February 2023 Constantia House of Commons election

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February 2023 Constantia House of Commons election

25 February 2023
Turnout68.7%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Matthaíos Píos Pávlos Tónnas[a] Esty Carpentieri
Party Nationalist Party of Constantia Constantian Democratic Movement
Alliance Ecumenical Alliance of Constantia
Seats won 4 0
Seat change  4 Steady 0
Popular vote 9 2
Percentage 56.25% 11.76%

The election for the House of Commons was held on 25 February 2023, determining the seats at the House of Commons of the Kingdom of Constantia. The election was called on 29 January 2023 by Viceroy-Chancellor Tónnas. This will be the first election in the micronation's history.

Background

Following the establishment of the micronation and its rapid acquisition of citizens, the state decided to organise elections for the lower house, known as the House of Commons.

Timeline

The timeline leading to the election was announced on 29 January.

  • 11 to 20/2: Announcement of nominations
  • 20 to 23/2: Initiation of the campaign season
  • 24/2: Silent day
  • 25/2: Elections
  • 26/2: Announcement of the results

Candidates

MPC-NPC-LPC

The joint list of the Ecumenical Alliance was announced on 19 February 2023.

Leader of the EAC
Matthaíos Píos Pávlos Tónnas
1st
Viceroy-Chancellor of Constantia
Party
MPC-NPC-LPC Joint List
Candidate Party
Picture Name Logo Name
Daniel Racovolis Liberal Party of Constantia
Antonios Nationalist Party of Constantia
Simeon Nikolov Nationalist Party of Constantia
Federico Antonio Independent

CDM

The candidates from the Constantian Democratic Movement were announced on the 18 February 2023 by the party's leader, Esty Carpentieri.

CDM Leader
Esty Carpentieri
1st
Leader of the Constantian Democratic Movement
Party
CDM List
Candidate Party
Picture Name Logo Name
Esty Carpentieri Constantian Democratic Movement
Tobey Wyles

Campaigns

Only the Ecumenical Alliance took part in the campaign, with Matthaíos Tónnas uploading a poster and Daniel Racovolis posting a screenshot from this Microwiki article on twitter.[1]

EAC's poster claimed loyalty to His Majesty King Christos I of Constantia and His Successors, faith in one God and Christ, and trust in tradition, as the main points for "voting Ecumenical". Apart from that, at the bottom of the poster, a proclamation in all-caps was made that stated the following: "Constantia must remain Hellenic, Christian and monarchic!". Matthew Tonna posted it on 22 February 2023, essentially initiating the campaigning period. One day later, Daniel Racovolis, leader of one of the alliance's member-parties and candidate for the House of Commons, shared an image showing him and a few other candidates, accompanied by a simple message: "Vote Liberal these Constantian elections!".

Election Results

Overall results
Alliance Parties Total Total
seats
+/−
(seats)
+/−
(seats %)
Votes % Seats
Ecumenical Alliance of Constantia Nationalist Party of Constantia (NPC) 9 56.25 2 4 New New
Liberal Party of Constantia (LPC) 1 New New
Independent 1 New New
Constantian Democratic Movement (CDM) 2 11.76 0 0 New New
Other votes
Invalid vote(s) 1
Blank vote(s) / abstained 4 Votes % Seats Total
seats
/
(seats)
/

(seats %)

Total 12 68.7 4/4 4/4 4 80

Aftermath

Following the election, the House of Commons became fully occupied by members and affiliates of the Ecumenical Alliance: 2 seats occupied by Nationalist partisans, 1 by the Liberal partisan and 1 from the independent candidate that was aligned with the alliance.

EAC

On 26 February 2023, one day after the election, a member of the Nationalist Party and candidate, mononymously known as Antonios, resigned and stopped being a citizen of Constantia, prompting the Ecumenical Alliance to fill the vacant seat at the House of Commons. By royal decree on the same day, Marco Hasse was appointed to replace Antonios. Following the election, Federico Antonio, the independent candidate, joined the Monarchist Party of Constantia, effectively granting it a seat at the House of Commons.

CDM

CDM received no seats; furthermore, its leader's idea for a "snap election" after Antonios' resignation was rejected. As a response, Esty Carpentieri, its leader, misbehaved and bullied the newly appointed Marco Hasse, forcing His Majesty to intervene. Following this incident, Carpentieri quit the server, effectively stepping down from CDM's leadership. As a result, his co-candidate and co-founder of the party, Tobey Wyles, automatically became its leader.

References

  1. The Ecumenical Alliance of Constantia has a collective leadership, however for purposes of registration with the Electoral Register of Constantia, Matthaíos Tónnas is written as the leader.
  1. Vote Liberal these Constantian elections! @DanielRacovolis on Twitter, 23 February 2023.