2004 Monsilvan federal election

2004 Monsilvan federal election

14 August 2004
All 221 seats in the Legislative Assembly 111 seats are needed for a majority
Registered	32,203,324
Turnout	27,150,622 (84.31%)
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 124 65 Seat change 5 14 Popular vote 14,959,993 6,407,546 Percentage 55.1% 23.6%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Cai Chuang Tsai Fan Party Liberal Green Leader's seat Dongshi (Wuzhong) Houli and North Qidong (Wuzhong) Seats won 30 2 Seat change 8 1 Popular vote 3,339,527 1,710,489 Percentage 12.3% 6.3%
Prime Minister before election Suen Shi-huang Freedom and Democracy Party Prime Minister after election Suen Shi-huang Freedom and Democracy Party

The 2004 Monsilvan federal election was held on Saturday 14 August 2004 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Monsilva for the 38th Parliament of Monsilva. Suen Shi-huang's popularity was increasing rapidly during his officially first, but technically second, term despite the scandal with Kong Tsai in 2000 just before the 2000 election. All 221 seats in the Legislative Assembly were up for election. The election was the last before the re-organization of the county constituencies in 2007 which increased the number of seats in the assembly to 254. In the separate 2004 senate election, which took place at the same time, as is tradition, all 65 senate seats were up for election as well.

Suen was expected to grow his 8 seat majority by a couple at the election, but the increase of 5 seats was slightly higher than many experts had predicted. What was much more unexpected for many political analysts was the Reformed National Party's loss of 14 seats which lead to Ning Liao resigning from leader of the RNP after 7 years of leadership. The Liberal Party also saw a decent increase, with an extra 8 seats under the new leadership of Cai Chuang. The Green Party gained a new seat in this election, after gaining its first seat in 1996 becoming the first party in the assembly that wasn't one of the big three.

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 32,203,324 people were enrolled to vote in the election, which meant that 78.6% of all eligible Monsilvans were enrolled on the electoral roll.

Election date

Dissolution of parliament

The election was called by Suen Shi-huang on 4 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 4 July 2004, 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.

• 05 July – 9:29 am: Dissolution of the 37th Parliament
• 05 July – 9:30 am: Dissolution of the Legislative Assembly
• 12 July – Close of electoral rolls
• 15 July – Close of candidate nominations
• 16 July – Declaration of nominations
• 03 August – Early voting commences
• 11 August – Close of postal vote applications
• 14 August – Polling day
• 06 September – Last day for receipt of declaration votes
• 20 September – First meeting of the 38th Parliament

Candidate parties

See also: List of political parties in Monsilva

Below is a list of parties that ran candidates for the 2004 election:

Name			Ideology	Party leader
	Freedom and Democracy Party		Social democracy	Suen Shi-huang
	Reformed National Party		Conservatism	Ning Liao
	Liberal Party		Liberalism	Cai Chuang
	Green Party		Green politics	Tsai Fan
	People's New Party		Monsilvan nationalism	Wan Changpu
	Cheng I		Conservative Buddhist democracy	Ren Xiaoli
	Social Democratic Party		Social democracy	Jin Yanlin
	Unite Party		Unionism (removal of federal system)	Fu Fa
	Party of the Emperor		Monarchism	Duàn Xiang
	Alternative for Monsilva		Fascism	Li Xiaobo
	Revive Monsilva		Monsilvan nationalism	Xie Yongzheng
	Monsilvan Communist Party		Communism	Hao Xiaobo

Results

Government (124)
  Freedom and Democracy Party (124)

Main Opposition (65)
  Reformed National Party (65)

Secondary Opposition (32)
  Liberal Party (30)
  Green Party (2)