it was first conferred upon him?

	Votes	Percentage
Electors	548
Turnout	513	93.61%
Ballots accepted	384	74.85%
Blank ballots	129	25.15%
Ballots rejected	0	0.00%

Answer	Votes	% Votes	% Electors
YES	161	41.93%	29.38%
NO	223	58.07%	40.69%

With a majority of electors not found for either answer of the question, the results of the referendum are not binding upon the next Senate, and the question may therefore be revisited by the Senate in any way it sees fit.

Regional referendums

Lontinien

• Question: Should the position of Khaghan of Lontinien be re-introduced and made a permanent office for the head of state of Lontinien, elected by the Legislative Assembly of Lontinien for six-year terms?

The question was answered in the affirmative with 63.53% in favour.

Aftermath and government formation

Prime Minister Senator Daniyal al-Osman was re-elected to the Senate. He and the leader of the Society of Yeshua, Stanko Danilovich, agreed to negotiate a coalition government for Hurmu. However, it became apparent that their two parties would only secure 48 of 99 seats. Even with ensuring the election of a president from a third party, they would not have a majority should other parties join forces to topple it. As such, they agreed to invite the Edasi Hurmu party to the coalition. Edasi Hurmu had suffered large loss of a vote share in the election, possibly due to its close ties with the Humanists, however, it became important for Prime Minister al-Osman to keep the ties with Edasi close. Without Edasi, its Senatorial faction (though legally distinct), the Traditionalists, might seek to form a coalition in the Senate with the Ayreonists and Conservatives, depriving al-Osman of a majority in the Senate. As such, the three parties would form a government coalition in the Assembly, and the Humanists and Traditionalists one in the Senate. That way, al-Osman would have a majority in both chambers of Parlerment, though he would have to compromise considerably to make his junior partners happy.

In the months preceding the end of the year of 1701, negotiations between the CDH parties, Society of Yeshua, and Edasi. On the first day of the new Parlerment, meeting on 1.I.1701, the Assembly elected Radojka Grgurović (Society of Yeshua), a deaconess from Niš, as its president. The President met the party leaders on 2.I.1701 to formally assess the situation of a prime minister and the formation of a new cabinet and reported back to the Assembly on 3.I.1701 that she believed there was a majority in the Assembly for the nomination of Daniyal al-Osman for a third term as prime minister. Accordingly, she introduced the proposal, "that the Assembly nominate Daniyal al-Osman, Senator of the Lakes, to the position of Prime Minister of Hurmu". The Assembly was adjourned to the next day, when it voted on the question. The Assembly votes as follows:

Party			YES	NO	Abs.	COMMENT
CDH	Main List	15	15
	National Community	9	9
	Lontinian People's Party	3	3
	Crandish People's Party	2	2
Society of Yeshua		19	18		1	Presiding officer not voting
Social Democrats		10		10
Koos		8		10
Moderate Party		8		8
Blue Skies		7		7
Edasi Hurmu		5	5
Liberals		5		5
Verionist Party of Hurmu		5		5
Heartlanders' Interests League		3		3
Total		99	52	46	1

As such the Assembly nominated, with a majority of all members, Daniyal al-Osman for the position of Prime Minister of Hurmu. The President sent the matter to the Senate with the recommendation to confirm the nomination.