2019 Aswingtonian legislative election

Aswingtonian parliamentary election, 2019

10 July 2019
All 10 seats in the National Assembly 5 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	100%
First party Second party Third party   File:Logo of the New Peoples Party.png Leader Juan Cisneros Noah Woodgeard Albert Lorda i Cruz Party Progressive Party New People's Party Democratic Party Last election New Party New Party New Party Seats won 5 3 2 Seat change ▲ 5 ▲ 3 ▲ 2 Popular vote 7 4 3 Percentage 50.00% 28.57% 21.43%
Prime Minister before election TBD Elected Prime Minister Noah Woodgeard NPP

Legislative elections were held in Aswington on 10 July 2019. Voters elected the ten members to represent them in the parliament. It was the first and so far, the only parliamentary election held in the country, since general elections were held later.

Background

The government called for elections on 30 May.

Electoral Vote

In these elections the proportional representation is used, as well as the D'Hondt system to determine the number of seats obtained by the political parties in the election.

Subsequently, in the opening session of the National Assembly, an election of a Prime Minister is held, which will be elected by the members of parliament.

Campaign

The Progressive Party announced its participation in the elections. Subsequently, two new political parties also announced their participation.

During the electoral campaign, the press team of Tagtabazar Times conducted interviews with Albert Lorda i Cruz, leader of the Democratic Party and Noah Woodgeard, leader of the New People's Party, with the purpose of making his proposals known to the population.

Opinion Poll

Pollster	Release date	DP	NPP	PP
Tagtabazar Times	July 21, 2019	50%	33%	17%

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Progressive Party	7	50.00	5
	New People's Party	4	28.57	3
	Democratic Party	3	21.43	2
Invalid/blank votes			–	–
Total		14	100	10
Registered voters/turnout		14	100	–
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