2023 Gaplan legislative election

2023 Gaplan Legislative Election

28 March 2023
8 out of 12 seats in the National Assembly 7 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	30.8 ▼ 2.9 pp
Majority party Minority party Third party   NC GI Leader Wyatt Baek Nicolas Caiazzo Gabe Itchez Party Free Rightist Party Socialist Republic Party AMASH Party Last election 60.2%, 6 seats 8.5%, 1 seat 11.0%, 1 seat Seats before 6 1 1 Seats won 4 (6 total) 2 (2 total) 2 (2 total) Seat change ▲1 ▲1 Popular vote 43 25 21 Percentage 45.7% 26.6% 22.3% Swing ▼14.7% ▲18.1% ▲11.3% Caucus Majority Minority Majority

The 2023 Gaplan legislative election describes a series of elections that elected eight out of twelve seats in the National Assembly of the Federated States of Gapla, a proposition, and a replacement president in case the proposition does not pass and Emma Bunnell's impeachment is not overturned by the people.

The People's Liberal Party was unable to participate in the election due to its overdue registration, marking some activists from the party to abstain from voting in the election, and therefore lowering the voter turnout to just over 30%. However, the remaining PLP and left-wing supporters overwhelmingly supported the Socialist Republic Party, party previously thought to be a fringe far-left political party that rose to prominence in this election after receiving over a quarter of the popular vote. This resulted in the SRP becoming the dominant left-wing party, a historic first.

In addition, the Free Rightist Party and its right-wing majority caucus held a majority in the National Assembly, but its support significantly lowered from previous elections, likely due to the poor execution of the Astrayan revolutions and overpromising during the previous election. Nicolas Caiazzo became the Leader of the Opposition and due to the proposition passing and being unable to serve as President, Renaldo Chang emerged as the new Speaker of the National Assembly. The passage of Federal Proposition 2023-100 was also historic.

The election was conducted from 1 March to 21 March 2023, with no priority voting cycle, with the results being announced on 28 March 2023 and a YouTube video being produced for the election on 29 March 2023. The results of the election were executed by 31 March 2023.

Proposition 2023-100

Main article: Federal Proposition 2023-100

A proposition, entitled Federal Proposition 2023-100, transferred the powers of the executive branch to a transitional council due to several internal issues within the country. In addition, the presidential elections held were not regular presidential elections but rather an election of who inside the majority caucus would replace Emma Bunnell for the remainder of her term if the proposition did not pass and she was not retained as president. The proposition passed, and the results of the presidential election were not executed.

Participants and results

The following is a list of the participants in the 2022 Gaplan general election:

Presidential election

The President of the Federated States of Gapla is elected through ranked choice voting in a single transferable vote system, although with only two candidates, this system was identical to a first-past the post system

Political parties in the 2022 Gaplan general elections - Presidential election

Party		Nominee (president)	Political position	Ideology	Vote
	Free Rightist Party (FRP) "Rightist Party"	Renaldo Chang	Right-wing	Libertarian conservativism	59	74.68%
	AMASH Party (AMASH) "AMASH Party"	Diti Patel		Satire	20	25.32%
Votes Counted					79	100.00%
Presidential Abstensions					28
Ballots Cast					107

Legislative election

The legislature of the Federated States of Gapla is proportionally distributed, through open party lists.

The most senior member of the party list, except the Presidential nominee, is to be selected as the Speaker of the National Assembly.

Political parties in the 2022 Gaplan general elections - Legislative election

Coalition		Nominee (PM)	Political position	Ideology	Vote		Seats	Add.	Total
	Free Rightist Party (FRP) "Rightist Party"	Wyatt Baek	Right-wing	Libertarian conservativism	43	45.74%	4	2	6
	Socialist Republic Party (SRP) "Republic Party"	Connor Hetner	Far-left	Libertarian communism	25	26.60%	2	0	2
	AMASH Party (AMASH) "AMASH Party"	Gabe Itchez	Right-wing	Satire	21	22.34%	2	0	2
	People's Liberal Party (PLP) "Liberal Party"		Center-left	Modern liberalism	0	0.00%	0	1	1
	Independents				0	0.00%	0	1	1
Votes Counted / Total					89	100.00%	8	4	12
Legislative Abstensions					18
Ballots Cast					107