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{{GA|revision=256609|date=7 September 2017}}{{Infobox Election
| election_name = Abeldane federal election, August 2017
| country = Abelden
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = June 2017
| previous_year = [[Abeldane federal election, June 2017|2017 III]]
| next_election = ''Next''
| next_year = [[Abeldane federal election, December 2017|2017 V]]
| seats_for_election = 15 of 16 seats in the [[Reichsversammlung]]<br />9 seats needed for a majority
| election_date = 20–22 August 2017
| turnout = 93.4% ({{decrease}} 1.6%)

<!-- ASE -->
| image1 = [[File:Newton U bubble.png|100px]]
| leader1= '''[[Newton von Uberquie]]'''
| party1 = SEPA
| leader_since1 = August 2017
| leaders_seat1 = [[Satirno]]
| last_election1 = 9 seats, 24.3%<ref group="N" name="appointed">The sitting Reichsversammlung before the August 2017 election had been appointed by the Monarch, and was not subjected to universal suffrage.</ref>
| seats1 = '''5'''
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}}4
| popular_vote1 = '''15'''
| percentage1 = '''26.3%'''
| swing1 = {{increase}}2.0 [[w:Percentage points|pp]]<ref group="N" name="pps">The [[w:Percentage points|percentage points]] shown here are in relation to the percentage of appointed seats in the previous, unelected, Reichsversammlung.</ref>

<!-- ANP -->
| image2 = [[File:Patrick R bubble.png|100px]]
| leader2 = [[Patrick Renwick]]
| leader_since2 = June 2017
| party2 = ANP
| leaders_seat2 = [[Demirelia]]
| last_election2 = 10 seats, 27.0%<ref group="N" name="appointed"/>
| seats2 = 4*
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}6
| popular_vote2 = 12
| percentage2 = 21.0%
| swing2 = {{decrease}}6.0 [[w:Percentage points|pp]]<ref group="N" name="pps"/>

<!-- IPA -->
| image3 = [[File:Brandon W bubble.png|100px]]
| leader3 = [[Brandon Wu]]
| leader_since3 = June 2017
| party3 = IPA
| leaders_seat3 = [[Teodoria]]
| last_election3 = 8 seats, 21.6%<ref group="N" name="appointed"/>
| seats3 = 2*
| seat_change3 = {{decrease}}6
| popular_vote3 = 8
| percentage3 = 14.0%
| swing3 = {{decrease}}7.6 [[w:Percentage points|pp]]<ref group="N" name="pps"/>

<!-- RPA -->
| image4 = [[File:Horatio E bubble.png|100px]]
| leader4 = [[Horatio Eden]]
| leader_since4 = August 2017
| party4 = Rhinoceros Party of Abelden
| leaders_seat4 = [[Satirno]]
| last_election4 = 3 seats, 8.1%<ref group="N" name="appointed"/>
| seats4 = 2
| seat_change4 = {{decrease}}1
| popular_vote4 = 7
| percentage4 = 12.28%
| swing4 = {{increase}}4.18 [[w:Percentage points|pp]]<ref group="N" name="pps"/>

<!-- FP -->
| image5 = [[File:Michael TB bubble.png|100px]]
| leader5 = [[Michael Thomas Brazeau|Michael T. Brazeau]]
| leader_since5 = June 2017
| party5 = Federalist Party of Abelden
| leaders_seat5 = [[Alexander]]
| last_election5 = 2 seats, 5.4%<ref group="N" name="appointed"/>
| seats5 = 2 + 1
| seat_change5 = {{increase}}1
| popular_vote5 = 6
| percentage5 = 10.53%
| swing5 = {{increase}}5.1 [[w:Percentage points|pp]]<ref group="N" name="pps"/>

| map_image          = 
| map_size           = 200px
| map_caption        = ''*Figures include the Emperor, who was considered as an ANP candidate.''

| title = [[Vorsitzender]]
| posttitle = [[Vorsitzender]] after election
| before_election = [[Patrick Renwick]]
| before_party = ANP
| after_election = [[Newton von Uberquie]]
| after_party = SEPA 
}}

The '''13th Abeldane federal election''' (formally the '''13th Abeldane general election''') took place during the period of 20-22 August 2017, following a decision made by the [[Reichsregierungskabinett]]. The date originally described in the ''Elections and Terms Amendment Act 2017'' was 1 September, but considerations were taken into place on the turnout of voters and, after a vote in the Reichsregierungskabinett, the date was moved to 20 August instead. The election saw [[Newton von Uberquie]] and [[Artemis Berry Langford]] elected Vorsitzender and Stellvertreter of Abelden respectively. 
 
This election marked the first contested legislative elections in the Empire following the enactment of the ''Elections and Terms Amendment Act 2017'' and ''Electoral System Act'', which defined on how Members of the [[Reichsversammlung]] should be chosen and how the election works. The seats of the Reichsversammlung were also reduced in order to allow for contested districts. 

==Background==
[[File:Photo of Patrick 1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Patrick Renwick|Patrick Renwick, Marquis of Bessatre]], has been [[Vorsitzender]] since April 2017.]]
The August 2017 election was the first legislative election in Abelden since [[Abeldane general election, October 2016|October 2016]], after which elections to the [[Reichsversammlung]] were abolished in favor of direct appointment by the [[Abeldane Monarchy|Emperor]]. They were originally set to take place in September 2017, but were rescheduled by the [[Reichsregierungskabinett]].

The first party to hold primaries was the [[Federalist Party of Abelden|Federalist Party]], on 30 June, in which [[Benjamin Norris]] and [[James Reginald Frisch|James Frisch]] were nominated as [[Vorsitzender]] and [[Stellvertreter]] candidates, respectively. From 21-29 July, the [[Social Ecology Party of Abelden|Social Ecology Party]] (SEPA) held its nomination process, which concluded with party leader [[Newton von Uberquie]] and Queen of [[St. Castle]] [[Artemis Langford]] as its candidates for Vorsitzender and Stellvertreter. 
 
In late July, a conversation between several key figures of the Empire discussed on how inactivity would grow into the coming school year of both Europe and American Abelden citizens. It was later motioned on 2 August, and was approved on midnight on 3 August, which then set the election date for 20 August. On the same day of the motion passing, the Social Ecology Party released a [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1krsuK3mEisL4ThjE1iOJBb54TZLcnwmgX0xDBp_Rtdc/edit?usp=sharing manifesto].

[[Brandon Wu]] had been the Vorsitzender candidate for the the [[Independence Party of Abelden]] in presumptive fashion since 3 August, and Avro Keatings was also presumed to be the IPA's Stellvertreter candidate. On 8 August, [[Edwin Farrar]] announced he would not be running for Vorsitzender, and confirmed the [[Labour Party of Abelden|Labour Party]]'s support for SEPA's candidates.

==Electoral system==
[[File:RVS6.svg|thumb|right|230px|Composition of the Reichsversammlung running up to the August 2017 election.]]
For the first time in Abeldane history, the August 2017 election implemented the [[w:Single transferable vote|single transferable vote]] (STV) system of proportional representation for seats of the [[Reichsversammlung]], as per the Electoral System Act adopted in July 2017. MPs were elected from five electoral districts that encompassed two or more federal states and had a similar number of electors. Each district sends three MPs to the Reichsversammlung, for a total of fifteen MPs. The Reichsversammlung with fifteen elected members was a considerable change from the 37-strong Parliament currently in place.

Additionally, the positions of Vorsitzender and Stellvertreter were elected with the single-member analogue to STV, [[w:Instant-runoff voting|instant-runoff voting]], which also employs ranking as a form of vote.

==Campaign and candidates==
===Abeldane National Party===
[[File:ANP logo.png|thumb|200px|left|Logo of the ANP.]]
[[Patrick Renwick]] announced on 2 August 2017 that he had no plans on running for a fifth term as Vorsitzender after the rescheduling of the elections. The ANP did not not forward any candidates for Vorsitzender in Renwick's stead, and did not nonimate any [[Stellvertreter]] candidates either, instead standing solely in the legislative elections. [[Nick Kaos]], [[Alex White]], Isabelle Dominique and Renwick himself were the party's contenders for seats in the [[Reichsversammlung]].

===Independence===
The Independence Party (IPA) nominated [[Brandon Wu]] (the party's provisional leader following [[Henry Clément|Henry Twain]]'s resignation) and [[Grand Duchy of Dolangrad|Grand Duke of Dolangrad]] [[Isaac, Grand Duke of Dolangrad|Isaac Reuel]] as their candidates for Vorsitzender and Stellvertreter. It was widely speculated that incumbent Stellvertreter Avro Keatings would be nominated for a second term, but the federal monarch was chosen instead when the party's manifesto was released. On 10 August, Patrick Renwick announced his party's endorsement of Wu in the Vorsitzender race.

===Social Ecology and Labour/ASE===
[[File:Social Ecology Party of Abelden.png|thumb|200px|Logo of Abeldane Social Ecology - The Green Labour Party.]][[File:LabourpartyofAbeldenlogo(new).png|thumb|200px|Logo of the Labour Party of Abelden, which merged with SEPA to form ASE on 9 August 2017.]]
On 3 August 2017, the Social Ecology Party (SEPA) released its manifesto - being the first party to do so - which announced plans to create a haven of free thought within Abelden.<ref>Von Uberquie, Newton. [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1krsuK3mEisL4ThjE1iOJBb54TZLcnwmgX0xDBp_Rtdc/edit Manifesto of 2017]. ''The Social Ecology Party of Abelden''. Retrieved 9 August 2017.</ref> SEPA announced all of its candidates for the Reichversammlung shortly thereafter, including both party leader Newton von Uberquie and Stellvertreter candidate [[Artemis Langford]] in the same district. [[David Ross]] and [[Mark Kavanah]] completed their list in District 2.

On on 8 August 2017, the leader of the [[Labour Party of Abelden|Labour Party]], [[Edwin Farrar]], stood down from the [[Vorsitzender]] race, later confirming that his party would be supporting all of SEPA'S candidates instead. The day later, on 9 August, SEPA and the Labour Party officially merged to become [[Abeldane Social Ecology]], a unified party of the left. Subsequently, an internal election for General Secretary began, which was eventually won by former Labour MP [[Tarik Kârjasary]]. Kârjasary and Farrar became part of SEPA's (now ASE) candidates, giving the new party representation in every district but 3 and 4.

On 10 August, Patrick Renwick announced his party's endorsement of Langford in the Stellvertreter race. In the Vorsitzender race, however, the ANP decided to back the IPA's Wu instead of the ASE's von Uberquie.

===Federalist===
The Federalist Party nomination for Vorsitzender was given out multiple times; first, it was granted to Benjamin Norris, who subsequently gave up the nomination citing a lack of popular support for either himself or former Federalist Vorsitzender nominee and party leader, [[Michael Brazeau]]. The nomination, after revocation by Norris, was granted to [[Edward Daniels]], who later announced his resignation from micronationalism. [[Michael Brazeau]] was the presumptive Vorsitzender nominee for the party until 19 August, when he dropped out of the race to endorse the Rhinoceros Party's Horatio Eden. 

The Federalist Party also nominated [[James Reginald Frisch]] as Stellvertreter. Frisch has complained repeatedly about a lack of consultation from the party leadership over the party's nominee for the Vorsitzendership.

===RPA===
[[File:Abelden Rhino.png|thumb|left|200px|Logo of the Rhinoceros Party of Abelden.]]
The [[Rhinoceros Party of Abelden]] nominated former Vorsitzender [[Horatio Eden]] as their party's Vorsitzender nominee on 8 August 2017. Eden confirmed that the party would release a "statement of intent" by 10 August. The RPA manifesto ended up being the largest and most detailed legislative agenda in the election, and possibly in Abeldane history. Despite previously being a member of the Independence Party, Eden became the Rhinoceros' leader after sensing the IPA was a party "in a death spiral toward stagnation".<ref name=candidates>Kârjasary, Tarik. [https://sivfonografo.wordpress.com/2017/08/21/abeldane-elections-what-do-the-candidates-stand-for/ "Abeldane elections: What do the candidates stand for?"] ''[[The SiV Phonograph]]''. 21 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.</ref> 

Eden eventually endorsed James Frisch in the Stellvertreter race, while Michael T. Brazeau endorsed Eden after stepping down from the Vorsitzender race. This led to speculation about a possible Rhinoceros-Federalist coalition should Eden and Frisch won their respective races.

==Posters==
<center><gallery widths="150px" heights="150px" perrow="7">
File:ASEofficial.png|<center>[[SEPA|ASE]]</center>
File:RPA817.png|<center>[[Rhinoceros Party of Abelden|RPA]]</center>
File:ANP Legislative Poster.jpg|<center> [[ANP]]</center>
</gallery> </center>

==Opinion polls==
===Vorsitzender===
{| class="wikitable" width=70% style="text-align:center;font-size:95%; line-height:17px"
|- style="text-align: center; background: #efefef;"
! rowspan=2 width=35%| Pollster
! rowspan=2 width=20%| Release
! rowspan=2 width=10%| Sample
! [[Newton von Uberquie|Uberquie]]<br />{{small|[[Abeldane Social Ecology|ASE]]}}
! [[Brandon Wu|Wu]]<br />{{small|[[Independence Party of Abelden|IPA]]}}
! [[Horatio Eden|Eden]]<br />{{small|[[Rhinoceros Party of Abelden|RPA]]}}
! ''[[Michael Thomas Brazeau|Brazeau]]<br />{{small|[[Federalist Party of Abelden|FP]]}}
! [[Edwin Farrar|Farrar]]✝<br />{{small|[[Labour Party of Abelden|LP]]}}
! rowspan=2| {{small|Other}}
! rowspan=2| {{small|Lead}}
|-
! style="background:#A3C949; width:80px;"|
! style="background:#891B8C; width:80px;"|
! style="background:#000000; width:80px;"|
! style="background:#154D96; width:80px;"|
! style="background:#F74557; width:80px;"|
|-
|''[[L'Sydunche]]''
|3-8-2017
|12
|'''50%'''
|40%
|rowspan=5 {{N/A}}
|10%<sup>a</sup>
|rowspan=4 {{N/A}}
| -
|bgcolor=#A3C949|<span style="color: #FFFFFF;">10%</span>
|-
|''[[L'Sydunche]]''
|5-8-2017
|12
|40%
|40%
|20%<sup>a</sup>
| -
|bgcolor=#EEEEE|<span style="color:black;">Tie</span>
|-
|''[[L'Sydunche]]''
|6-8-2017
|12
|'''46%'''
|36%
|18%<sup>a</sup>
| -
|bgcolor=#A3C949|<span style="color: #FFFFFF;">10%</span>
|-
|''[[L'Sydunche]]''
|7-8-2017
|12
|'''46%'''
|39%
|15%<sup>a</sup>
| -
|bgcolor=#A3C949|<span style="color: #FFFFFF;">7%</span>
|-
|''[[L'Sydunche]]''
|8-8-2017
|29
|'''48%'''
|35%
|14%<sup>a</sup>
|3%
| -
|bgcolor=#A3C949|<span style="color: #FFFFFF;">13%</span>
|-
| colspan=10 | SEPA merges with the Labour Party to form ASE and Michael Brazeau becomes presumptive Federalist nominee (9 August)
|-
|''[[Daily Micronational]]''
|9-8-2017
|11
|'''64.6%'''
|0%
|36.4%
|0%
|rowspan=6 {{N/A}}
| -
|bgcolor=#A3C949|<span style="color: #FFFFFF;">28.2%</span>
|-
|''[[Green Grass Group|GGSI]]''
|10-8-2017
|13
|'''53.8%'''
|15.4%
|23.1%
|7.7%
| -
|bgcolor=#A3C949|<span style="color: #FFFFFF;">30.7%</span>
|-
|''[[Green Grass Group|GGSI]]''
|13-8-2017
|12
|'''58.3%'''
|16.7%
|8.3%
|16.7%
| -
|bgcolor=#A3C949|<span style="color: #FFFFFF;">41.6%</span>
|-
|''[[Quo Times]]''
|13-8-2017
|14
|'''54.5%'''
|27.3%
|9.1%
|9.1%
| -
|bgcolor=#A3C949|<span style="color: #FFFFFF;">27.2%</span>
|-
|''[[Green Grass Group|GGSI]]''
|14-8-2017
|12
|'''58.3%'''
|16.7%
|16.7%
|8.3%
| -
|bgcolor=#A3C949|<span style="color: #FFFFFF;">41.7%</span>
|-
|''[[Sabia and Verona|TID]]''
|18-8-2017
|13
|'''61.5%'''
|7.7%
|23.1%
|7.7%
| -
|bgcolor=#A3C949|<span style="color: #FFFFFF;">38.4%</span>
|-
|}
*✝: stepped down before election.
*''Italics'' indicate presumptive candidate.
*<sup>a</sup> This poll had [[Benjamin Norris]] as the IPA's presumtive Vorsitzender candidate.

===Stellvertreter===
{| class="wikitable" width=70% style="text-align:center;font-size:95%; line-height:17px"
|- style="text-align: center; background: #efefef;"
! rowspan=2 width=35%| Pollster
! rowspan=2 width=20%| Release
! rowspan=2 width=10%| Sample
! [[Artemis Berry Langford|Langford]]<br />{{small|[[Abeldane Social Ecology|ASE]]}}
! [[Isaac, Grand Duke of Dolangrad|Reuel]]<br />{{small|[[Independence Party of Abelden|IPA]]}}
! [[James Reginald Frisch|Frisch]]<br />{{small|[[Federalist Party of Abelden|FP]]}}
! ''[[Tarik Kârjasary|Kârjasary]]''<br />{{small|[[Labour Party of Abelden|LP]]}}
! rowspan=2| {{small|Other}}
! rowspan=2| {{small|Lead}}
|-
! style="background:#A3C949; width:80px;"|
! style="background:#891B8C; width:80px;"|
! style="background:#154D96; width:80px;"|
! style="background:#F74557; width:80px;"|
|-
|''[[L'Sydunche]]''
|3-8-2017
|12
|'''50%'''
|10%<sup>a</sup>
|40%
|rowspan=2 {{N/A}}
| -
|bgcolor=#A3C949|<span style="color: #FFFFFF;">10%</span>
|-
|''[[L'Sydunche]]''
|6-8-2017
|12
|46.2%
|7.7%<sup>a</sup>
|46.2%
| -
|bgcolor=#EEEEE|<span style="color:black;">Tie</span>
|-
|''[[L'Sydunche]]''
|7-8-2017
|12
|'''47.1%'''
|2%<sup>a</sup>
|41.2%
|2%
| -
|bgcolor=#A3C949|<span style="color: #FFFFFF;">5.9%</span>
|-
|''[[L'Sydunche]]''
|8-8-2017
|29
|'''48.3%'''
|3.4%<sup>a</sup>
|41.4%
|6.9%
| -
|bgcolor=#A3C949|<span style="color: #FFFFFF;">6.9%</span>
|-
| colspan=10 | SEPA merges with the Labour Party to form ASE (9 August)
|-
|''[[Daily Micronational]]''
|9-8-2017
|11
|'''63.6%'''
|9.1%<sup>a</sup>
|27.3%
|colspan="1" rowspan="2" {{N/A}}
| -
|bgcolor=#A3C949|<span style="color: #FFFFFF;">36.3%</span>
|-
|''[[Green Grass Group|GGSI]]''
|10-8-2017
|13
|'''61.5%'''
|15.4%<sup>a</sup>
|23.1%
| -
|bgcolor=#A3C949|<span style="color: #FFFFFF;">38.4%</span>
|-
| colspan=10 | Isaac Reuel becomes IPA's Stellvertreter candidate (12 August)
|-
|''[[Green Grass Group|GGSI]]''
|13-8-2017
|13
|'''66.7%'''
|8.3%
|25%
|colspan="1" rowspan="4" {{N/A}}
| -
|bgcolor=#A3C949|<span style="color: #FFFFFF;">38.4%</span>
|-
|''[[Quo Times]]''
|13-8-2017
|14
|'''63.6%'''
|18.2%
|18.2%
| -
|bgcolor=#A3C949|<span style="color: #FFFFFF;">45.4%</span>
|-
|''[[Green Grass Group|GGSI]]''
|14-8-2017
|12
|'''66.7%'''
|8.3%
|25%
| -
|bgcolor=#A3C949|<span style="color: #FFFFFF;">41.7%</span>
|-
|''[[Sabia and Verona|TID]]''
|18-8-2017
|13
|'''61.5%'''
|15.4%
|23.1%
| -
|bgcolor=#A3C949|<span style="color: #FFFFFF;">38.4%</span>
|-
|}

*''Italics'' indicate presumptive candidate.
*<sup>a</sup> This poll had Avro Keatings as the IPA's presumtive Stellvertreter candidate.

===Legislative===
{| class="wikitable" width=70% style="text-align:center;font-size:95%; line-height:17px"
|- style="text-align: center; background: #efefef;"
! rowspan=2 width=35%| Pollster
! rowspan=2 width=20%| Release
! rowspan=2 width=10%| Sample
! [[Abeldane National Party|ANP]]
! [[Abeldane Social Ecology|ASE]]
! [[Independence Party of Abelden|IPA]]
! [[Rhinoceros Party of Abelden|RPA]]
! [[Federalist Party of Abelden|FP]]
! rowspan=2| {{small|Other}}
! rowspan=2| {{small|Lead}}
|-
! style="background:#287B3F; width:80px;"|
! style="background:#A3C949; width:80px;"|
! style="background:#891B8C; width:80px;"|
! style="background:#000000; width:80px;"|
! style="background:#154D96; width:80px;"|
|-
|''[[Green Grass Group|GGSI]]''
|11-8-2017
|13
|{{N/A}}
|'''53.8%'''
|15.4%
|15.4%
|7.7%
| -
|bgcolor=#A3C949|<span style="color: #FFFFFF;">38.4%</span>
|-
|''[[Quo Times]]''
|13-8-2017
|14
|27.3%
|'''54.5%'''
|27.3%
|18.2%
|9.1%
| -
|bgcolor=#A3C949|<span style="color: #FFFFFF;">27.2%</span>
|-
|''[[Green Grass Group|GGSI]]''
|14-8-2017
|12
|16.7%
|'''50%'''
|8.3%
|16.7%
|8.3%
| -
|bgcolor=#A3C949|<span style="color: #FFFFFF;">33.3%</span>
|-
|''[[Sabia and Verona|TID]]''
|18-8-2017
|13
|23.1%
|'''38.5%'''
|7.7%
|23.1%
|7.7%
| -
|bgcolor=#A3C949|<span style="color: #FFFFFF;">15.4%</span>
|-
|}

==Results==
===Legislative===
Legislative elections were held on 20 August 2017 and allowed fifteen seats in the [[Reichsversammlung]] to be elected using single transferable vote. The ''Reichsversammlung Seats Act 2017'' was passed on 21 August 2017 and allowed the creation of an appointed seat by the Monarch and an automatic seat for the Emperor. On the same day, [[James Reginald Frisch]] was appointed to the one lone seat by the Emperor and gave the Federalist Party a gain of a seat.
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
!colspan="2"|Party
!Leader
!Votes
!%
!Seats
!+/–
|-
| bgcolor="#A3C949" style="color:white"| 
|align=left|[[Abeldane Social Ecology]]||align=left|[[Newton von Uberquie]]||15 ||26.31% ||5 ||{{decrease}}4
|-
| bgcolor="#287B3F" style="color:white" | 
|align=left|[[Abeldane National Party]]||align=left|[[Patrick Renwick]]||12 ||21.05% ||4*<ref group="N" name="alexwhite"/>||{{decrease}}8
|-
| bgcolor="#891B8C" style="color:white"| 
|align=left|[[Independence Party of Abelden|Independence Party]]||align=left|[[Henry Twain]]||8 ||14.04% ||2*<ref group="N" name="twain"/> ||{{decrease}}6 
|-
| bgcolor="#EEEEE" style="color:white"| 
|align=left|''The Emperor seeking reelection''||align=left|[[Stephen I & II]]|| 7|| 12.28%|| 1<ref group="N" name="alexwhite"/>||{{steady}}
|-
| bgcolor="#000000" style="color:white"| 
|align=left|[[Rhinoceros Party of Abelden|Rhinoceros Party]]||align=left|[[Horatio Eden]]|| 7|| 12.28%|| 2 ||{{decrease}}1
|-
| bgcolor="#154D96" style="color:white"| 
|align=left|[[Federalist Party of Abelden|Federalist Party]]||align=left|[[Michael Thomas Brazeau]]||6 ||10.53% ||2 + 1 ||{{increase}}1
|-
|}

{{bar box
| title=Popular Vote
| titlebar=#ddd
| width=600px
| barwidth=410px
| bars=
{{bar percent|Abeldane Social Ecology|{{SEPA/meta/color}}|26.31}}
{{bar percent|Abeldane National|{{ANP/meta/color}}|21.05}}
{{bar percent|Independence|{{IPA/meta/color}}|14.04}}
{{bar percent|The Emperor|{{Independent/meta/color}}|12.28}}
{{bar percent|Rhinoceros|#000000|12.28}}
{{bar percent|Federalist|{{Federalist Party of Abelden/meta/color}}|10.53}}
{{bar percent|Invalid|#777777|3.51}}
}}

{{bar box
| title=Reichsversammlung Seats
| titlebar=#ddd
| width=600px
| barwidth=410px
| bars=
{{bar percent|Abeldane Social Ecology|{{SEPA/meta/color}}|29.41}}
{{bar percent|Abeldane National|{{ANP/meta/color}}|23.52}}
{{bar percent|Federalist|{{Federalist Party of Abelden/meta/color}}|17.64}}
{{bar percent|Independence|{{IPA/meta/color}}|11.76}}
{{bar percent|Rhinoceros|#000000|11.76}}
{{bar percent|The Emperor|{{Independent/meta/color}}|5.88}}
}}
====Elected members====
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="text-align: center; background: #efefef;"
!District
!Elected MP
!colspan="2"|Party
!State
|-
|rowspan="3"|District 1
| [[Stephen I & II]]<ref group="N" name="alexwhite">The Reichsversammlung Seats Act 2017, approved on 22 August, gave the Emperor an unelected seat in the Reichsversammlung, which upon being taken, left a vacant seat in District 1. This vacant seat was ultimately assumed by the fifth most-voted candidate in the district, [[Alex White]] of the ANP.</ref>
| bgcolor="#EEEEE"|
| ''The Emperor seeking reelection''
| [[Alenshka]]
|-
| [[Nick Kaos]]
| bgcolor="#287B3F"|
| [[Abeldane National Party|ANP]]
| [[Alenshka]]
|-
| [[Tarik Kârjasary]]
| bgcolor="#A3C949"|
| [[Abeldane Social Ecology|ASE]]
| [[Grand Duchy of Rai|Rai]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|District 2
| [[Edwin Farrar]]
| bgcolor="#A3C949"|
| [[Abeldane Social Ecology|ASE]]
| [[Morgannwg]]
|-
| [[David Ross]]
| bgcolor="#A3C949"|
| [[Abeldane Social Ecology|ASE]]
| Foesterlingen
|-
| [[Damian Billbrough]]
| bgcolor="#154D96"|
| [[Federalist Party of Abelden|FP]]
| [[Morgannwg]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|District 3
| [[Patrick Renwick]]
| bgcolor="#287B3F"|
| [[Abeldane National Party|ANP]]
| [[Demirelia]]
|-
| [[Michael Thomas Brazeau]]
| bgcolor="#154D96"|
| [[Federalist Party of Abelden|FP]]
| [[Grand Duchy of Alexander|Alexander]]
|-
| Max Pollack
| bgcolor="#000000"|
| [[Rhinoceros Party of Abelden|RPA]]
| [[Grand Duchy of Alexander|Alexander]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|District 4
| [[Isaac, Grand Duke of Dolangrad|Isaac Reuel]]
| bgcolor="#891B8C"|
| [[Independence Party of Abelden|IPA]]
| [[Dolangrad]]
|-
| [[Henry Clément|Henry Twain]]<ref group="N" name="twain">[[Henry Clément|Henry Twain]] relinquished his Abeldane citizenship on 21 August, and thus lost his seat. The next most voted candidate in District 4, [[Nuri van Dijk]] of the [[Abeldane National Party]], took his seat.</ref>
| bgcolor="#891B8C"|
| [[Independence Party of Abelden|IPA]]
| [[Grand Principality of Teodoria|Teodoria]]
|-
| [[Brandon Wu]]
| bgcolor="#891B8C"|
| [[Independence Party of Abelden|IPA]]
| [[Grand Principality of Teodoria|Teodoria]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|District 5
| [[Artemis Langford]]
| bgcolor="#A3C949"|
| [[Abeldane Social Ecology|ASE]]
| [[St. Castle]]
|-
| [[Newton von Uberquie]]
| bgcolor="#A3C949"|
| [[Abeldane Social Ecology|ASE]]
| [[Satirno]]
|-
| [[Horatio Eden]]
| bgcolor="#00000"|
| [[Rhinoceros Party of Abelden|RPA]]
| [[Satirno]]
|-
|}

===Vorsitzender===
{{Infobox Election
| election_name = Abeldane executive election, August 2017
| country = Abelden
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = [[Abeldane federal election, June 2017|2017 III]]
| previous_year = 
| next_election = 
| next_year = Next
| seats_for_election =
| election_date = 22 August 2017
| turnout = 93.44% ({{decrease}}2.3 [[w:Percentage points|pp]])

| image1          = [[File:Newton U bubble.png|100px]]
| nominee1         = '''[[Newton von Uberquie]]'''
| party1          = SEPA
| running_mate1   = '''[[Artemis Langford]]'''
| leaders_seat1   = [[Satirno]]
| popular_vote1   = '''28'''
| percentage1     = '''48.28%'''
| states_carried1 = 

| image2          = [[File:Horatio E bubble.png|100px]]
| nominee2        = [[Horatio Eden]]
| party2          = Rhinoceros Party of Abelden
| running_mate2   = [[James Reginald Frisch|James Frisch]]
| leaders_seat2   = [[Satirno]]
| popular_vote2   = 19
| percentage2     = 32.76%
| states_carried2 = 

| image3          = [[File:Brandon W bubble.png|100px]]
| nominee3         = [[Brandon Wu]]
| party3          = IPA
| running_mate3   = [[Isaac, Grand Duke of Dolangrad|Isaac Reuel]]
| leaders_seat3   = [[Teodoria]]
| popular_vote3   = 10
| percentage3     = 17.24%
| states_carried3 = 

| map_image       = 
| map_size        = 
| map_caption     = 

| title = [[Vorsitzender]]
| posttitle = [[Vorsitzender]] after election
| before_election = [[Patrick Renwick]]
| before_party = ANP
| after_election = [[Newton von Uberquie]]
| after_party = SEPA
}}
The election for Vorsitzender took place two days after the legislative vote, on 22 August 2017. It used the instant-runoff voting system, which employs ranking as a form of vote. This was the first executive election in Abeldane history to employ this method. 

The leader of [[Abeldane Social Ecology]], [[Newton von Uberquie]], won the election with 48.28% of the vote, beating the [[Rhinoceros Party of Abelden|Rhinoceros Party]]'s [[Horatio Eden]] (32.76%) and the [[Independence Party of Abelden|Independence Party]]'s [[Brandon Wu]] (17.24%).

Since Uberquie received over 45% of the first preference votes and ranked over 10% [[w:Percentage points|percentage points]] above the next candidate with the most first preference votes (Eden), the ASE candidate was elected on the first count.

{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
! colspan=2 rowspan=2|Party
!rowspan=2|Candidate
!colspan=2|Results
|-
!1st pref
!%
|-
|bgcolor="#A3C949"|
|align=left|[[Abeldane Social Ecology]]
|align=left|'''[[Newton von Uberquie]]'''
|28
|48.28%
|-
|bgcolor="#000000"|
|align=left|[[Rhinoceros Party of Abelden]]
|align=left|[[Horatio Eden]]
|19
|32.76%
|-
|bgcolor="#891B8C"|
|align=left|[[Independence Party of Abelden]]
|align=left|[[Brandon Wu]]
|10
|17.24%
|-
|align=left colspan=3|Invalid/blank votes
|1
|–
|-
|align=left colspan=3|'''Total'''
|57
|'''100'''
|-
|align=left colspan=3|Registered voters/turnout
|61
|93.44%
|-
|align=left colspan=6|Source: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4q6OFW3sAPCRGRQcGYwOGdqU0k/view Reichswahlkommission Official Statement - Abeldane elections August 2017]
|}

===Stellvertreter===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
! colspan=2 rowspan=2|Party
!rowspan=2|Candidate
!colspan=3|Count
|-
!% 1st pref
!1
!2
|-
|bgcolor="#A3C949"|
|align=left|[[Abeldane Social Ecology]]
|align=left|'''[[Artemis Langford]]'''
|43.86%
|25
|'''30'''
|-
|bgcolor="#154D96"|
|align=left|[[Federalist Party of Abelden]]
|align=left|[[James Reginald Frisch|James R. Frisch]]
|36.84%
|21
|25
|-
|bgcolor="#800080"|
|align=left|[[Independence Party of Abelden]]
|align=left|[[Isaac, Grand Duke of Dolangrad|Isaac Reuel]]
|17.54%
|10
|
|-
|align=left colspan=4|Invalid/blank votes
|1
|–
|-
|align=left colspan=4|'''Total'''
|56
|'''100'''
|-
|align=left colspan=4|Registered voters/turnout
|61
|91.80%
|-
|align=left colspan=6|Source: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4q6OFW3sAPCRGRQcGYwOGdqU0k/view Reichswahlkommission Official Statement - Abeldane elections August 2017]
|}

==Aftermath and government formation==
[[File:RVS7.svg|thumb|right|250px|Composition of the 7th Reichsversammlung.]]
Following the election, the [[w:Lame duck (politics)|lame duck]] 6th [[Reichsversammlung]] passed the Reichsversammlung Seats Act 2017, which gave the [[Abeldane Monarchy|Emperor]] a reserved, unelected seat in the legislature and the power to appoint a hand-picked MP. Once the Emperor took his new special seat, his vacancy in District 1 was filled by [[Alex White]] of the ANP, despite the RPA's Allen Paul being the fourth most-voted candidate. Paul refused the offer to take the seat following his decision to form a state legislature in his home state of [[Alenshka]]. The Emperor's pick for the appointed MP was [[James Reginald Frisch|James Frisch]], who had lost in the race for a seat in District 5. 

On 23 August 2017, von Uberquie and the Emperor unveiled the [[Von Uberquie Ministry|26th ministry of the Abeldane Empire]], a three-party coalition of the [[Abeldane Social Ecology|ASE]], the [[Independence Party of Abelden|IPA]] and the [[Abeldane National Party|ANP]]. Von Uberquie commented, of the coalition: "[it] had been in the works since the last cabinet, as our parties already had a vested interest in working together again [...] It was lucky that our partners seemed to agree with the ASE that our more active party would fare better as the primary contributor to Ministries."<ref name=coalition>Freayth, Stephen. [https://lsydunche.wordpress.com/2017/08/25/ase-forms-coalition-government-with-anp-and-ipa/ "ASE forms coalition government with ANP and IPA"] ''[[L'Sydunche]]''. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.</ref>

On 25 August, [[Horatio Eden]] of the RPA was named Leader of the Opposition by the Emperor, succeeding [[Michael Thomas Brazeau]] of the FP, who had been in the position since 6 June 2017.

==Notes==
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==References==
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{{Elections and Cabinets of Abelden}}
{{Abeldane Empire and the Commonwealth}}

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