Gerenian general election, 2013

The Gerenian general election of 2013 was held on 14 July 2013 to elect a President, Provincial Governors, and members of the Parliament.

Background

In August 2013, the "trial" year for members of Parliament, the President, and Provincial Governors expired. A new election was called, this time with the introduction of two-year terms for the above mentioned positions.

Parties

The Independent Party of Gerenia was the main party in the election. The 2013 election marked the beginning of a turn from the centre-right to the left, partly with the aim of attracting people who had voted the Socialist and the Popular parties, but mainly because of a change in the mentality of many members of the party. The Independent Party also showed itself as a nationalist party.

The left was represented in the election by the Socialist Party of Gerenia and the Popular Party, however, their respective leaders refused to form a coalition. Both forces relied on the middle urban class to gain greater representation in the Parliament.

The Nationalist and the Hope Party took part in a Gerenian election for the second time in their history.

In Maremedres, the Communist Party of Maremedres had been founded. Many Socialists and Populars joined the party, making it the biggest one in the province. It was the first communist experience in Gerenia.

After the poor results in the 2012 election, the Conservative Party was dissolved, and did not contest the election.

Presidential election

The only candidate who ran for the position of President was Gerald Ruze, of the Independent Party. The other party leaders decided to compete for provincial and parliamentary positions, as they focused in the National Assembly election.

Ruze assumed for a second term on 16 July 2013.

Provincial elections

The provincial elections were separated from the parliamentary election; it is to say, electors had to cast one vote for Governor of their province, and another one for representatives of both the National and the Higher Assembly.

Results

	Political party	Votes
		Adarma	Barzat	Clements	Isherwood	Maremedres	Ramez	Sängeran	West
	Independent Party	274,180	43,985	313,435	405,754	17,205	118,923	203,018	30,146
	Socialist Party	109,057	8,744	71,852	211,467	7,398	38,974	61,280	6,041
	Popular Party	31,566	5,873	41,850	119,073	5,433	8,105	24,571	3,165
	Nationalist Party	11,496	3,237	22,377	70,465	1,045	16,945	38,029	10,678
	Hope Party	3,743	587	24,058	58,114	0	1,231	6,528	980
	Communist Party of Maremedres	0	0	0	0	27,140	0	0	0

Parliamentary election

All the members of the Parliament were elected, with the possibility for acting members to run for a second term.

Results

	Political party	Leader	Candidates	Votes	%	National Assembly		Higher Assembly
						Elected	% of seats	Elected	% of seats
	Independent Party	Gerald Ruze	124	1,405,770	51.07	59	59	15	62.5
	Socialist Party	Elie Kolumb	124	512,405	18.61	20	20	6	25
	Popular Party	Marîn Taskîn	111	237,651	8.61	10	10	0	0
	Nationalist Party	Ábelder Iskandan	119	171,814	6.21	5	5	1	4.17
	Hope Party	Gebreel Kevaly	106	93,630	3.38	4	4	0	0
	Communist Party of Maremedres	Elie Harday	5	27,140	0.98	2	2	2	8.33
Total			579	2,448,410	88.87	100	100	24	100