1992 Monsilvan federal election

1992 Monsilvan federal election

08 August 1992
All 203 seats in the Legislative Assembly 102 seats are needed for a majority
Registered	30,020,395
Turnout	24,772,830 (82.52%)
First party Second party   Leader Qi Hu Guan-yin Yu Party RNP FDP Leader's seat Fushi Borders (Luhai) Central Maojie (Maguan) Seats won 107 78 Seat change 20 9 Popular vote 13,030,508 9,512,767 Percentage 52.6% 38.4%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Qiang Kang Wu He Party Liberal Labor Leader's seat Guangfu (Donguan) — Seats won 18 0 Seat change 9 Popular vote 2,031,372 123,864 Percentage 8.2% 0.5%
Prime Minister before election Hsu Xue-zhou Reformed National Party Prime Minister after election Qi Hu Reformed National Party

The 1992 Monsilvan federal election was held on Saturday 08 August 1992 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Monsilva for the 35th Parliament of Monsilva. The election saw a loss of 20 seats for the Reformed National Party, likely due to not only the departure of Hsu Xue-zhou as Leader of the RNP and as Prime minister since he reached the three-term limit for the office, but also his successor, Qi Hu's, mediocre reputation. This election was the last one before the re-organization of the county constituencies in 1996 which increased the number of seats in the Assembly from 203 to 221. All 203 seats in the Legislative Assembly were up for election. In the separate 1992 senate election, which took place at the same time, as is tradition, all 60 seats were up for election as well.

Despite the RNP's loss of 20 seats, they maintained a 7 seat majority. The Freedom and Democracy Party and Liberal Party both saw an increase of 9 seats for each party, giving both parties the highest number of seats for each since both parties were established and since the establishment of the republic in 1978. Meanwhile, the Monsilvan Labor Party saw a noticeable increase in votes, but still failed to win a seat, which caused the leader, Wu He, to start the dissolution process for the party. The Labor Party was removed from the electoral register in 1995.

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 30,020,395 people were enrolled to vote in the election, which meant that 82.3% of all eligible Monsilvans were enrolled on the electoral roll.

Election date

Dissolution of parliament

The election was called by Hsu Xue-zhou on 28 June 1992, 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). As Hsu had reached his term limit, after an RNP leadership election, Qi Hu, the Deputy Prime Minister was appointed as leader of the RNP and candidate in the election. The Parliament was then dissolved the next morning, as is procedure after 4 years of a parliament's tenure.

Election timeline

On 28 June 1992, 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.

• 29 June – 9:29 am: Dissolution of the 34th Parliament
• 29 June – 9:30 am: Dissolution of the Legislative Assembly
• 06 July – Close of electoral rolls
• 09 July – Close of candidate nominations
• 10 July – Declaration of nominations
• 28 July – Early voting commences
• 05 August – Close of postal vote applications
• 08 August – Polling day
• 31 August – Last day for receipt of declaration votes
• 14 September – First meeting of the 35th Parliament

Candidate parties

See also: List of political parties in Monsilva

Below is a list of parties that ran candidates for the 1992 election:

Name			Ideology	Party leader
	Reformed National Party		Conservatism	Qi Hu
	Freedom and Democracy Party		Social democracy	Guan-yin Yu
	Liberal Party		Liberalism	Qiang Kang
	Labor Party		Democratic socialism	Wu He
	Unite Party		Unionism (removal of federal system)	Zhao Dongmei
	Green Party		Green politics	Tsai Fan
	Party of the Emperor		Monarchism	Ma Shunyuan
	Alternative for Monsilva		Fascism	Meng Chen
	Revive Monsilva		Monsilvan nationalism	Hu Rong
	Monsilvan Communist Party		Communism	Qiao Shunyuan

Results

Government (107)
  Reformed National Party (107)

Main Opposition (78)
  Freedom and Democracy Party (78)

Secondary Opposition (18)
  Liberal Party (18)