2000 Monsilvan federal election

2000 Monsilvan federal election

12 August 2000
All 221 seats in the Legislative Assembly 111 seats are needed for a majority
Registered	31,102,393
Turnout	25,920,734 (83.34%)
First party Second party   Leader Suen Shi-huang Ning Liao Party FDP RNP Leader's seat South Waiping (Bazhong) Laomei and Tiaoshi (Xiaogu) Seats won 119 79 Seat change 15 10 Popular vote 13,919,434 7,465,171 Percentage 53.7% 28.8%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Yong Ch'eng Tsai Fan Party Liberal Green Leader's seat Dongshi (Wuzhong) Houli and North Qidong (Wuzhong) Seats won 22 1 Seat change 5 Popular vote 3,240,091 855,384 Percentage 12.5% 3.3%
Prime Minister before election Suen Shi-huang Freedom and Democracy Party Prime Minister after election Suen Shi-huang Freedom and Democracy Party

The 2000 Monsilvan federal election was held on Saturday 12 August 2000 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Monsilva for the 37th Parliament of Monsilva. Despite the Kong Tsai scandal earlier that year, the Liberal Party saw a much smaller loss in seats than expected, and the FDP under Suen saw a much larger increase in seats than expected. All 221 seats in the Legislative Assembly were up for election. In the separate 2000 senate election, which took place at the same time, as is tradition, all 65 seats were up for election as well.

In the 1996 election, Suen had failed to gain a majority and formed a coalition with the Liberal Party, which ended sourly with the Kong Tsai scandal in March 2000 leading to the return of Suen to the role of prime minister and the immediate termination of the coalition. Many political analysts believed the incident may see the doom of the Liberal Party and possibly see a decrease in seats for the FDP. However, the Liberal Party only lost 5 seats, and the FDP actually saw a large increase of 15 seats, giving them an 8 seat majority. The predicted success of the RNP also did become reality, with the party actually losing 10 seats. The RNP's failure to gain seats is likely due to the party's leader, Ning Liao, being increasingly unpopular with RNP members.

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 31,102,393 people were enrolled to vote in the election, which meant that 78.1% of all eligible Monsilvans were enrolled on the electoral roll.

Election date

Dissolution of parliament

The election was called by Suen Shi-huang on 2 July 2004, 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 2 July 2000, 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.

• 03 July – 9:29 am: Dissolution of the 36th Parliament
• 03 July – 9:30 am: Dissolution of the Legislative Assembly
• 10 July – Close of electoral rolls
• 13 July – Close of candidate nominations
• 14 July – Declaration of nominations
• 01 August – Early voting commences
• 09 August – Close of postal vote applications
• 12 August – Polling day
• 04 September – Last day for receipt of declaration votes
• 18 September – First meeting of the 37th Parliament

Candidate parties

See also: List of political parties in Monsilva

Below is a list of parties that ran candidates for the 2000 election:

Name			Ideology	Party leader
	Freedom and Democracy Party		Social democracy	Suen Shi-huang
	Reformed National Party		Conservatism	Ning Liao
	Liberal Party		Liberalism	Yong Ch'eng
	Green Party		Green politics	Tsai Fan
	Cheng I		Conservative Buddhist democracy	Ren Xiaoli
	Social Democratic Party		Social democracy	Jin Yanlin
	Unite Party		Unionism (removal of federal system)	Xiao Ye
	Party of the Emperor		Monarchism	Duàn Xiang
	Alternative for Monsilva		Fascism	Xu Yusheng
	Revive Monsilva		Monsilvan nationalism	Xie Yongzheng
	Monsilvan Communist Party		Communism	Bai Wei

Results

Government (119)
  Freedom and Democracy Party (119)

Main Opposition (79)
  Reformed National Party (79)

Secondary Opposition (23)
  Liberal Party (22)
  Green Party (1)