2353 Hveden Federation elections

2353 Hveden Federation elections

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Election day	25 June – 6 July 2353
Incumbent president	Alessand Braune (Federal Liberal)
Presidential election
Electoral vote
Thorsten Herzig	1,605,680 – 52.3%
Hans Weitzmann	1,464,454 – 47.7%
President's Assembly election
Overall control	National majority of 14: 73 seats (56.15%)
Seats contested	130 / 130 seats
Parties	73 –   Nationals ( 63) 26 –   Federal Liberals ( 80) 24 –   New Libertarians ( 15) 7 –   Independents ( 4) 0 –   Unitarians ( 2)
National Assembly election
Overall control	National majority of 80: 381 seats (55.95%)
Seats contested	681 / 681 seats
Parties	381 –   Nationals – ( 209) 181 –   Federal Liberals ( 241) 76 –   New Libertarians ( 26) 15 –   Unitarians ( 8) 2 –   Independents ( 12) Vaiyan National Coalition: (NEW) 8 –   WNP 6 –   RPP 6 –   SVSP 4 –   MGNP 2 –   TLRP

The 2353 Hveden Federation elections took place across the Hveden Federation from 25 June 2353 to 6 July 2353. Elections to the President's Assembly took place contesting 130 seats, and elections to the National Assembly took place contesting 681 seats. The third presidential election also took place.

Background

After the previous election, the National party shifted from Kusfeldic-centred policy to a more inclusive environment to win votes of the Matkalvines and Dazulians. The National party promised to implement state-specific militias to be controlled by state governors to curb federal power - but many thought this would be illegal under Lothyran's system.

The Terasi Ligt War took place from November 2350 to June 2351 and saw Terasi peoples in the province of Ligteras revolt and form the Republic of Terasi Ligt. This saw Isaac Apel, an ally of the President, flee the scenes; while the province was practically occupied for months. The President was also forced to form a Hveden Federal Republican Army (HFRA) of 50,000 troops after permission from the Lothyran government, which became very controversial as some minority-led provinces believed that the federal government could put down legitimate revolts with military action.

In 2352, protests took place across Sarmenia, which is disconnected from the rest of the federation. This saw Empherias intervene on behalf of the Hveden federal government and saw the revolt swiftly put down. This re-engaged disputes over sovereignty in the region, and furthered some minority's hatred of the federal government.

Presidential election

After twelve years in office, Braune was considering retiring and giving away the position. His decrease in approval following the Terasi Ligt War and the Sarmenian Revolt of 2352 saw him officially back out of the presidential election.

Hans Weitzmann, the Leader of the President's Assembly of the Federal Liberal party, was nominated as the Federal Liberal candidate in January 2353 and began campaigning soon after. There were other nominations, but none gained as significant traction.

For the Nationals, they truly believed that they could the election and wanted to put forth a significantly qualified candidate to unite minority votes nationwide. Therefore, they chose a Kusfeldic-Nacrilian candidate, a National Assembly representative for Graans, Thorsten Herzig.

The New Libertarians wanted to run a candidate, but advised against it after poor showing and terrible results in previous elections. Therefore, they wanted to focus on growing their power in both chambers first.

Thorsten Herzig won the vote with 52.3% to Weitzmann's 47.7%, which saw the National candidate be elected for the first time in Hveden history, and the first National president since Wentzel in 2341.

President's and National Assembly

Nine parties, and two independents, won seats in the National Assembly, the highest so far in history.

Party			National Assembly				President's Assembly
			Leader	Seats	%	Change	Leader	Seats	%	Change
	National Party	NP		381 / 681	55.95%	209		73 / 130	56.15%	63
	Federal Liberal Party	FLP		181 / 681	26.58%	241		26 / 130	20.00%	80
	New Libertarian Party	NL		76 / 681	11.16%	26		24 / 130	18.46%	15
	Unitarian Party	UP		15 / 681	2.20%	8		0 / 130	0.00%	2
	Waldermenia National Party	WNP		8 / 681	1.17%	8		1 / 130	0.77%	1
	Reincreig People's Party	RPP		6 / 681	0.88%	6		1 / 130	0.77%	1
	Sarmenians For Sarmenia Party	SVSP		6 / 681	0.88%	6		1 / 130	0.77%	1
	Methens and Garna National Party	MGNP		4 / 681	0.59%	4		1 / 130	0.77%	1
	Terasi Ligt Republican Party	TLRP		2 / 681	0.29%	2		1 / 130	0.77%	1
	Independents			2 / 681	0.29%	12		2 / 130	1.54%	1

Following great results from independents in southern minority regions, five minor parties arose. The Waldermenia National Party (WNP) won all 8 seats in Waldermenia, making it the largest party of independents.

Vaiyan National Coalition (VNC)

WNP = Waldermenia National Party

RPP = Reincreig People's Party

MGNP = Methen and Gerna National Party

SVSP = Sarmenians For Sarmenia Party

TLRP = Terasi Ligt Republican Party

2 independents