New Alexandrian general election, 1708

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New Alexandrian general election, 1708

1703 ← 13.XI.1708 AN → 1713

All 619 seats to the Federal Assembly 310 seats needed for a majority.   First party Second party Third party   Leader Nadya Camille Albert Felipe de Almagro Yuri Allcca Canchasto Party Social Democratic & Liberal Alliance Federal Humanist Party Federal Consensus Party Leader since 1708 AN 1703 AN 1703 AN Leader's seat Alduria Alduria Wechua Nation Last election 309, 49.8% 289, 46.8% 3 seats, new party. Seats won 206 346 63 Seat change ▼ 103 ▲ 57 ▲ 60 Popular vote 29,294,165 49,756,890 8,898,041 Percentage 32.8% 55.7% 10.0% Swing ▼ 17 pp ▲ 8.9 pp ▲ 9 pp Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Adriana Lopez-Gautier Party People's Liberty Congress Independent Leader since 1708 AN Leader's seat Federal Capital District Last election New party. 14, 2.6% Seats won 3 19 Seat change ▲ 3 ▲ 5 Popular vote 1,347,717 3,203,095 Percentage 1.5% 3.6% Swing ▲ 1.5 pp (New party) ▲ 1.0 pp

President of the Government before election Jose Miguel Martin (SDLA) Succeeding President of the Government Felipe de Almagro (FHP)

The New Alexandrian general election of 1708 is the fourth general election of the Federation of Nouvelle Alexandrie after its formation in 1685 AN. The 1708 general election was held from 13.XI.Template:1708 to 15.XV.1708 AN, in line with the Proclamation of Punta Santiago and the laws of Nouvelle Alexandrie. The next general election was originally scheduled for 1709 AN, but the failure of the vote of confidence of the government of Jose Miguel Martin in the Cortes Federales. The 1708 election saw 89,296,813 votes cast, a turnout rate of 52.3%. This registered as one of the lowest turnout levels of any general election in the history of the Federation.

Opinion polls had consistently shown the Federal Humanist Party leading the polls over the Social Democratic & Liberal Alliance (SDLA). The Social Democratic & Liberal Alliance dealt with several changes of leadership after the resignation of Premier Julio Delgado due to health issues. Vice-Premier Itzar Franco, the first woman Premier of the Federation, succeeded Julia Delgado. She resigned later the same year she was appointed and confirmed by the Cortes Federales, 1706 AN. Jose Miguel Martin succeeded Franco as leader and Premier. The successive changes in leadership weakened the coalition the Social Democratic & Liberal Alliance and the Moderate Caucus. Jose Miguel Martin lost the vote of confidence after the Moderate Caucus declined to support the coalition, forcing Martin to ask King Manco Capac I for a dissolution and a new election.

The 1708 election also saw a large political realignment, with the small Moderate Caucus, originally a coalition of three independent Deputies elected in 1703 AN, growing to 10.0% of the popular vote and 63 seats in the Federal Assembly after it rebranded as the Federal Consensus Party of Nouvelle Alexandrie. The Federal Consensus benefitted from the weak position of the Social Democratic & Liberal Alliance after several leadership changes and stalled legislative agenda. A new libertarian party, the People's Liberty Congress secured 1.5% of the vote and 3 seats. The independent benches grew slightly, also benefiting from the steep polling losses of the Social Democratic & Liberal Alliance, to 19 seats and 3.6% of the vote. Two parties, the Freedom Party and the Digger's Society were dissolved and did not field candidates in the election, due to inactivity and campaign finance corruption charges.

Background

Electoral system

Elections in Nouvelle Alexandrie are conducted region by region through proportional representation. Voters then choose from the parties on the ballot or have the option to vote for a slate of independent candidates. Seats are apportioned to each region using the Sainte-Laguë method, a highest quotient method for allocating seats in party-list proportional representation. In Nouvelle Alexandrie, the thresholds for a party to get seats in a region is set to 2%. This election would be the last election where seats would be apportioned in accordance to the census conducted in 1708 AN, just before the general election.

The 1708 election saw the seat count of the Federal Assembly increase for the first time since the formation of the Federation, from 619 seats to 637 seats. If one party obtains a majority of the seats, then the party is entitled to form the government, with its leader as President of the Government. If an election results n no party having a majority, there is a hung Cortes Federales, at which time the main options are the formation of a coalition of several parties or a minority government, in accordance with the law.

Voting eligibility

To vote in the general election, one had to be:

• legally registered to vote;
• a citizen of the Federation (at the time of the election);
• not legally excluded from voting as provided by New Alexandrian law.

Government figures report that 1,234,981 new voters were added to the rolls across the country in the weeks leading up to the general election.

Census of 1708 and redistricting

Region	Seats (1703 AN)	Seats (1708 AN)	Change
Alduria	145	153	+8
Wechua Nation	137	142	+5
Santander	91	94	+3
Valencia	27	26	-1
Federal Capital District	2	2	0
North Lyrica	60	60	0
South Lyrica	69	72	+3
Islas de la Libertad	12	12	0
New Luthoria	17	17	0
Isles of Caputia	59	59	0

Candidates

Most candidates are representatives of a political party, which must be registered with the Federal Elections Commmission and maintain regular activity and participation in politics. Those who do not belong to one must use the label "Independent" or none.

In the 1708 AN election X,XXX candidates stood: XXX of them being independents, the rest representing one of four national political parties.

Results

National

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309

289

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3

14

	SDLA(309)		FHP(289)		DS(4)		FP(3)		Ind. (14)

	Political party	Leader	Candidates	Votes	Elected	Gain/loss	% of votes	% of seats
	Social Democratic & Liberal Alliance	Julio Delgado	619	65,019.934	309	▲ 75 seats	49.8%	49.9%
	Federal Humanist Party	Gerhardt Eugen Seydlitz	619	61,016,032	289	▼ 55 seats	46.8%	46.6%
	Digger's Society	Iwashiiwa Kazuemon	619	2,500,239	4	▼ 11	1.9%	0.6%
	Freedom Party	Rufus Walberg	619	1,913,332	3	▼ 2 seats	1.5%	0.5%
	Independent		472	3,374,347	14	▼ 7 seats	2.6%	2.3%
Total			2,948	130,449,537	619	Turnout		79.5%

Regional

Alduria

Region of Alduria
Party	Votes	Vote %	Deputies
Social Democratic & Liberal Alliance	14,981,309	47.9%	70
Federal Humanist Party	14,027,384	44.9%	65
Digger's Society	717,354	2.9%	4
Independent/Unaligned	493,181	2.1%	3
Freedom Party	470,764	2.2%	3
Totals	31,260,581	100.0%	145

Wechua Nation

Region of the Wechua Nation
Party	Votes	Vote %	Deputies
Social Democratic & Liberal Alliance	15,517,272	52.5%	74
Federal Humanist Party	12,532,045	42.4%	60
Independent/Unaligned	709,361	2.4%	3
Digger's Society	443,351	1.5%	0
Freedom Party	354,681	1.2%	0
Totals	29,556,710	100.0%	137

Santander

Region of Santander
Party	Votes	Vote %	Deputies
Social Democratic & Liberal Alliance	9,321,535	47.1%	44
Federal Humanist Party	9,281,953	46.9%	44
Independent/Unaligned	633,310	3.2%	3
Digger's Society	316,655	1.6%	0
Freedom Party	225,613	1.2%	0
Totals	19,790,944	100.0%	91

Valencia

Region of Valencia
Party	Votes	Vote %	Deputies
Social Democratic & Liberal Alliance	3,173,570	54.0%	15
Federal Humanist Party	2,516,280	42.8%	12
Digger's Society	82,308	1.4%	0
Freedom Party	64,671	1.1%	0
Independent/Unaligned	41,154	0.7%	0
Totals	5,877,983	100.0%	27

Federal Capital District

Federal Capital District
Party	Votes	Vote %	Deputies
Social Democratic & Liberal Alliance	208,007	49.5%	1
Federal Humanist Party	199,522	47.5%	1
Digger's Society	7,561	1.8%	0
Freedom Party	5,041	1.2%	0
Totals	420,131	100.0%	2

Isles of Caputia

Region of the Isles of Caputia
Party	Votes	Vote %	Deputies
Federal Humanist Party	6,194,737	48.7%	29
Social Democratic & Liberal Alliance	5,827,048	45.8%	28
Independent/Unaligned	458,021	3.6%	2
Digger's Society	152,674	1.2%	0
Freedom Party	89,060	0.7%	0
Totals	12,721,540	100.0%	59

North Lyrica

Region of North Lyrica
Party	Votes	Vote %	Deputies
Federal Humanist Party	6,790,458	52.4%	32
Social Democratic & Liberal Alliance	5,159,607	39.8%	25
Independent/Unaligned	544,481	4.2%	3
Freedom Party	246,313	1.9%	0
Digger's Society	220,385	1.7%	0
Totals	12,961,244	100.0%	60

South Lyrica

Region of South Lyrica
Party	Votes	Vote %	Deputies
Social Democratic & Liberal Alliance	7,105,145	47.8%	35
Federal Humanist Party	7,030,823	47.3%	34
Digger's Society	282,422	1.9%	0
Independent/Unaligned	267,558	1.8	0
Freedom Party	178,372	1.2%	0
Totals	14,864,320	100.0%	69

New Luthoria

Region of New Luthoria
Party	Votes	Vote %	Deputies
Social Democratic & Liberal Alliance	2,425,458	63.6%	11
Federal Humanist Party	1,310,437	34.2%	6
Digger's Society	45,980	1.2%	0
Independent/Unaligned	30,654	0.8%	0
Freedom Party	19,158	0.5%	0
Totals	3,831,687	100.0%	17

Islas de la Libertad

Region of Islas de la Libertad
Party	Votes	Vote %	Deputies
Social Democratic & Liberal Alliance	1,300,983	51.2%	6
Federal Humanist Party	1,132,393	44.6%	6
Digger's Society	41,893	1.7%	0
Independent/Unaligned	33,007	1.3%	0
Freedom Party	30,468	1.2%	0
Totals	2,538,744	100.0%	12

See also

• New Alexandrian general election, 1703;
• Political parties of Nouvelle Alexandrie.