2449 Empherias general election
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The 2449 Empherias general election was held on 8 September 2449 to elect 600 members to the Empherias parliament. It was the first election held since it joined the High Kingdoms of Alaxia on 1 December 2448, following a referendum voting in favour in July 2448. Prime minister Lukas Knight held a snap election to re-affirm the nation's interests after the previous election in 2448 was very influenced by the pan-Alaxanism issue.
Sofia Hopkins, who took over as prime minister from Katelyn Roberts, assured her party in January 2448 that no unification would be considered after years of rising pan-Alaxanism sentiment. This prompted Lukas Knight to make a famous speech and would trigger 30 PSP MPs to form their own spin off party known as the Alaxian Socialist Party (ASP), although it was known primarily as the Labour party. The following month, 77 more MPs defected to Labour, to hold a bloc of 105 seats. Knight and several other prominent politicians began their campaigning for a referendum on joining the High Kingdoms of Alaxia.
To prevent the left-wing from losing a vote of no confidence potentially being tabled by the Liberal party, Hopkins agreed to enter into coalition with Labour under the understanding an early election would be called in 2448 with both parties running. An electoral pact stated that whichever of the two socialist parties received a higher vote share, they would lead the coalition and become prime minister, and their position on the referendum would go forward.
The results saw the incumbent People's Socialist Party come third, reduced from a majority in the previous election to fewer than 100 seats, a decrease of 209. The Labour party gained 227 seats to become the largest party. 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 the leader of the largest socialist party in the coalition He would hold a referendum on HKA statehood in July 2448.
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 | 9,972,163 | 30.55% | –6.46 | 187 / 600
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| Liberal Party | LP | Frankie George | 8,291,256 | 25.40% | +1.49 | 155 / 600
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| People's Socialist Party | PSP | Sofia Hopkins | 7,135,613 | 21.86% | +5.86 | 133 / 600
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| Nationalist Party | NAT | William Artenflower | 4,019,255 | 12.31% | –0.36 | 75 / 600
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| Green Party | GRN | Alistair C. Jones | 1,291,665 | 3.96% | –1.10 | 24 / 600
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| Alliance Party | ALL | Willems Lockhart | 928,552 | 2.84% | +0.86 | 17 / 600
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| Conservative Party | CON | Agnes Watts | 388,195 | 1.19% | +0.18 | 7 / 600
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| Anchor Party | ANC | Gat Veleker | 109,285 | 0.33% | 0.00 | 2 / 600
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| Bokanist Values Party | BVP | — | 47,124 | 0.14% | –0.02 | 0 / 600
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| Pink Daphne Party | PDP | — | 20,128 | 0.06% | +0.06 | 0 / 600
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| Social Democratic Party | SDP | — | 16,285 | 0.05% | New | 0 / 600
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| Right Way Party | RW | — | 14,997 | 0.05% | New | 0 / 600
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| Mutaarist Party | MT | — | 14,762 | 0.05% | New | 0 / 600
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| New Centre Party | NCP | — | 11,245 | 0.03% | New | 0 / 600
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| Blank, invalid, and other parties below 10,000 | 385,122 | 1.18% | –0.99 | n/a | ||||
| Total and swing | 32,645,647 | 100% | –3.98 | — | ||||
Detailed Results
Turnout
| Type | Population | % |
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| Population | 45,113,934 | 100% |
| Eligible to vote | 37,041,148 | 82.11% |
| Turnout | 32,645,647 | 88.13% |