1678 Reichstag elections

The 1678 Reichstag elections These were the two elections for the Reichtstag, the first after the Wende in which the Kingdom of Amokolia was transformed into the Frankish Empire. Every two years, one third of the seats shall be elected, but in these elections, only the new seats were elected. 355 seats are eligible.

Preliminary

New constitution

Since the Constitutionem Vadum Francorum (Common Tongue: Constitution of Francia; Germanian: Frankfurter Reichsverfassung) was adopted, a ratio has been established between the number of inhabitants of Francia and the number of seats. This ratio is 75,000 citizens per seat.

	1674	1678
Reichstag seats	100	455

Due to the rapid increase in seats in the Reichstag, only the new seats were elected. The existing seats were maintained.

Participation

The party landscape is dominated by two parties: Amokolische Freiheitsfront (Common Tongue: Amokolian Freedom Front) and the Konservative Historische Partei (Common Tongue: Conservative Historical Party). During the campaign new parties participated, but did not get enough votes.

Chancellor candidates

The list leader of each party is Chancellor candidate, because the largest party in the Reichstag supplies the Chancellor. Since the revival of the Kingdom of Amokolia, Augustin Prager became the chancellor. The Amokolische Freiheitsfront tried to supply the Chancellor with its own candidate. Usually the largest fraction in the Reichstag supplies the chancellor.

Augustin Prager	Henry Hirsh
Konservative Historische Partei (KHP)	Amokolische Freiheitsfront (AFF)

Results

Reichstag seats

Fraction	Abbr.	Current seats	Seats won	Seats change	%
Amokolische Freiheitsfront	AFF	32	99	▲131	28,8%
Konservative Historische Partei	KHP	68	256	▲324	71,2%