2021 Bedroom room election
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All 16 seats in the Bedroom Legislative Assembly 9 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2021 Bedroom room election will be held on or before Sunday, 24 July 2021 to elect 13 members of the Parliament of Bedroom, including all 16 seats in the Legislative Assembly and 3 of the 5 seats in the Legislative Council. The first term Coalition government will be running for re-election.
Key Dates
- 24 June 2021: Election called
- 1 July 2021: Candidates are announced
- 10 July 2021: Early voting starts
- 24 July 2021: Election day (polls open 7am to 5pm)
- 6 August 2021: Final day for results to be certified
Background
The 2020 Bedroom election saw the 7 term Labor government go down to the to the Liberal/National Coalition lead by Ankylo Saurs. The election saw the Coalition win a majority government winning 5 seats, the Labor party went from 4 seats to just 2 seats, and the SFF won 1 seat. On 28 July 2020 the new government was sworn in. In September 2020 Honk Goose left the the National party and created the new Maine Party. At the election in September 2020 House Hold General Election the Maine Party supported the Labor government. On 3 March 2021 the government was voted down by just one vote. Four days later the Maine Party announced it would support the government in confidence and supply. On 16 March 2021 the Bedroom Legislative Assembly passed a bill to make the number 16 seats equaling 6 voters per seat.
Opinion polls
The table below shows voting intention.
Date | Primary Vote Share | TPP Vote Share | |||||||||
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L/NP | LAB | GRN | ONP | SFF | ME | Others | Lead | L/NP | LAB | ||
16 March 2021 | 34.7 | 30.6 | 6.1 | 10.2 | 0.0 | 10.2 | 8.2 | 4.1 | 53.1 | 46.9 | |
16 March 2021 - Legislative Assembly passes a bill to make the number of seats go from 8 to 16 seats (6 voters per seat) | |||||||||||
7 March 2021 - Maine party announces it will support the government in confidence and supply | |||||||||||
3 March 2021 - Labor, SFF, and Maine Parties vote down the government | |||||||||||
3 March 2021 | 31 | 32 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 54 | |
28 Feb. 2021 | 28 | 37 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 42 | 58 | |
17 Feb. 2021 | 27 | 34 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 66 | |
29 Jan. 2021 | 19 | 39 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 20 | 35 | 65 | |
1 Jan. 2021 | 22 | 36 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 14 | 39 | 61 | |
24 Dec. 2020 | 21 | 37 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 43 | 57 | |
13 December 2020 - Bolderash and DBP unite to create Bolderash - One Nation | |||||||||||
BP | DBP | ||||||||||
2 Dec. 2020 | 39 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 52 | 48 |
12 Nov. 2020 | 37 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 52 | 48 |
6 Oct. 2020 | 43 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 | - | - | 9 | 54 | 46 |
2020 Election | 42.7 | 29.2 | 11.2 | 7.9 | 1.1 | 7.9 | - | - | 13.5 | 55 | 45 |