Oportian general election, 1734

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The Oportian General Election of 1734 was held in Oportia starting on 12.VII.1734 AN and ending in 13.VII.1734 AN. The general election included a national election for the Federal Representative of Oportia, the bicameral Federal Congress, and the nation's mayoral and local elected offices. This is the third general election after Oportia's democratic evolution under its new constitutional framework established in 1722 AN after the 1721 Oportian protests. The election was marked for its high turnout of 93.11%, according to the State Electoral Commission of Oportia. Out of 12,367,233 registered voters, 11,515,089 voters cast their ballots. The general election took place against the backdrop of a polarized electorate, a booming economy due to Alexandrium, the rise of Oportia as a regional military and economic power in Eura, territorial expansion, and a myriad of other social and political issues.

The election resulted in Federal Representative Galilea Montijo (LNM) securing re-election as Federal Representative of Oportia with 54.8% of the vote. Montijo ran the election in a unity ticket with the Federal Conservative Union of Oportia, whose new leader Felipe Perez y Garza, became Montijo's running mate Chancellor of Oportia. Her main opponent, Senator Fatima Gaugin of the Liberal Progressive Party of Oportia (LPP) secured 40.1% of the vote, leading a unity ticket with Jean-Patrice Duvalier of the Green Party of Oportia (GPO) as the candidate for Chancellor of Oportia. Fatima Al-Khamenei ran once more as candidate for the Nationalist & Humanist Party of Oportia (NHP), winning 5.1% of the vote. There were no independent candidates for Federal Representative in this election.

The Liberty Now! Movement secured a plurality of seats in the Chamber of Deputies of Oportia and lost its majority in the Senate of Oportia. The Liberal Progressive Party of Oportia took a majority of the mayoralties across the federal cities of Oportia and took the Senate majority. The election resulted in a mixed co-habitational government that forced the incoming Montijo government to tack to the political center, altering the trajectory of the final term of the Montijo administration.

Electoral System

Federal Representative

The head of state, the Federal Representative of Oportia, is elected to a four year term in a two-round election. If no candidate secures an absolute majority of votes in the first round, then a second round is held two weeks later between the two candidates who received the most votes. To be listed on the first-round ballot, candidates needed to secure at least 500 signatures from national or local elected officials from different cities of Oportia, with no more than a tenth of these signatories from any single city or area.

Chamber of Deputies

The Chamber of Deputies of Oportia is composed of 381 Deputies elected directly by the voters in each city-state of Oportia. Deputies are apportioned between the city-states of Oportia based on their population. The threshold for political parties or independent candidates to obtain a seat is 5%.

Apportionment

Federal Congress of Oportia - Chamber of Deputies Seats Distribution

Federal City	Seats
Àgalose	16
Âzarkhâque	10
Fondvallé	5
Kalexisse	24
Koufukafe	4
Mâlâville	9
Miâneville	13
Pahlavye	28
Pax	6
Pesolé	5
Port de Huile	45
Port de Vormoune	9
Soudure	4
Vanie	35
Yamassach	26
Naya	7
Aminé	11
Port Felix	25
Santoria	6
Vanlaque	4
Arda	5
Dobroge	8
Brazav	11
Baroque	9
Port-d’Est	4
Bandar Bharu	4
Al-Zuhur	6
Gaulain	11
Goussainville	10
Elaion	7
Nasimshahr	4
Biyabanak	4
Alia	4
TOTAL	381

Senate of Oportia

The Senate of Oportia comprises of a two senators from each of the 33 city-states of Oportia (66), elected every four years.

Campaign

Major Parties and Candidates

Candidate	Party	Photo	Notes
Galilea Montijo	Liberty Now! Movement (LNM) Federal Conservative Union of Oportia (FCU)		Promoting individual liberty, deregulation, a socially centrist plank, pro-Church of Alexandria supremacy, a strong national defense agenda, anti-Raspur Pact, pro-CATO, minimal state intervention in the economy.
Fatima Gaugin	Liberal Progressive Party of Oportia (LPP)		Promoting a center-left platform of expanded social services, labor reforms, socially liberal plank, secular, pro-Raspur Pact, pro-CATO, measured government interference in economy.
Fatima Al-Khamenei	Nationalist & Humanist Party of Oportia (NHP)		Also promoting traditional values and fiscal conservatism, while being pro-Raspur and Humanist.

Results

Federal Representative

Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
Galilea Montijo	Liberty Now! Movement (LNM)	6,310,269	54.8	Re-Elected
Fatima Gaugin	Liberal Progressive Party of Oportia (LPP)	4,617,551	40.1
Fatima Al-Khamenei	Nationalist & Humanist Party of Oportia NHP)	587,269	5.1

See also

• Federal Representative of Oportia
• Federal Congress of Oportia
• Chamber of Deputies of Oportia
• Senate of Oportia