Scattered Islands state election, 1752

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1752 AN/RP 2622 Scattered Islands state election

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74 of 80 seats in the Scattered Islands State Legislative Assembly 38 seats needed for a majority Registered 1,984,902 Turnout 1,981,098 (99.81%)   First party Second party Third party   Leader François Izana Puigdemont Godefroy Kazuki Schexnayder Hitori Kōtōyama Party LAB CWP DA Alliance JuntsxID Vryheidsfront Democratic Alliance Leader's seat Camp Hastons-Duren Sawit Defeated in Tanjung Priok Chūō Last election 36 seats (as "Option A" camp nominees) 10 (as "Option A" camp nominees) 3 (as "Option A" camp nominees) Seats won 42 12 6 Seat change ▲ 6 ▲ 2 ▲ 3 Popular vote 982,173 526,347 229,257 Percentage 46.06% 24.68% 10.75% Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Felicia Munirah Saijou Izham Maulidin Zakaria Minori Yukazawa Haldège Ken'ya Deschênes-Besalduc (pictured) Party ERID UWP IDComú Alliance Republican Left SIGC Commons United Leader's seat Fort Randolph Defeated in Ulama Kota Setia Defeated in Culture and Sport Last election 5 3 (as "Option A" camp nominees) 5 Seats won 3 4 4 Seat change ▼ 2 ▲ 1 ▼ 1 Popular vote 98,625 124,292 121,744 Percentage 4.63% 5.83% 5.71% Seventh party Eighth party   GBKS PAJ Leader Bénédict Lahrheim Elnodore Giroux Party PPID PAJ Alliance GBKS Ahmad Jufri Party Leader's seat Welfare and Education Defeated in Youth Last election 1 no seats Seats won 1 0 Seat change New New Popular vote 12,848 27,914 Percentage 0.60% 1.31%

Interim Chief Minister before election François Izana Puigdemont Independent Chief Minister TBD

The 1752 AN Scattered Islands state general election (Sangunese: 1752年散在諸島州総選挙, translit.: 1752-nen Sanzai Shotō-shū Sō Senkyo, Phineaner: Pilihanraya Negeri Kepulauan Tersebar/Serpihan 1752); colloquially know as 1752 5S or 1st 5S (1752年5エス/最初の5エス, 1752-nen Go-esu, or Saisho no Go-esu) was the first state election in the Scattered Islands, scheduled to be held in 17-24.XI.1752 AN or 22 January RP 2622 under the Scattered Islands Organic Law, the charter of the autonomous territory within the Federation. The election elected representatives as the first regular election for the Scattered Islands State Legislative Assembly to replace the interim government led by the Scattered Islands Transitional Authority. Following the redelineation of federal constituencies for new territories and the establishment of state constituencies, 74 of the 80 State Legislative Assembly seats were contested, 51 seats directly elected through geographical constituencies and 23 at-large and sectoral representation seats.

Interim Chief Minister François Izana Puigdemont formed a coalition, Together for the Scattered Islands (Junts per Illes Disperses or JuntsxID), with TC Corporation and "Option A" parties to fight for the aspirations of the islanders. JuntsxID was mainly challenged by "Option A" bloc parties such as the Vryheidsfront coalition, Democratic Alliance and the Scattered Islands Grand Coalition, as well as pro-Taemhwanian parties and an extremist party, the Ahmad Jufri Party. Smaller and independent parties also contested the election.

There were 1,984,902 registered voters, and 1,981,098 or 99.81 percent of voters turned out to vote.

JuntsxID won 42 seats, more than the simple majority needed to form a government by obtaining 982,173 votes, defeating other parties. Puigdemont led the JuntsxID government for six-Norton year term. The extremist Ahmad Jufri Party came close to winning four seats but failed to win, and even failed to win all 74 seats contested. This extremist party obtained 27,914 votes, making it the party with no seats that obtained the most votes.

Background

Interim assembly

After the people of the archipelago voted to secede from Oriental Taemhwan in a 1743 referendum, the Transitional Authority of the Scattered Islands was established and served as a provisional government from 1744 AN, and also acted as its provisional assembly through the establishment of a State Legislative Assembly. The provisional government was not formally divided by political party affiliation but rather into two groups according to the nominating entity; most were politicians supporting "Option A" including François Izana Puigdemont, while the rest were federal government appointees.

The interim council session took place in 1744 AN and was expected to end in 1751 AN.

In 1747 AN, the Parliament of Phinbella passed a motion to delimit and add constituency seats for the newly annexed territory of Phinbella and for the directly administered city for the next general election. The Scattered Islands were proposed to have 20 constituencies, which would be counted after the Syōnan Archipelago which had only one constituency.

Electoral system

Voting for the State Legislative Assembly is the same as at the federal level and in the other territories, which is based on universal suffrage, which comprises all citizens over the age of 16 in either the Gregorian or Norton calendars, registered in the Scattered Islands (and in Oriental Taemhwan before the territory was separated) and enjoying full political rights, provided that they have not been sentenced—by a final court decision—to be deprived of the right to vote. It also allows Scattered Islander-born voters outside this state or outside Phinbella to vote by post. The Phinbellan Election Commission at the state level will send ballot papers to Scattered Islands voters who are unable to return to their homeland, while Order's embassies appoint their representatives to assist the Election Commission in sending ballot papers to voters abroad.

With 74 out of 80 seats to be contested in the 1752 AN Scattered Islands state election, the final composition of the State Legislative Assembly after the election must meet the following:

• 51 seats for members of the State Legislative Assembly shall be elected from single-member state constituencies through a first-past-the-post voting system;
• 23 seats are reserved for at-large and sector representatives, to be elected through a open list proportional representation system;
• 8 seats are nominated members appointed by the Government.

The electoral constituencies for the Scattered Islands State Legislative Assembly were defined through State Act No. 41 (Demarcation of Electoral Constituencies) 15 days after the new federal constituency delimitation in Parliament was approved. The state electoral constituencies were created as a fraction of the federal parliamentary constituency, following the distribution of seats according to the constituent islands within the state:

• Tromelin Atoll – 20 seats
• Glorioso Islands – 7 seats
• Bassas da Íeu'ryïan – 2 seats
• Saint Croix Islands – 4 seats
• Yeop Takiyouki Island – 1 seat
• Eureka Island – 2 seats
• Isla del Tropico – 9 seats
• Amsterdam and Jemberana Islands – 2 seats
• Taiping (Tepen) Island – 1 seat
• Karayuki-san Atoll – 1 seat
• Rampayan, Izu and Marcus islands – 2 seats

The following is the distribution for the at-large seats and sectoral representatives seats:

• At-large – 4 seats
• Welfare and Education – 2 seats
• Culture and Sport – 2 seats
• Industry, Commerce and Finance – 3 seats
• Labour – 1 seat
• Professional – 1 seat
• Non-Taemhwanian Indigenous and Minorities – 2 seats
• Settler Communities – 2 seats
• Women – 1 seat
• Youth – 1 seat
• Traditional leaders – 1 seat
• Ulama – 1 seat
• Priest and Kannushi – 1 seat
• Yehudis – 1 seat

Representatives for Ulama, Priests and Kannushi shall be chosen by candidates from their respective religious parties as permitted by the Scattered Islands State Act No. 14 relating to local organisations. Such candidates shall be submitted to the Election Commission seven days before the nomination day and shall be declared simultaneously with other candidates. Representatives from minorities and non-Taemhwanian indigenous people shall be from candidates from their own organisations.

Calendar

Timetable

Date	Event
12.XII.1748 AN	Publication of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Scattered Islands Electoral Code (Scattered Islands State Act 34)
8.II.1749 AN	Filing of petition for registration of regional political parties and regional sectoral organizations
8.XI.1750 AN	Convocation of the SI-EBRC; re-revision of the registers of electors announced
16.XIII.1750 AN	Publication of the SI-EBRC report
1.III.1751 AN	Submission of Sworn Information Update Statement (SIUS) to Phinbellan Department of the Political Finance and Affairs (PhDPFA) and filing of registration or accreditation of a coalition
18.III.1751 AN	Submission of Manifestation of Intent to Participate in the State Election of sectoral representatives
22.V.1751 AN	1752 certification of the registers of electors
19.I.1752 AN	Dissolution of SITA; writ of election issued
23.II.1752 AN	Deadline of submission of political donation certificates
17.VI.1752 AN	Nomination day
17.VI-24.X.1752 AN	Campaigning period
22.VII.1752 AN	First political party broadcast
10.XI.1752 AN	Second political party broadcast
1-12.XI.1752 AN	Cooling-off day
17-22.XI.1752 AN	Polling day
	Deadline of acceptance of postal voting
	Overseas votes counting
	Appointed MLAs nominees revealed
	Assembly of 1st State Legislative Assembly
	Opening of 1st State Legislative Assembly

Campaign

Slogans and manifestos

Party/coalition		Slogan	Refs
	Together for Scattered Islands	Leading the Innovation, Untuk Kepulauan Tersebar Maju
	Vryheidsfront	Working for the Scattered Islands
	Democratic Alliance
	Republican Left
	Scattered Islands Grand Coalition	Choose the Coalition for Your Voice
	Commons United	Bikin Kepulauan Tersebar Koho Mantap
	Gerakan Bersatu Kepulauan Serpihan
	Partai Ahmad Jufri	Berani Beda, Berani Nyata! Perubahan Tegas!
	People's Alliance for Reform

Electoral candidates

No.	Parliamentary constituency	No.	State constituency	Political coalitions and respective candidates and coalitions
				Together for Scattered Islands		Vryheidsfront		Democratic Alliance		Republican Left		Scattered Islands Grand Coalition		Commons United		Gerakan Bersatu Kepulauan Serpihan (GBKS)		Others								Independents
				Candidate name	Party	Candidate name	Party	Candidate name	Party	Candidate name	Party	Candidate name	Party	Candidate name	Party	Candidate name	Party	Candidate name	Party	Candidate name	Party	Candidate name	Party	Candidate name	Party	Candidate name	Party	Candidate name	Party
P.227	Kota Anyer	N01	Anyer Baru
		N02	Pasar Minggu
		N03	Kadamaian
P.228	Hanover Street	N04	Kompleks Pertanian
		N05	Fort Kobbe
		N06	Kalideres
		N07	Fort Randolph
P.229	Pintasan	N08	Gong Dermin
		N09	Coco Solo
P.230	Amsterdam dan Jemberana	N10	Île Amsterdam
		N11	Île Jemberana
P.231	Bassas da Íeu'ryïan	N12	Chūō
		N13	John Ni Islands
P.232	Grande Glorieuse	N14	Springbok
		N15	Timbang Dayang
		N16	Camp Hastons-Duren Sawit
P.233	Kota Lama	N17	Rimouski
		N18	Red Tank
P.234	Gaisaru Bank	N19	Isla del Verde
		N20	Princeville Island
P.235	Hidemichi Town	N21	Demit
		N22	Fort Frederiksnagore
P.236	Kadok	N23	Kebayoran
		N24	Pasir Garam
P.237	Sea Point	N25	Kampong Nyior
		N26	Chinen
		N27	Suang Padi
P.238	Kéijō	N28	Kaki Shinjuku
		N29	Pusat Bandaraya
		N30	Tanjung Priok
P.239	Kelapa Gading	N31	Dusun Raja
		N32	Padang Tenggala
		N33	Wakaf Hialeah
P.240	Flying Fish Cove	N34	Rosok
		N35	Bonifas
		N36	Overstrand
		N37	Bukit Jeruk
P.241	Chempaka	N38	Kampung-Kampung
		N39	Camp McTureous
		N40	D'Arcy-McGee
P.242	Yeop Takiyouki-Eureka Island	N41	Camp Schwab
		N42	Kota Setia
		N43	Selat Pulau
P.243	Saint Croix	N44	Maurice-Richard
		N45	Natchitoches
P.244	Pulau Gadung	N46	Lafayette
		N47	Acadjie
P.245	Rampayan-Izu-Marcus	N48	Pulau Rampayan
		N49	Pulau Izu-Marcus
P.246	Volcano Islands	N50	Taiping (Tepen) Island
		N51	Karayuki-san Atoll
Sectoral representatives		N52	At-large 1
		N53	At-large 2
		N54	At-large 3
		N55	At-large 4
		N56	Welfare and Education 1
		N57	Welfare and Education 2
		N58	Culture and Sport 1
		N59	Culture and Sport 2
		N60	Industry, Commerce and Finance 1
		N61	Industry, Commerce and Finance 2
		N62	Industry, Commerce and Finance 3
		N63	Labour
		N64	Professional
		N65	Non-Taemhwanian IM 1
		N66	Non-Taemhwanian IM 2
		N67	Settler Communities 1
		N68	Settler Communities 2
		N69	Women
		N70	Youth
		N71	Traditional Authority
		N72	Ulama
		N73	Priest and Kannushi
		N74	Yehudis

Opinion polls

Dates conducted	Pollster	Client	Sample size	JuntsxID	VF	DA	PAJ	Others	Lead
X.1752 AN	DBS News	N/A	8,043	74.3%	11.1%	5.8%	1%	7.8%	51

Results

		Political affiliation	Geographical Constituencies				Sectoral Representatives				At-large seats	Total seats	±
			Votes	%	±pp	Seats	Votes	%	±pp	Seats
		Liberal Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of the Scattered Islands	647,848	33.40	–	10	998	0.99	–	2	1	13
		TC Corporation representatives (TC Corp)	148,652	7.66	–	4	11,485	11.44	–	5	2	11
		Scattered Islands Federation of Trade Unions	55,841	2.88	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	3
		Scattered Islands Umraist Civil Party	6,471	0.33	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1
		United Scattered Islands Justice Party	4,101	0.21	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	3
		Creoles Solidarity for Autonomy	488	0.03	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1
		Keimin First no Kai	1,428	0.07	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1
		Federation of Tromelin and Glorieuses Labour Unions	–	–	–	–	539	0.54	–	1	–	1
		Association of Ulama' of the Scattered Islands	–	–	–	–	2,084	2.08	–	1	–	1
		Association for Promotion of Social Services and Education	–	–	–	–	2,481	2.47	–	2	–	2
		Association of Yehudi-Yapreayan Community	–	–	–	–	2,884	2.87	–	1	–	1
		Civil Independent Rally	3,048	0.16	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1
		Scattered Islands Coloureds Association	–	–	–	–	1,403	1.40	–	2	–	2
		Pan-Archipelagos People's Party	1,047	0.05	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1
		Independents	660	0.03	N/A	0	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total for Together for Scattered Islands + Tadeo Cardona coalition			869,584	44.83	–	25	21,874	21.79	–	14	3	42
		Civil Welfare Party of the Scattered Islands	298,660	15.40	–	4	3,610	3.60	–	1	–	5
		Scattered Islands Democratic Party	9,658	0.50	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1
		Responsibility Democratic Party	69,588	3.59	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	2
		Democratic Party For the Scattered Islanders	15,477	0.80	–	0	351	0.35	–	0	–	0
		Tromelin and Yapreay Trades Union Council	95,684	4.93	–	1	4,891	4.87	–	1	–	2
		Labour Party of the Scattered Islands	–	–	–	–	847	0.84	–	0	–	0
		People's Power Party of the Scattered Islands	10,887	0.56	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1
		Scattered Islands Association for Ashkenatzis	–	–	–	–	667	0.66	–	0	–	0
		Independents	14,824	0.76	N/A	1	348	0.35	–	0	–	1
Total for Vryheidsfront coalition			514,778	26.54	–	10	10,714	10.67	–	2	0	12
		Democratic Alliance of the Scattered Islands	209,635	10.81	–	5	18,956	18.88	–	0	1	6
		Republican Left of the Scattered Islands	89,537	4.62	–	2	9,039	9.00	–	1	0	3
		Association des Nouveaux Démocrates pour les Îles Éparses	69,874	3.60	–	2	2,108	2.10	–	0	1	1
		Umraists Welfare Party	–	–	–	–	1,411	1.41	–	0	–	0
		Serveis Inclusius – Aliança Progressista	44,895	2.31	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
		Hitobito Party	1,201	0.06	–	0	697	0.69	–	1	–	1
		Beta Yehudi Association	–	–	–	–	1,310	1.30	–	0	–	0
		Scattered Islands Social Mass Party	2,024	0.10	–	0	368	0.37	–	0	–	0
		Independents	400	0.02	N/A	0	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total for Scattered Islands Grand Coalition			118,394	6.10	–	3	5,894	5.88	–	1	0	4
		Scattered Islands In Common	101,890	5.25	–	4	1,879	1.87	–	0	–	4
		Tromelin Atoll in Common	17,975	0.93	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total for Commons United coalition			119,865	6.18	–	4	1,879	1.87	–	0	0	4
		Progressive Party of the Scattered Islands	3,130	0.16	–	0	8,847	8.81	–	1	–	1
		Social Democratic Party of the Scattered Islands	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
		Scattered Islands Federal Party	871	0.04	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total for Gerakan Bersatu Kepulauan Serpihan coalition			4,001	0.21	–	0	8,847	8.81	–	1	0	1
		Partai Ahmad Jufri	8,901	0.46	–	0	19,013	18.94	–	0	0	0
		People's Alliance for Reform	194	0.01	–	1	89	0.09	–	0	0	1
		Vision Scattered Islands	1,057	0.05	–	0	–	–	–	0	0	0
		Green Alternative of the Scattered Islands	846	0.04	–	0	892	0.89	–	0	0	0
		Independents (without any coalitions)	2,857	0.15	–	1	3,190	3.18	–	0	0	1
Total			1,939,649	100.00		51	99,495	100.00		19	4	74
Valid votes			1,939,649	97.91			99,495	83.61
Invalid votes			41,449	2.09	–		19,506	16.39	–
Votes cast / turnout			1,981,098	99.81	–		119,001	62.01	–
Registered voters			1,984,902	100.00	–		191,916	100.00	–

Aftermath

Shortly after the official results were released by the Phinbellan Electoral Commission, Puigdemont was sworn in as chief minister for the first term after six Norton years as interim chief minister, the swearing-in ceremony taking place at 04:10 PPT at the Seri Funchal Palace, the official residence of the Governor. The Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Yvar Onigawa Worthyngton, in a Tweeter, officially congratulated Puigdemont on JuntsxID's huge victory in this election, this post was published at 05:00 NAT (06:20 PPT) on his official account.

The state cabinet was announced by Puigdemont a few days after he was sworn in, and it includes several representatives of TC Corporation who played a major role in this election. Leo B. Ethan (MLA Anyer Baru) and Froy Alexander Girikanan (representative of Youth) are among the TC Corp's key figures who hold positions as members of the state executive council.

Leaders of other parties that have become opposition parties including the Vryheidsfront coalition, Grand Coalition and Democratic Alliance have not criticized the ruling party because the elections were conducted fairly and transparently. Some opposition leaders have questioned the involvement of TC Corp as part of the JuntsxID coalition but they believe that this government will listen to the people's voices from the opposition-led constituencies.

GBKS and the People's Alliance of Reform each won just one seat, although Partai Ahmad Jufri performed much worse. Both government and opposition leaders condemned the actions of the extremist Ahmad Jufri Party for using coercion and violence against voters to choose the party. As a result, despite receiving the most votes by more than 10,000 votes, they failed to win all 72 seats they contested. The candidate from the Ahmad Jufri Party almost won four seats in unofficial results but unfortunately lost all of them to JuntsxID and one to PAR, and even lost in all 74 constituencies he contested. The severe defeat of this extremist party was due to offering things that were not liked by the people of this state, including offering to broadcast cartoons on local television stations that were extremely violent and not suitable for children to watch, and also offering to install CCTV in every toilets in home, hotel room and inside the public toilets, which has interfered with the privacy of those who use the toilet every day. The manifesto offer given by the extremist party was strongly opposed by many voters, leading to support for JuntsxID or other parties that were seen to bring a manifesto that was beneficial to the people.