1984 Monsilvan federal election

1984 Monsilvan federal election

11 August 1984
All 203 seats in the Legislative Assembly 102 seats are needed for a majority
Registered	29,304,928
Turnout	25,826,433 (88.13%)
First party Second party   Leader Hsu Xue-zhou Sying Niu Party RNP FDP Leader's seat Liujia (Leibo) Xinji City (Xiaogu) Seats won 132 66 Seat change 14 9 Popular vote 16,606,396 8,135,326 Percentage 64.3% 31.5%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Song He Ren Gang Party Liberal Labor Leader's seat Madian and Xiamen (Amking) — Seats won 5 0 Seat change 1 Popular vote 774,792 95,557 Percentage 3.0% 0.37%
Prime Minister before election Hsu Xue-zhou Reformed National Party Prime Minister after election Hsu Xue-zhou Reformed National Party

The 1984 Monsilvan federal election was held on Saturday 11 August 1984 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Monsilva for the 33rd Parliament of Monsilva. The election was the first election under Monsilva's new federal system, and therefore the first federal election. It was also the first election with 203 seats as opposed to the previous 179-seats which had been established by the Provisional government of Monsilva in 1978. Hsu Xue-zhou retained his lead from the 1980 election, gaining 14 seats. The other two parties that had entered parliament in the previous election also saw some success, with the Freedom and Democracy Party gaining 9 seats, and the Liberal Party gaining 1 seat.

All 203 seats in the Legislative Assembly were up for election. The first senate election, the 1984 senate election, took place at the same time, and also began the tradition of having the senate and federal elections at the same time.

Voter registration

Enrollment of eligible voters is compulsory. Voters must notify the Monsilvan Electoral Commission within 8 weeks of a change of address or after turning 18. The electoral rolls are closed for new enrollments or update of details about a week after the dissolution of the assembly. Enrollment is optional for 16- or 17-year-olds, but they cannot vote in federal or senate elections until they turn 18, and persons who have applied for Monsilvan citizenship may also apply for provisional enrollment which takes effect on the granting of citizenship. A total of 29,304,928 people were enrolled to vote in the election, which meant that 84.1% of all eligible Monsilvans were enrolled on the electoral roll.

Election date

Dissolution of parliament

The election was called by Hsu Xue-zhou on 01 July 1984, when he visited the President advising the latter to dissolve the Parliament, including the Legislative Assembly. As the Senate did not exist yet and was going to be determined at this year's election, the procedure of dissolving the senate was unnecessary. The Parliament was then dissolved the next morning, as is procedure after 4 years of a parliament's tenure.

Election timeline

On 01 July 1984, the office of the President released documents relating to the calling of the election. The documents set out a timeline of key dates for the election.

• 02 July – 9:29 am: Dissolution of the 32nd Parliament
• 02 July – 9:30 am: Dissolution of the Legislative Assembly
• 09 July – Close of electoral rolls
• 12 July – Close of candidate nominations
• 13 July – Declaration of nominations
• 31 July – Early voting commences
• 08 August – Close of postal vote applications
• 11 August – Polling day
• 03 September – Last day for receipt of declaration votes
• 17 September – First meeting of the 33rd Parliament

Candidate parties

See also: List of political parties in Monsilva

Below is a list of parties that ran candidates for the 1984 election:

Name			Ideology	Party leader
	Reformed National Party		Conservatism	Hsu Xue-zhou
	Freedom and Democracy Party		Social democracy	Sying Niu
	Liberal Party		Liberalism	Song He
	Labor Party		Democratic socialism	Ren Gang
	Party of the Emperor		Monarchism	Lai Bao
	Alternative for Monsilva		Fascism	Zhang Bao
	Revive Monsilva		Monsilvan nationalism	Cai Qiao
	Monsilvan Communist Party		Communism	Luó Bojing

Results

Government (132)
  Reformed National Party (132)

Main Opposition (66)
  Freedom and Democracy Party (66)

Secondary Opposition (5)
  Liberal Party (5)