Abeldane by-election, April 2020

Abeldane federal by-election, April 2020

25 - 27 April 2020
5th seat in the Reichsversammlung
Turnout	88.9%
First party Second party   Leader Karl Friedrich Chase Nanatovich Party Party of Royalists and Cooperatism ASE Popular vote 11 (1st count) 18 (Final count) 9 (1st count) 14 (Final count) Percentage 34.4% (1st count) 56.3% (Final count) 28.1% (1st count) 43.8% (Final count)   Third party Fourth party   Leader Brandon Wu Max Pollack Party Liberty Front Populares Popular vote 7 (1st count) Elim. (Final count) 5 (1st count) Elim. (Final count) Percentage 21.9% (1st count) Elim. (Final count) 15.6% (1st count) Elim. (Final count)
Member before election Horatio Eden Populares Elected member Karl Friedrich Royalist

A by-election to the 5th seat in the Reichsversammlung was held in the Abeldane Empire between the 25th and 27th of April 2020, called by the Emperor, HI&REM Newton, to fill the vacant seat left y the resignation of Horatio Eden. It was the second by-election to use the single transferable voting system after its adoption by the Emperor.

It resulted in Karl Friedrich of the Party of Royalists and Cooperatism winning the seat with 56,3% of the vote on the third count.

Result

Party		Candidate	Results
			1st pref		2nd count		3rd count
	Royalists	Karl Friedrich	11	34.4%	16	50%	18	56.2%
	Abeldane Social Ecology	Chase Nanatovich	9	28.1%	9	28.1%	14	43.8%
	Liberty Front	Brandon Wu	7	21.9%	7	21.9%	—
	Populares	Max Pollack	5	15.6%	—
Invalid/blank votes			0	–
Total			32	100
Registered voters/turnout			36	88.9%
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