Abeldane federal election, April 2018

Abeldane executive election, April 2018
Turnout	96.0%
Vorsitzender before election; Patrick Renwick; Abeldane Liberal National Alliance	Vorsitzender after election ; Alejandro Whyatt; National Federalist Party (Abelden)

April 2018 Abeldane federal election
16 of 18 seats in the Reichsversammlung; 10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	96% (▲ 16.7%)
Vorsitzender before election; Patrick Renwick; Abeldane Liberal National Alliance and Pragmatic Front	Vorsitzender after election ; Alejandro Whyatt; National Federalist Party (Abelden)

The Abeldane federal election, April 2018 will take place between 6 and 10 April 2018. It will be the 15th general election since the founding of the Empire, and the third legislative election since they were reintroduced in 2017.

Background

The previous election, in December 2017, saw the election of Shiro Mephistopheles of the United Rhinoceros Party as Vorsitzender, and the installment of many URP members in the Cabinet. However, the Reichsversammlung was split approximately evenly between the four existent parties.

Between the December 2017 and April 2018 elections, Hugh McFarlane founded the Abeldane Liberal Alliance, and managed to acquire two seats for his party through by-elections.

On 2 April 2018, Horatio Eden, leader of the United Rhinoceros Party, announced the formation of the Abeldane Liberal National Alliance and Pragmatic Front, a merger of the United Rhinoceros Party, Abeldane Liberal Alliance, and National Independence Party. This merger created a large centrist coalition with eight seats in the Reichsversammlung.

Electoral System

The April 2018 election will use a party list system with closed lists. This will be the second election in which such a system has been used.

Campaign and Candidates

Liberal National Alliance

The campaign for the Abeldane Liberal National Alliance began on 2 April 2018, when the party published a brief statement announcing the formation of the party and the main goals of the party. At the same time, it was announced that Horatio Eden would be the party's candidate for Vorsitzender, and Hugh McFarlane for Stellvertreter. The following day, the party published its list of candidates for the Reichsversammlung. On April 5, shortly before legislative elections began, the ALNA published its first manifesto, outlining its main policy goals.

National Federalist

Alejandro Whyatt of the National Federalist Party announced his intention to run for Vorsitzender a second time on April 2, 2018. The same day, an interview with him was published in Al Occitania, in which he outlined several of his main goals. On April 5, less than three hours before the legislative election began, the National Federalist Party published a concise manifesto in the form of a poster.

Social Ecology

Abeldane Social Ecology was the first party to announce candidates for executive positions; Ava Neasa will be running for Vorsitzender and David Ross for Stellvertreter.

Reichsversammlung

Legislative elections were held on 6 April 2018 and allowed 16 seats of the Reichsversammlung to be elected using closed party-list proportional system with a nationwide list. The Reichsversammlung (Composition) Act 2018 amended the seats of the Reichsversammlung and returned back the appointed seat reserved by appointment of the Monarch and another appointed seat solely for the Ervecysarich. As of now, the appointed seat remains vacant until an appointment is made by the Emperor.

Michael Thomas Brazeau, an NFP candidate for the Reichsversammlung, refused to acknowledge the election results and concede defeat. The Reichswahlkommission, the Abeldane electoral commission, has yet to comment on either Brazeau's decision or any implicit recount request.

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ALNA	NFP	ASE	Ind.

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	+/–
	Abeldane Liberal National Alliance and Pragmatic Front	23	47.92	+36.70	8	▼3
	National Federalist Party	16	33.33	+17.50	5	▲3
	Abeldane Social Ecology – The Green Labour Party	9	18.75	-6.30	3	▼2
	Independent	—	—	—	2	▲2
Total		48	100.00		18	▲2

Invalid/blank votes		0	–	–	—
Registered voters/Turnout		50	96.00	-10.87	—
Source: [Reichswahlkommission Official Report]

Popular Vote

Liberal National Alliance			47.92%
National Federalist			33.33%
Social Ecology			18.75%

Reichsversammlung seats (electable)

Liberal National Alliance			50.00%
National Federalist			31.25%
Social Ecology			18.75%

Reichsversammlung seats (all)

Liberal National Alliance			44.44%
National Federalist			27.78%
Social Ecology			16.67%
Independent			11.11%

Elected members

Previous MP		Elected MP		State	Took office	Seat #
Elected
Max Pollack	Liberal National	Max Pollack	Liberal National	Alexander	20 August 2017	1
Alex White	Liberal National	Louis Bartlett	National Federalist	Satirno	7 April 2018	2
Patrick Renwick	Liberal National	Patrick Renwick	Liberal National	Demirelia	20 August 2017	3
Brandon Wu	Liberal National	Brandon Wu	Liberal National	St. Castle	20 August 2017	4
Damian Billbrough	National Federalist	Edward de Caville	National Federalist	Satirno	7 April 2018	5
Horatio Eden	Liberal National	Horatio Eden	Liberal National	Satirno	20 August 2017	6
Vacant	—	Anthony Clark	Liberal National	Satirno	7 April 2018	7
John Smith	Liberal National	John Smith	Liberal National	Alexander	15 March 2018	8
Ava Neasa	Social Ecology	Ava Neasa	Social Ecology	St. Castle	20 August 2017	9
Tarik Kârjasary	Social Ecology	Tarik Kârjasary	Social Ecology	Rai	20 August 2017	10
David Ross	Social Ecology	David Ross	Social Ecology	Foesterlingen	20 August 2017	11
Hugh McFarlane	Liberal National	Hugh McFarlane	Liberal National	Foesterlingen	8 March 2018	12
Silvia Paysais	Liberal National	Silvia Paysais	Liberal National	Sinoland	15 March 2018	13
Alejandro Whyatt	National Federalist	Alejandro Whyatt	National Federalist	Satirno	16 December 2017	14
Alexander von Hapsburg	National Federalist	Alexander von Hapsburg	National Federalist	Alexander	29 December 2017	15
Nikola Jovanovic	National Federalist	Andrew Irons	National Federalist	Alenshka	7 April 2018	16
Appointed
Vacant	—	Vacant	—	—	6 April 2018	17
Newton von Uberquie	Independent	Newton von Uberquie	Independent	Alenshka	20 August 2017	18

Executive

Vorsitzender

Voting for Vorsitzender was open on 6 and 7 April, and saw 96% turnout. The election was held using instant runoff voting. Initially, results were released that showed Eden and Whyatt tied after the second preferences of Neasa's voters were tallied. However, due to an error in the counting method, these results were quickly redacted by the Reichswahlkomm. The final results were released about an hour later, which returned a victory for Whyatt.

Horatio Eden filed an injunction to the Supreme Court for a recount. The injunction was lifted after a recount by Grand Prince Newton returned the same result as the official release.

Party		Candidate	Results
Party		Candidate	1st pref		2nd count
	National Federalist	Alejandro Whyatt	19	39.58	25	52.08
	Liberal National Alliance	Horatio Eden	20	41.67	23	47.92
	Social Ecology	Ava Neasa	9	18.75	—
Invalid/blank votes			0	0
Total			48	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			50	96.00
Source:

Stellvertreter

The Stellvertreter election was held concurrently with the election for Vorsitzender, and the same method was used. The results for the Stellvertreter also showed a tie between the two candidates; however, unlike the Vorsitzender results, they were not redacted. As in the April 2017 election, the tie is expected to be broken by a vote of the Reichsversammlung

Notes

↑ Decision-making in the ASE is based on direct democracy; Ava Neasa holds the position of Representative within the party.
↑ The percentage points shown are the combined percentage the predecessors of the parties managed to garner on the previous election.

[aseldr-1] Decision-making in the ASE is based on direct democracy; Ava Neasa holds the position of Representative within the party.

[ppp-2] The percentage points shown are the combined percentage the predecessors of the parties managed to garner on the previous election.

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