2008 Monsilvan federal election

2008 Monsilvan federal election

16 August 2008
All 254 seats in the Legislative Assembly 127 seats are needed for a majority
Registered	35,243,948
Turnout	28,554,646 (81.02%)
First party Second party   Leader Suen Shi-huang Bai Yun Party FDP RNP Leader's seat South Waiping (Bazhong) Taoyuan (Meixian) Seats won 141 61 Seat change 17 4 Popular vote 16,733,023 6,396,240 Percentage 58.6% 22.4%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Cai Chuang Ju Ch'iu Party Liberal Green Leader's seat Dongshi (Wuzhong) Zhuolan (Huachang) Seats won 50 2 Seat change 20 Popular vote 4,054,760 1,284,959 Percentage 14.2% 4.5%
Prime Minister before election Suen Shi-huang Freedom and Democracy Party Prime Minister after election Suen Shi-huang Freedom and Democracy Party

The 2008 Monsilvan federal election was held on Saturday 16 August 2008 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Monsilva for the 39th Parliament of Monsilva. According to opinion polling, incumbent prime minister Suen Shi-huang's approval had spiked and was expected to win in a landslide. All 254 seats in the Legislative Assembly were up for election. The election was the first since the re-organization of the county constituencies in 2007 which saw the Legislative Assembly's seats go up from 221 to 254. In the separate 2008 senate election, which took place at the same time, as is tradition, all 75 senate seats were up for election as well.

As anticipated, the FDP won a huge majority, winning 141 seats, a majority of 14 seats which was a total increase of 17 seats for the party. The Liberal Party also saw huge benefits from the increase in seats, with an extra 20 seats in the assembly. Meanwhile, the RNP saw a loss of 4 seats.

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 35,945,803 people were enrolled to vote in the election, which meant that 78.4% of all eligible Monsilvans were enrolled on the electoral roll.

Election date

Dissolution of parliament

The election was called by Suen Shi-huang on 6 July 2008, 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 6 July 2008, 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.

• 07 July – 9:29 am: Dissolution of the 38th Parliament
• 07 July – 9:30 am: Dissolution of the Legislative Assembly
• 14 July – Close of electoral rolls
• 17 July – Close of candidate nominations
• 18 July – Declaration of nominations
• 05 August – Early voting commences
• 13 August – Close of postal vote applications
• 16 August – Polling day
• 09 September – Last day for receipt of declaration votes
• 22 September – First meeting of the 39th Parliament

Candidate parties

See also: List of political parties in Monsilva

Below is a list of parties that ran candidates for the 2008 election:

Name			Ideology	Party leader
	Freedom and Democracy Party		Social democracy	Suen Shi-huang
	Reformed National Party		Conservatism	Bai Yun
	Liberal Party		Liberalism	Cai Chuang
	Green Party		Green politics	Ju Ch'iu
	People's New Party		Monsilvan nationalism	Lin Gen
	Cheng I		Conservative Buddhist democracy	Cao Chang
	Social Democratic Party		Social democracy	Yi Qingsheng
	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	Luó Peizhi
	Monsilvan Communist Party		Communism	Hao Xiaobo

Results

Government (141)
  Freedom and Democracy Party (141)

Main Opposition (61)
  Reformed National Party (61)

Secondary Opposition (52)
  Liberal Party (50)
  Green Party (2)