2453 Empherias general election

2453 Empherias general election

September 7, 2453 (2453-09-07)
All 600 seats to the House of Parliament 301 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	85.18% ( 2.95)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Sofia Hopkins Frankie George Lukas Knight Party PSP Liberals Labour Leader since 21 December 2447 25 May 2446 20 January 2448 Last election 133 seats 155 seats 187 seats Seats won 233 131 119 Seat change 100 24 68 Popular vote 13,295,883 38.24% 7,481,389 21.51% 6,815,775 19.60% Swing 16.38 pp 3.89 pp 10.95 pp
Prime Minister before election Lukas Knight Labour Party of Empherias Elected Prime Minister Sofia Hopkins People's Socialist Party of Empherias

The 2453 Empherias general election was held on 7 September 2453 to elect 600 members to the Empherias parliament. Prime minister Lukas Knight would hold the general election one year earlier than needed, but in the usual month. It is understood that calling the election was not a partisan or government issue, but rather wanting to hold an election following the enactment of the new constitution of the High Kingdoms of Alaxia the previous year.

During the parliamentary term, PSP leader and former prime minister Sofia Hopkins had gained a lot of credibility after she helped negotiate and signed the new constitution, highlighting that she accepted the new geopolitical position of Empherias. Many Labour supporters who had moved away from the PSP because of their stance on pan-Alaxanism signalled that they now approved of Hopkins again and would be willing to formally unite. This led to a huge decrease for Labour's support in pre-election polling.

The People's Socialist Party became the largest party for the first time since 2445 with 233 seats, an increase of 100 from the last election. The Labour party fell 68 seats to only 119 seats total, and fell to third place. Combined, the PSP–Lab coalition held 352 seats, an increase of 32 seats from 320 seats previously, and a majority of 102. Excluding the swing from Labour to PSP, the swing from the Liberal party to the socialist parties was 4.66pp, seeing a nearly two million popular share increase.

The Nationalists lost around 500,000 votes, decreasing by 14 seats to 61 seats total– still their third best performance ever. The Green party increased their vote share by around 20%, gaining 5 seats to reach 29 seats total. The Alliance party won over a million votes, and increased their seat count from 17 to 21 total. Other minor parties all saw reductions in their vote count.

Sofia Hopkins was elected prime minister in her second non-consecutive term. She would eventually become the longest serving prime minister of the 25th century.

General Election

Results

Party			Leader	Popular vote	Pc	+/–	Seats
	People's Socialist Party	PSP	Sofia Hopkins	13,295,883	38.24%	+16.38	233 / 600	100
	Liberal Party	LP	Frankie George	7,481,389	21.51%	–3.89	131 / 600	24
	Labour Party	LAB	Lukas Knight	6,815,775	19.60%	–10.95	119 / 600	68
	Nationalist Party	NAT	William Artenflower	3,501,964	10.07%	–2.24	61 / 600	14
	Green Party	GRN	Alistair C. Jones	1,676,225	4.82%	+0.86	29 / 600	5
	Alliance Party	ALL	Willems Lockhart	1,220,553	3.51%	+0.67	21 / 600	4
	Conservative Party	CON	Agnes Watts	332,572	0.96%	–0.23	5 / 600	2
	Anchor Party	ANC	Gat Veleker	101,295	0.29%	–0.04	1 / 600	1
	Bokanist Values Party	BVP	—	46,928	0.13%	–0.01	0 / 600
Blank, invalid, and other parties below 10,000				301,295	0.87%	–0.31	n/a
Total and swing				34,773,879	100%	–7.42	—

Turnout

Type	Population	%
Population	49,492,226	100%
Eligible to vote	40,822,607	82.48%
Turnout	34,773,879	85.18%