2448 Empherias general election
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All 600 seats to the House of Parliament 301 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 85.13% ( 6.13) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2448 Empherias general election was held on 26 May 2448 to elect 600 members to the Empherias parliament. It was called early due to the pressing issue of pan-Alaxanism and increased calls to join the High Kingdoms of Alaxia. This was the left general election Empherias held as an independent country.
The incumbent People's Socialist Party came third, reduced from a majority in the previous election to fewer than 100 seats, a decrease of 209. This was mainly due to the split-off Labour party which gained 227 seats to become the largest party. Due to a pre-election electoral pact, it was decided that of the PSP and Labour, whoever received the most votes would lead a left-wing coalition under their preferred outcome— combined they held 325 seats total, a left-wing majority of 48.
The opposition Liberal party bled votes to the Nationalist party, which campaigned against integration to the HKA. The Liberals lost 67 seats to hit 147 seats, still coming second, but suffering their worst defeat since 2423 prior to it becoming a major party again. The Nationalists won 77 seats, an increase of 53 seats, with over 4 million votes. It was their best result in history, and it came fourth overall. The Green party also received over one million votes, but only gained six seats.
In the aftermath of the election, Lukas Knight became prime minister as leader of the Labour party. He would hold a referendum on HKA statehood in July.
Background
General Election
Overview
Regional votes
Shifts in demographics
Late polling data
Scandals during the campaign
Results
| Party | Leader | Popular vote | Pc | +/– | Seats | |||
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| Labour Party | LAB | Lukas Knight | 12,225,722 | 37.01% | +37.01 | 227 / 600
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 227
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| Liberal Party | LP | Frankie George | 7,896,711 | 23.91% | –11.43 | 147 / 600
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67
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| People's Socialist Party | PSP | Sofia Hopkins | 5,284,973 | 16.00% | –34.58 | 98 / 600
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209
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| Nationalist Party | NAT | Luka Beckers | 4,183,972 | 12.67% | +8.66 | 77 / 600
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53
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| Green Party | GRN | Eleanor Vilis | 1,671,185 | 5.06% | +0.88 | 31 / 600
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6
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| Centre Party | CE | Willems Lockhart | 655,112 | 1.98% | –0.99 | 12 / 600
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6
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| Conservative Party | CON | Edward Sava | 333,892 | 1.01% | –0.33 | 6 / 600
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2
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| Traditional Ankrank Party | TA | Francis Letterman | 110,269 | 0.33% | –0.10 | 2 / 600
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| Bokanist Values Party | BVP | Peter Watkinson | 51,296 | 0.16% | –0.04 | 0 / 600
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1
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| Pink Daphne Party | PDP | Emilena Tupel | Didn't run | 1
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| Blank, invalid, and other parties | 618,295 | 2.17% | +1.42 | n/a | ||||
| Total and swing | 33,031,427 | 100% | +24.22 | — | ||||
Detailed Results
Turnout
| Type | Population | % |
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| Population | 43,549,229 | 100% |
| Eligible to vote | 35,678,080 | 81.93% |
| Turnout | 33,031,427 | 92.58% |