Sabioveronese general election, 2015

Sabioveronese general election, 2015

20 September 2015
All 10 seats of the Parliament 6 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	100%
First party Second party   Leader Shounn Virny Andrew Blackhorse Party National Artists' Guild Unity Party (Sabia and Verona) Leader since 26 August 2015 26 August 2015 Leader's seat Kotavari Sejê-Kepren Last election New party 6 seats; 25.88% Seats won 7 3 Seat change ▲7 ▼ 3 Popular vote 24 16 Percentage 60% 40% Swing New party ▲14.12 p. p.
Prime Minister before election Léon Galieri Left Alliance (Sabia and Verona) Prime Minister after election Shounn Virny National Artists' Guild

Sabia and Verona held its sixth general election on 20 September 2015. It was the first election held under the new constitution, which established a new unicameral parliament, instead of the old bicameral Legislative Courts. It was also the first election held in the aftermath of the Haronos Plan, a state-sponsored program in which new territory was claimed for the Kingdom in Argentine territory, and a new capital, Alios, was formed in the new land. The Haronos Plan shifted the balance of powers in the Kingdom considerably, and much of the population found itself unable to vote in the new election due to the new constitution.

Voters in Alios only elected representatives for the eight districts of the so-called Metropolitan Municipality (the districts of Darmosari and Monesari elected two representatives each), for a total sum of 10 seats to the newly created Parliament.

Former Prime Minister and leader of the Unity Party, Bertrand Rivière resigned in the wake of the Haronos Plan, and Andrew Blackhorse took over his lead of Unity. Factions of the Left Alliance and the Convergence Party formed the National Artists' Guild, led by newcomer Shounn Virny. The Artists received a supermajority in Parliament, and formed a majority government with Virny as prime minister. The election's turnout of 100% was the highest recorded turnout in all of Sabia and Verona's history.

Background

12 September cover of Sourg ê Mourg, the NNS's official newspaper actively promoting Virny's candidature.

The sixth general election took place over a year after the previous election, in which PM Bertrand Rivière was elected. Rivière served a whole year as it was indicated in the 2014 constitution, adopted during the previous administration of Léon Galieri. The election takes place amidst a period of transition and change in Sabia and Verona, nearly a month after the adoption of a new constitution, the coronation of a new king and the move of the capital to a newly established city, Alios. The statutes of the new constitution, first drafted at the Congress in Salisse and later adopted by royal decree by recently crowned King Tarek on 25 August, stated elections for national institutions were from now on to happen only in the new capital of Alios, and that only Aliosik citizens would be allowed to be nominated to the Parliament or the new Tribunal. This concession meant that the number of voters would now be considerably smaller.

Once the Haronos Plan was executed, Sabioveronese politicians in Alios assembled in ideological groups, generally with little regard for old Sabioveronese parties such as the Left Alliance and Convergence and Amity. Members of these two parties abandoned their memberships and founded the National Artists' Guild (DSN), which rapidly became the largest party in Alios. Opposition to the DSN manifested in various forms, predominantly the form of the Unity Party or independent politicians, which on 9 September 2015 became the Sabian Democratic Assembly (ASD).

Parties

Party		Ideology	Leader
	National Artists' Guild (N)	Magic nationalism	Shounn Virny
	Unity Party (C)	Liberalism	Andrew Blackhorse

Polls

Pollster	Release date	N	C	Other	Lead
The SiV Phonograph	28-08-2015	55%	45%		10%
The SiV Phonograph	15-09-2015	60%	40%		20%

Results

Composition of the Parliament after the 2015 election.

The election resulted in an absolute majority for the National Artists' Guild, which formed a single-party government headed by Virny, who became the Kingdom's 6th Prime Minister, the first of its kind since the first government. To this date, the National Artists' Guild's resulting parliamentary representation of 70% remains the highest figure of representation for a single political party in Sabia and Verona's national legislature. The Unity Party became the Official Opposition, and Blackhorse became its leader. The other traditional parties of the Kingdom; the Left Alliance, Convergence, Initiative for Democracy and the Pashqari People's Party, all lost nationwide representation. Only the Left Alliance would recover it, in the next general election.

Due to its reduced size (the smallest of all legislatures since the Kingdom's establishment), the 1st Parliament is often nicknamed the "Little Parliament" in Sabia and Verona.

Party		Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Artists' Guild	Shounn Virny	24	60%	7	New
	Unity Party	Andrew Blackhorse	16	40%	3	0

Popular vote
National Artists' Guild			60%
Unity Party			40%

Parliament representation
National Artists' Guild			70%
Unity Party			30%

Elected MPs

District	Deputy	Party
Darmosari North	Snø Jens-Galieri		National Artists' Guild
Darmosari South	Andreina Rossini		National Artists' Guild
Étanou	Qiàn Àn		Unity Party
Kodesari	Narcissus Clyne		National Artists' Guild
Kotavari	Shounn Virny		National Artists' Guild
Monesari East	Anton Schubert-Moss		National Artists' Guild
Monesari West	Franxêska Bagos		Unity Party
Poméxelos	Janina Amosiry		National Artists' Guild
Sejê-Kepren	Andrew Blackhorse		Unity Party
Tepou Éissarann	Orion Bennet		National Artists' Guild