January 2023 Georgienstinian congressional election

January 2023 Georgienstinian congressional election

3–4 January 2023
All 16 seats in the National Congress 9 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	45.7▲ 3.4 pp
Majority party Minority party Third party   AO File:Nicolas Caetano portrait.png Leader Alexandre Olivier Nicolas Caiazzo Andrew Perdomo Party Georgienstine First Vision Georgienstine Centre Georgienstine Leader since 28 June 2020 29 July 2022 15 December 2022 Last election 53.3%, 9 seats 46.7%, 7 seats pre-creation Seats before 8 5 2 Seats won 9 6 1 Seat change ▲1 ▲1 ▼1 Popular vote 17 12 3 Percentage 53.1% 37.5% 9.4% Swing ▼0.2% ▼9.2% pre-creation Caucus Majority Minority Minority
Majority Leader before election Alexandre Olivier Georgienstine First Elected Majority Leader Alexandre Olivier Georgienstine First

The January 2023 Georgienstinian congressional election was held on 3–4 January 2023.

It resulted in a Georgienstine First victory, with the party keeping its majority and seeing minor gains in seats, but minor losses in the popular vote. Vision Georgienstine saw minor gains in seats, but major losses in the popular vote. Centre Georgienstine won one seat, which was a surprise, as the media had overestimated their support.

Background

The November 2022 Georgienstinian congressional election resulted in Georgienstine First remaining as the majority party and seeing minor gains. The Vision Georgienstine alliance was second and saw major gains, seeing their best results since the January 2022 Georgienstinian congressional election.

On 8 November 2022, Matthew Tonna won the speaker election receiving 9 votes, to Ben Olson's 7. All congresspeople voted in the election.

On 27 November 2022, Andrew Perdomo was suspended and later expelled from Georgienstine First and left the Majority Caucus to join the Minority Caucus after he said that he'd support Nicolas Caiazzo over Raphaël Olivier in the 2023 presidential election.

On 15 December 2022, Addison O'Halloran was suspended from the Left Bloc for announcing her support for the state of Salem's 8-hour-long illegal secession from Georgienstine. She joined the Labour-Democratic Party afterwards.

On 22 December 2022, Andrew Perdomo formed the Reform Party.

On 29 December 2022, Emerson Lee announced his permanent departure from Georgienstine due to issues outside of micronationalism. His announcement was met with near-universal well wishes from public figures; many of them making statements reflecting upon his time in Georgienstine and positive impact within it, and a proposal was made to name the Salem-Raphaelistan merger state after him.

Electoral system and organization

The National Congress is composed of 16 seats elected by proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency, with a legal threshold of 1 full seat (6.25%), and residuals assigned by the D’Hondt method.

Campaign

Georgienstine First

On 27 December 2022, Georgienstine First has yet to release its congressional list. The party is expected to campaign on the economy, social issues and in opposition to state independence movements.

Vision Georgienstine

On 29 December 2022, Vision Georgienstine released its congressional list. The alliance is expected to campaign on social issues.

Centre Georgienstine

On 30 December 2022, the Labour-Democratic and Reform parties announced that they would run a joint list under the name Centre Georgienstine. The alliance is expected to campaign on political moderation.

Debates

The GNC held the first congressional debate in Georgienstinian history.

Schedule

January 2023 Georgienstinian congressional election debates
Date	Organizers	Moderators	P  Present   S  Surrogate   NI  Not invited   A  Absent   I  Invited   N  No debate    O  Out of race (exploring or withdrawn)
			Alexandre Olivier	Nicolas Caiazzo	Addison O'Halloran	Andrew Perdomo
29 December	GNC	Ben Olson Raphaël Olivier	P	P	NI	NI

Projections

Electometer

Date	Georgienstine First		Vision Georgienstine		Independents		Labour-Democratic		Reform
30 December 2022	53.4%	10	34.6%	6	0.0%	0	6.0%	0	6.0%	0
23 December 2022	47.1%	8	37.3%	6	3.0%	0	6.3%	1	6.3%	1

GNC

Date	Georgienstine First		Vision Georgienstine		Independents		Labour-Democratic		Reform		Centre Georgienstine
30 December 2022	50.0%	8	37.5%	6	0.0%	0	—		—		12.5%	2
30 December 2022	50.0%	8	37.5%	6	0.0%	0	6.3%	1	6.3%	1	—
27 December 2022	52.9%	10	35.3%	6	5.9%	0	5.9%	0	0.0%	0	—
23 December 2022	51.4%	10	31.4%	6	5.7%	0	5.7%	0	5.7%	0	—
17 December 2022	52.9%	10	32.4%	6	8.8%	0	5.9%	0	—		—
15 December 2022	54.6%	10	33.3%	6	12.1%	0	—		—		—
5 December 2022	54.6%	9	39.4%	7	6.1%	0	—		—		—
30 November 2022	50.0%	9	44.8%	7	6.7%	0	—		—		—
27 November 2022	51.7%	9	44.8%	7	3.5%	0	—		—		—
3 November 2022	55.2%	9	44.8%	7	—		—		—		—

Results

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
	Georgienstine First (GF)	17	53.1	▼ 0.2	9	▲ 1
	Vision Georgienstine (VG)	12	37.5	▼ 9.2	6	▲ 1
	Centre Georgienstine (CG)	3	9.4	▲ 9.4	1	▼ 1
Valid votes		33	86.8
Blank votes		0	0.0
Invalid votes		5	13.2
Total		30	100	-	16
Abstentions		0	0.0
Total Electorate / Turnout		33	45.7

Popular vote
Georgienstine First			53.1%
Vision Georgienstine			37.5%
Centre Georgienstine			9.4%

Seat totals
Georgienstine First			56.3%
Vision Georgienstine			37.5%
Centre Georgienstine			6.2%