Mercury general election, 2010

The Mercury general election of 2010 was held in June 2010 to elect the first Mercurian Parliament. Voting took place in 200 constituencies, each electing one representative, using the instant-runoff voting system.

Overview

The election was the first to be held since Mercury's claim on Micras. Previously, the National Party had led an interim government. Three parties contested all 200 seats, in addition to which, a number of candidates not affiliated to any party also stood under an "Independent" label.

Parties

• National Party – led by Joe Foxon, the incumbent President. The National Party had formed a government following Mercury's claim on Micras in order to organise the elections.
• Mercurian Labour Party – led by Mary Lipton.
• Conservative Party – led by James Cardley.

Results

	Political party	Leader	Candidates	Votes	Elected	% of votes	% of seats
	National Party	Joe Foxon	200	3,295,224	143	66.6	71.5
	Mercurian Labour Party	Mary Lipton	200	740,824	27	14.9	13.5
	Conservative	James Cardley	200	702,823	25	14.2	12.5
	Independents	–	27	208,730	5	4.2	2.5
Total			627	4,947,601	200	Turnout	79.5%

Seats by state

	Political party	Deacon	May	Mercury	Taylor	Tow Law	Total
	National Party	6	39	49	28	20	143
	Mercurian Labour Party	0	9	10	5	3	27
	Conservative	7	3	9	4	2	25
	Independents	0	0	5	0	0	5
Total		13	51	74	37	25	200

Election of the President

Only the National Party elected to nominate a candidate.

	Political party	Candidate	Round 1	Status
	National Party	Joe Foxon	200	Elected
Totals			200

Preceded by: None

General elections in Mercury

Followed by: 2013