2023 Ljetzan general election
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All 15 seats in the Landtag 10 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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General elections were held in Ljetzan on 10 June 2023 to elect the 15 members of the Landtag. The Christian Union (CU) won ten seats, with the Democrats receiving just 5 votes, 5 less than the CU.
Electoral system
The 15 members of the Landtag are elected by open list proportional representation from two constituencies, Oberland with 8 seats and Unterland with 7 seats. Voters vote for a party list and then may strike through candidates they do not wish to cast a preferential vote for and may add names of candidates from other lists. The electoral threshold to win a seat is 8%. Landtag members sit four year terms. Once formed the Landtag votes to elect a Chancellor who governs through a cabinet of four ministers, who are selected from Landtag members. Voting is compulsory by law and most is carried out by post. Polling stations are only open for one and a half hours on election day. Citizens over 18 years of age who have been resident in the country for one month prior to election day are eligible to vote.
Campaign
The election was seen as a two-horse race. There were only marginal policy differences between the CU and the Democrats.
Election campaigning is largely unregulated and carried out via social media, newspapers and broadcast media. All parties are permitted to post an official campaign video on the websites of the two main newspapers in the country. The elections are the first to be carried out under the Constitutional Law on Payment of Contributions to Political Parties which limited public funding to registered political parties, banned large anonymous donations and required the publication of accounts by parties.
Candidates
Candidates have the same eligibility criteria as voters. Political parties must have the support of 2 voters from a constituency to be eligible to nominate a candidate list in it.
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Results
The CU and the Democrats both received a good number of votes. The result was close between the top two parties with the CU initially reported to have received just 5 votes more than the Democrats; in later results, the gap was marginally wider at 10 votes.
A total of 15 ballots were cast, resulting in a 100% Voter turnout. The vast majority (90%) of ballots were cast by post. The results were described by local media as some of the most exciting in history.
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Christian Union | 10 | 66.67 | 10 | +0 | |
| Ljetzan Democrats | 5 | 33.33 | 5 | +0 | |
| Total | 15 | 100.00 | 15 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 15 | 100.00 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Total votes | 15 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 15 | 100.00 | |||