1988 Monsilvan federal election

1988 Monsilvan federal election

13 August 1988
All 203 seats in the Legislative Assembly 102 seats are needed for a majority
Registered	29,824,395
Turnout	25,985,995 (87.13%)
First party Second party   Leader Hsu Xue-zhou Guan-yin Yu Party RNP FDP Leader's seat Liujia (Leibo) Central Maojie (Maguan) Seats won 127 67 Seat change 5 1 Popular vote 15,669,555 8,055,658 Percentage 60.3% 31.0%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Qiang Kang Ren Gang Party Liberal Labor Leader's seat Guangfu (Donguan) — Seats won 9 0 Seat change 4 Popular vote 2,031,372 103,943 Percentage 8.2% 0.4%
Prime Minister before election Hsu Xue-zhou Reformed National Party Prime Minister after election Hsu Xue-zhou Reformed National Party

The 1988 Monsilvan federal election was held on Saturday 13 August 1988 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Monsilva for the 34th Parliament of Monsilva. The election saw Prime Minister Hsu Xue-zhou retain his massive majority of 25 seats despite losing 5 seats since the previous election. The election also saw small seat increases for the Freedom and Democracy Party and Liberal Party. All 203 seats in the Legislative Assembly were up for election. In the separate 1988, which took place at the same time, as is tradition, all 60 seats were up for election as well.

Although the party lost 5 seats, the RNP kept a supermajority in the assembly with 25 seats over the minimum. Popularity for other parties, particularly the FDP, had been growing, but Hsu's popularity allowed him to win his third and final federal election in a row. The FDP and Liberal Party both gained one and three seats respectively.

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 29,824,395 people were enrolled to vote in the election, which meant that 82.9% of all eligible Monsilvans were enrolled on the electoral roll.

Election date

Dissolution of parliament

The election was called by Hsu Xue-zhou on 03 July 1988, when he visited the President advising the latter to dissolve the Parliament, including the Legislative Assembly, while the Leader of the Senate was approved by the senate to dissolve the senate at the same time (as is usual procedure). The Parliament was then dissolved the next morning, as is procedure after 4 years of a parliament's tenure.

Election timeline

On 03 July 1988, 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.

• 04 July – 9:29 am: Dissolution of the 33rd Parliament
• 04 July – 9:30 am: Dissolution of the Legislative Assembly
• 11 July – Close of electoral rolls
• 14 July – Close of candidate nominations
• 15 July – Declaration of nominations
• 02 August – Early voting commences
• 10 August – Close of postal vote applications
• 13 August – Polling day
• 05 September – Last day for receipt of declaration votes
• 19 September – First meeting of the 34th Parliament

Candidate parties

See also: List of political parties in Monsilva

Below is a list of parties that ran candidates for the 1988 election:

Name			Ideology	Party leader
	Reformed National Party		Conservatism	Hsu Xue-zhou
	Freedom and Democracy Party		Social democracy	Guan-yin Yu
	Liberal Party		Liberalism	Qiang Kang
	Labor Party		Democratic socialism	Ren Gang
	Unite Party		Unionism (removal of federal system)	Hao Shi
	Party of the Emperor		Monarchism	Lai Bao
	Alternative for Monsilva		Fascism	Meng Chen
	Revive Monsilva		Monsilvan nationalism	Cai Qiao
	Monsilvan Communist Party		Communism	Qiao Shunyuan

Results

Government (127)
  Reformed National Party (127)

Main Opposition (67)
  Freedom and Democracy Party (67)

Secondary Opposition (9)
  Liberal Party (9)