Mercury legislative elections, 2020

The Mercury legislative elections of 2020 are being held on 22 January 2021 to elect members of Parliament for Mercury's new states, and members of the first Mercurian Senate. Voting will take place in all states and territories. The elections were originally scheduled to take place in December 2020, however they were postponed following the death of Tow Law MP Andrew Wells. Despite the date change, the elections are still considered to have been held in 2020.

Overview

A total of 50 seats are to be contested in the Senate elections, and 170 seats in the parliamentary elections.

Changes to Parliament seats

Parliamentary seats
State	Seats before	Seats after	Change	Contested
Castilona	68	15	−53	15
Deacon	14	23	+9	9
East Moorshire	14	18	+4	4
Lusa	2	1	−1	1
May	54	61	+7	7
Mercury	78	90	+12	12
Nova English Korea	9	13	+4	4
Qavaqaqqaqqaniitqeqertaq	2	1	−1	1
Taylor	36	52	+16	16

New states
State	Seats
Ambiane	16
Lalorne	7
Lothia	13
Mandowey	5
Midmoor	15
North Moorshire	17
Osktrava	13
Vimie	6
West Moorshire	9

Nationwide parties

• National Democratic Party – led by new leader Nick Perry. The National Democratic Party were formed following a merger between the National Party and the Livingston Democrats and are currently the largest party in Parliament, with 142 seats.
• Mercurian Labour Party – led by Caroline Griffiths. Labour are currently in coalition with the National Democratic Party following the 2019 election. The party have joined forces with the People's Front and will run on a combined ticket for this election.
• Conservative Party – led by Melissa Barnes, officially the opposition party in Parliament. A number of regional parties have affiliated with the Conservatives for this election, with the party expected to take seats in the Franklin Islands, Lusa and Qavaqaqqaqqaniitqeqertaq.

Senate results

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	NAT		CON		MLP

	Political party	Leader	Candidates	Votes	Elected	Gain/loss	% of votes	% of seats
	National Democratic Party	Nick Perry	50	2,820,489	26	+26	40.7	52.0
	Mercurian Labour Party	Caroline Griffiths	47	2,374,596	14	+14	34.2	28.0
	Conservative	Melissa Barnes	50	1,730,721	10	+10	25.0	20.0
	Independents	–	2	4,731	0	0	0.1	0.0
	Independent England	Angela Pike	2	4,349	0	0	0.1	0.0
Total			151	6,934,886	50	Turnout		67.0%

State-by-state results

Ambiane (3 seats) Political party Votes % of votes % swing National Democratic Party 129,237 44.2 – Mercurian Labour Party 107,235 36.7 – Conservative 55,856 19.1 – Total 292,328 Turnout 71.2%  East Moorshire (3 seats) Political party Votes % of votes % swing National Democratic Party 149,152 47.1 – Conservative 116,968 37.0 – Mercurian Labour Party 48,167 15.2 – Independent 2,157 0.7 – Total 316,444 Turnout 65.6%  Lothia (2 seats) Political party Votes % of votes % swing Mercurian Labour Party 95,287 43.2 – National Democratic Party 86,238 39.1 – Conservative 39,236 17.8 – Total 220,761 Turnout 67.2%  May (4 seats) Political party Votes % of votes % swing Mercurian Labour Party 442,283 45.5 – National Democratic Party 341,252 35.1 – Conservative 189,235 19.5 – Total 972,770 Turnout 67.2%  North Moorshire (3 seats) Political party Votes % of votes % swing National Democratic Party 127,157 39.6 – Conservative 123,983 28.6 – Mercurian Labour Party 69,986 21.8 – Total 321,126 Turnout 70.3%  Qavaqaqqaqqaniitqeqertaq (1 seat) Political party Votes % of votes % swing Conservative 9,723 69.6 – National Democratic Party 4,239 30.4 – Total 13,962 Turnout 75.0%  Vimie (2 seats) Political party Votes % of votes % swing National Democratic Party 53,982 46.0 – Conservative 46,248 39.4 – Mercurian Labour Party 17,123 14.6 – Total 117,353 Turnout 73.8%  Castilona (3 seats) Political party Votes % of votes % swing National Democratic Party 137,932 51.7 – Mercurian Labour Party 85,352 32.0 – Conservative 43,278 16.2 – Total 266,562 Turnout 64.9%  Franklin Islands (1 seat) Political party Votes % of votes % swing Conservative 36 83.7 – National Democratic Party 7 16.3 – Total 43 Turnout 97.7%  Lusa (1 seat) Political party Votes % of votes % swing Conservative 7,518 63.8 – National Democratic Party 4,261 36.2 – Total 11,779 Turnout 76.0%  Mercury (5 seats) Political party Votes % of votes % swing National Democratic Party 694,521 45.6 – Mercurian Labour Party 553,785 36.4 – Conservative 274,357 18.0 – Total 1,522,663 Turnout 65.4%  Nova English Korea (2 seats) Political party Votes % of votes % swing Mercurian Labour Party 109,954 48.7 – National Democratic Party 97,582 43.2 – Conservative 13,814 6.1 – Independent England 4,349 1.9 – Total 225,699 Turnout 66.4%  Taylor (4 seats) Political party Votes % of votes % swing Mercurian Labour Party 378,671 38.4 – National Democratic Party 378,239 38.4 – Conservative 228,239 23.2 – Total 985,149 Turnout 66.9%  West Moorshire (2 seats) Political party Votes % of votes % swing Mercurian Labour Party 71,234 45.3 – National Democratic Party 63,981 40.7 – Conservative 22,125 14.1 – Total 157,340 Turnout 70.1%  Deacon (3 seats) Political party Votes % of votes % swing Conservative 153,897 41.9 – National Democratic Party 134,521 36.6 – Mercurian Labour Party 79,297 21.6 – Total 367,715 Turnout 63.2%  Lalorne (2 seats) Political party Votes % of votes % swing National Democratic Party 55,612 46.3 – Mercurian Labour Party 35,542 29.6 – Conservative 28,857 24.0 – Total 120,011 Turnout 74.4%  Mandowey (2 seats) Political party Votes % of votes % swing National Democratic Party 57,114 56.0 – Mercurian Labour Party 23,891 23.4 – Conservative 21,056 20.6 – Total 102,061 Turnout 71.8%  Midmoor (3 seats) Political party Votes % of votes % swing Conservative 105,178 37.9 – National Democratic Party 98,934 35.6 – Mercurian Labour Party 73,589 26.5 – Total 277,701 Turnout 70.0%  Osktrava (1 seat) Political party Votes % of votes % swing Conservative 96,239 40.6 – Mercurian Labour Party 91,213 38.2 – National Democratic Party 50,293 21.2 – Total 237,745 Turnout 70.6%  Tow Law (3 seats) Political party Votes % of votes % swing National Democratic Party 156,235 39.1 – Conservative 154,978 38.8 – Mercurian Labour Party 85,987 21.5 – Independent 2,574 0.6 – Total 399,774 Turnout 63.7%

Parliament results

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	NAT (104)		MLP (79)		CON (42)		Oth. (6)

Existing uncontested seats are shown in brackets.

	Political party	Leader	Candidates	Votes	Elected	Gain/loss	% of votes	% of seats
	National Party	Nick Perry	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Mercurian Labour Party	Caroline Griffiths	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Conservative	Melissa Barnes	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Independent England	Angela Pike	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Independents	–	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			0	0	170	Turnout		0.0%

State-by-state results
Ambiane (16 seats)  East Moorshire (4 seats)  Lusa (1 seat)  Mercury (12 seats)  Nova English Korea (4 seats)  Taylor (16 seats)  Castilona (15 seats)  Lalorne (7 seats)  Mandowey (5 seats)  Midmoor (15 seats)  Osktrava (13 seats)  Vimie (6 seats)  Deacon (9 seats)  Lothia (13 seats)  May (7 seats)  North Moorshire (17 seats)  Qavaqaqqaqqaniitqeqertaq (1 seat)  West Moorshire (9 seats)

Preceded by: Southern Territories 2015

By-elections in Mercury

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