New Alexandrian general election, 1703

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New Alexandrian general election, 1703

1698 ← 12.XV.1703 AN → 1708

All 619 seats to the Federal Assembly 310 seats needed for a majority.   First party Second party Third party   Leader Julio Delgado Gerhardt Eugen Seydlitz Iwashiiwa Kazuemon Party Social Democratic & Liberal Alliance Federal Humanist Party Digger's Society Leader since 1698 AN 1697 AN 1693 AN Leader's seat Alduria Isles of Caputia Alduria Last election 234, 38.9% 344, 56.6% 15, 2.6% Seats won 309 289 4 Seat change ▲ 75 ▼ 55 ▼ 11 Popular vote 65,019,934 61,016,032 2,500,239 Percentage 49.8% 46.8% 1.9% Swing ▲ 10.9 pp ▼ 9.8 pp ▼ 0.5 pp Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Rufus Wahlberg Party Freedom Party Independent Leader since 1697 AN Leader's seat Alduria Last election 5, 1.9% 21, 3.6% Seats won 3 14 Seat change ▼ 2 ▼ 7 Popular vote 1,913,332 3,374,347 Percentage 1.5% 2.6% Swing ▼ 0.4 pp ▼ 1.0 pp

President of the Government before election Augustus Strong (FHP) Succeeding President of the Government Julio Delgado (SDLA)

The New Alexandrian general election of 1703 is the third general election of the Federation of Nouvelle Alexandrie after its formation in 1685 AN. The 1703 general election was held from 12.XV.1703 AN to 14.XV.1703 AN, in line with the Proclamation of Punta Santiago and the laws of Nouvelle Alexandrie. With 130,449,537 votes cast, the election broke records with 79.5% turnout nationally, making it the election with the highest voter turnout in the history of the Federation.

Opinion polls had consistently shown the Federal Humanist Party leading the polls over the Social Democratic & Liberal Alliance. The Federal Humanist lead began to diminish in the final weeks of the campaign. In a surprising result, the Federal Humanist Party had a net loss of 55 seats, losing its majority in the Federal Assembly. The election resulted in the Social Democratic & Liberal Alliance securing the most votes and 309 seats in the Federal Assembly, just one seat shy of securing an outright majority with a gain of 75 seats. The election also saw the Digger's Society lose vote share and seats, plummeting to 4 seats from 15 last election. The Freedom Party fell to 3 seats from 5 in the previous election but saw its share of the vote increased.

The election took place across all ten Regions, each with its own number of seats based on population, under proportional representation.

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 1693 AN, just before the 1693 general election.

Regional seat apportionment

Region	Seats	1703})	% of Seats
Alduria	145	56,145,301
Wechua Nation	137	53,085,077
Santander	91	35,545,360
Valencia	27	10,557,101
Federal Capital District	2	754,573
Isles of Caputia	59	22,848,413
North Lyrica	60	23,278,933
South Lyrica	69	26,696,936
New Luthoria	17	6,881,870
Islas de la Libertad	12	4,559,690
Totals	619	240,353,254	100%

Campaigns

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 1703 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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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%

See also

• New Alexandrian general election, 1698;
• Political parties of Nouvelle Alexandrie.