Juclandian parliamentary election, 2012

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Juclandian parliamentary election, 2012

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All 25 seats to the Assembly of Deputies
13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout90.55%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Gori Jucărescu Pisica Democrescu Bursuc Novac
Party Socialist Christians Conservatives Liberals
Leader since 2010 2005 2011
Last election 4+3[1] 6 5
Seats won 7 6 5
Seat change Steady Steady Steady
Popular vote 43 38 31
Percentage 26.4% 23.3% 19.0%
Swing Did not compete 2% 4.2%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Miaunel Comuneanu Leo Libereanu
Party Communists New Democracy
Leader since 2009 2012
Last election 4 6
Seats won 4 3
Seat change Steady 3
Popular vote 28 23
Percentage 17.2% 14.1%
Swing Did not compete 7.2%

Prime Minister before election

Iepurica Democrescu
Conservatives

Prime Minister after election

Teddy Populescu
Communists

Elections for the Assembly of Deputies of Juclandia were held on the 23rd of December, 2012. All 25 seats were contested in the election, through a party-list proportional representation voting system.

In the polls, the Socialist Christian-Democratic Party and the Democratic Party competed for a plurality, while support for the New Democracy - Christian-Democratic party has greatly decreased. The polls also showed a tiny increase in support for the Communist Party and the Liberal Alliance.

The elections saw a plurality for the Socialists, which formed a coalition with the Liberal Alliance and the Communist Party. The designated Prime Minister was Teddy Populescu

Background

After the general election of December 2011, which has seen a center-right coalition government for the first time in Juclandia's history, the new Cabinet headed by the Democratic Prime Minister Iepurica Democrescu has started talks for a constitutional reform. After the coalition broken in May 2012, Iepurica Cabinet has gone into minority, being striped of the possibility of making any significant reform. The constitutional reform talks have then been taken over by the left-wing opposition National Workers' Bloc, which successfully reached an agreement on the revised constitution with the Government. At the April Council of State elections, the National Workers' Bloc have gained a large plurality, and Gori Jucărescu won the presidency elections with 46.4% of the vote. At the same time, a national unity government by the Democratic Party, the Liberal Alliance and the National Workers' Bloc has been formed. In September 2012 the National Reform Party was merged into the Socialist Christian-Democratic Party, and the National Workers' Bloc ceased to exist, meaning that the Communists and the Socialists will compete separately in the elections.

Participating parties

Every registered party in Juclandia may participate in the elections, if the party presents a list of minimum 15 candidates by the 15th of November. The government of Iepurica Democrescu has decided to change the system from mixed-member proportional to party-list proportional voting.

Pre-election agreements

After the break-up of the National Workers' Bloc in October 2012, there has been no formal coalition or agreement of alliance created, making this the first election in Juclandia where individual parties compete without any formal mutual support agreement between them. However, the Socialists and the Communists have reached an informal agreement where they have promised to form a government coalition if they gain a majority together. The Liberal Alliance has stated that it'd be part in any coalition that serves best the interests of the Juclandian people, while the Democratic Party wishes to make itself a coalition where it would be the major party. The leadership of the Christian Democrats has declared that it wishes only to take part in a center-right coalition government.

Opinion polling

Opinion polling for the December 2012 general elections. Note that the results are shown in number of seats and not in percentage.

Polling Firm Date Socialist Conservative Liberal Christian Democratic Communist
December 2011 election results 23/12/2011 4+3[2] 6 5 6 4
Royal SA 29/09/2012 11 6 4 2 2
Royal SA 05/10/2012 10 6 3 4 2
DEMSA 06/10/2012 9 7 4 3 2
DEMSA 08/10/2012 8 8 5 2 2
Royal SA 09/10/2012 10 8 3 3 1
Royal SA 11/10/2012 9 7 4 3 2
DEMSA 12/10/2012 9 8 4 2 2
Elefteria 14/10/2012 8 7 4 3 3
Royal SA 14/10/2012 10 7 3 3 2
Elefteria 15/10/2012 9 9 3 2 2
DEMSA 19/10/2012 9 8 4 3 1
Royal SA 20/10/2012 9 7 4 3 2
Royal SA 22/10/2012 8 7 4 4 2
DEMSA 25/10/2012 8 8 3 4 2
Elefteria 26/10/2012 9 8 4 3 1
Royal SA 29/10/2012 8 8 5 3 1
DEMSA 02/11/2012 8 9 4 2 2
ORIPOP 05/11/2012 9 6 4 3 3
Royal SA 06/11/2012 8 7 5 4 1
NeaDemos 09/11/2012 7 8 4 5 1
DEMSA 09/11/2012 7 9 4 3 2
Elefteria 13/11/2012 8 6 6 3 2
Royal SA 15/11/2012 8 7 5 3 2
Elefteria 18/11/2012 8 7 5 4 1
Royal SA 21/11/2012 8 6 6 3 2
DEMSA 23/11/2012 8 8 4 3 2
Royal SA 23/11/2012 8 6 5 4 2
Elefteria 23/11/2012 7 6 6 3 3
ORIPOP 23/11/2012 8 6 6 2 3
2012 election results 23/12/2012 7 6 5 3 4
  • NOTE: 23 November was the last legal day for surveys to be conducted.

Results

e • d Juclandian general election, 23 December 2012
Parties Results
Seats % Votes %
Socialist Christian-Democratic Party 7 28% 43 26.4%
Democratic Party 6 24% 38 23.3%
Liberal Alliance 5 20% 31 19.0%
Communist Party of Juclandia 4 16% 28 17.2%
New Democracy-Christian Democratic 3 12% 23 14.1%
Total 25 100% 163 100%
Expected voters (turnout) 180 90.55%

References

  1. In the National Workers' Bloc, which competed as a united electoral alliance in the 2011 election, the Socialist Christian-Democratic Party got 4 seats and the National Reform Party got 3
  2. In the National Workers' Bloc, which competed as a united electoral alliance in the 2011 election, the Socialist Christian-Democratic Party got 4 seats and the National Reform Party got 3