Erusian general election, July 2010

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July 2010 Erusian General Election
All 20 seats to the National People's Assembly
June 30 - July 3, 2010
Turnout		87.32%
		Majority party	Minority party
Leader		Katrina Walters	Robert Lethler
Party		Democratic	National Unity
Leader since		June 2010	June 2010
Leader's seat		Sanctia Central	Erus City Central
Last election		2 seats, 26%	13 seats, 72%
Electoral vote		145	88
States carried		4	1
Seats won		13	7
Seat change		▲ 11	▼ 6
Popular vote		36	26
Percentage		58.06%	41.94%
Swing		▲ 30.06%	▼ 30.06%
Colours denote the winning party.
Incumbent Prime Minister Vacant National Unity Prime Minister-elect Katrina Walters Democratic

The July 2010 Erusian General Election took place from June 30th to July 3rd 2010 to choose members for the seventh sitting of the National People's Assembly in the Democratic People's Republic of Erusia, and to elect a new ceremonial President for that nation. It was the sixth election in Erusian history, and the first in which the formerly ruling Erusian National Communist Party did not compete, having merged with the Party of Socialist Labour to form the National Unity Party. The election took place across the Democratic People's Republic for a three-day polling period, during which almost 90% of the population - which had been enlarged since the last election - turned out to cast votes at one of the five polling services. All-in-all twenty constituencies returned members to serve in the new Assembly, only five of which were newly created and so had no incumbent candidate standing for re-election. Barely more than half of all the incumbents standing in the election held their seats.

In what is considered to be the greatest political upset since the November Revolution, the National Unity Party lost power for the first time the history of the DPRE. The Democratic Party of Erusia, under the leadership of political newcomer Katrina Walters, gained eleven seats and won an overall majority of six (enough to amend the Constitution indepedently) in the new Assembly, making her Prime Minister of Erusia. The Nationals were left with a mere seven seats, losing nearly half of those they held at dissolution to the Democrats as a result of a mammoth 30% swing from the government to the liberal conservative opposition. In terms of the swing and seats gained, the Democratic victory was the largest landslide in Erusia's electoral history.

Simultaneous elections were also held, albeit indirectly, for the local administrative authorities of each of the five Districts that make up Erusia's unitary state. The Nationals lost control of 3 of their 4 Districts Authorities to the Democrats, meaning that the Democratic Party now controls four-fifths of all local government bodies in the Democratic People's Republic. Furthermore, the Democrats won a landslide victory in the electoral college used to determine who wins which District and who will have the first shot at forming a government in the event of a hung chamber, leading their opponents with some 57 votes in the college.

In the Presidential election, National Unity Party candidate Carwyn Jenkins succeeded - against the odds - in being elected to the now-ceremonial Presidency. Most analysts on the night felt that this was a consequence of his personal popularity with those liberal voters who swing between the liberal right of the former Communist Party and the Democrats, rather than as a result of a last-minute burst of support for the NUP itself.

In terms of proportionality, it was a near perfect replication of the election held one year previously, but with the two competing parties changing places.

Results

General Election
Political Party		Candidates Standing	Candidates Elected	Seats Gained	Seats Lost	Net Change in Seats	% of Seats	% of First Pref. Votes	% of Electoral Votes	% Swing
	Democratic Party of Erusia	17	13	11	0	+11	65%	58.06%	62.23%	+30.06%
	National Unity Party	20	7	0	6	-6	35%	41.94%	37.77%	-30.06%
Total		37	20	Result			Democratic overall majority of 6

Presidential Election
Political Party		Candidate Name	Popular Vote (%)
	National Unity Party	Carwyn Jenkins	55.55%
	Democratic Party of Erusia	Peter Maxwell	44.45%
Total			100%
Carwyn Jenkins elected

List of Assembly Members elected

Time of Declaration	Constituency	Outgoing Member	Incoming Member	Old Party	New Party
21:27	Bzan South	James Clark		National Unity Party (Hold)
21:39	Skia	Catherine Jenkins		National Unity Party (Hold)
21:53	Sacria West	Hannah Thacher		Democratic Party (Hold)
22:13	Bzan North	Michelle Yui (retiring)	Patricia Stewart	National Unity Party (Hold)
22:26	Sacria Central	Eugene Taylor	Carl Pierson	National Unity Party (Loss)	Democratic Party (Gain)
22:48	Sacria South	Itakur Kiwal (retiring)	Keith Collins	Democratic Party (Hold)
23:16	Akers	Julian Pieterson	James Brady	National Unity Party (Loss)	Democratic Party (Gain)
23:28	Trauk	New constituency	Taylor Humphreys	New constituency	Democratic Party (Gain)
23:44	Erus City North-West	James Marshall	John Carter	National Unity Party (Loss)	Democratic Party (Gain)
00:19	Erus City Central	Robert Lethler		National Unity Party (Hold)
00:36	Bzan East	Patrick Kent	Robert Manning	National Unity Party (Loss)	Democratic Party (Gain)
01:11	New Kalin	Kira Hart		National Unity Party (Hold)
01:28	Percival	New constituency	Allison Byrne	New constituency	Democratic Party (Gain)
01:39	Bzan West	New constituency	Juan Bard	New constituency	Democratic Party (Gain)
01:45	Metwood	Melissa Anderson		National Unity Party (Hold)
02:06	Payon	Karl Smith		National Unity Party (Hold)
02:19	Sancita Central	New constituency	Katrina Walters	New constituency	Democratic Party (Gain)
02:27	Erus City North-East	Carwyn Jenkins	Ryan John Griffin	National Unity Party (Loss)	Democratic Party (Gain)
02:33	Laton	New constituency	Peter Maxwell	New constituency	Democratic Party (Gain)
02:47	Sanctia Green	Laura Williams	Bradley George	National Unity Party (Loss)	Democratic Party (Gain)