2008 Monsilvan senate election

2008 Monsilvan senate election

16 August 2008
All 75 seats in the Senate 38 seats are needed for a majority
Registered	35,243,948
Turnout	28,554,646 (81.02%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Zou Qing Han Fu Song Yun Party FDP RNP Liberal Leader's seat Amking District 9 Nanyan District 1 Maguan District 1 Seats won 37 24 14 Seat change 6 1 5 Popular vote 14,077,440 9,137,487 5,196,946 Percentage 49.3% 32.0% 18.2%
Leader of the Senate before election Zou Qing Freedom and Democracy Party Leader of the Senate after election Zou Qing Freedom and Democracy Party

The 2008 Monsilvan senate election was held on Saturday 16 August 2008 to elect members of the Senate for the 39th Parliament of Monsilva. The election saw the Freedom and Democracy's biggest success in the senate, reaching 37 seats, which is just under 50% of the senate's total seats. The election took place at the height of Prime Minister Suen Shi-huang's unrivalled popularity which likely helped the FDP's success in the senate. This election was also the first after the district re-organization which increased senate seats from 65 to 75.

The Reformed National Party saw a small loss of only 1 seat, while the Liberal Party of Monsilva saw a large gain of 5 seats, which is an increase of 4.8% out of total seats in this election and the 2004 one. All 75 seats in the senate were up for election, and as tradition, the election took place at the same time as the 2008 federal election.

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	Senate leader
	Freedom and Democracy Party		Social democracy	Zou Qing
	Reformed National Party		Conservatism	Han Fu
	Liberal Party		Liberalism	Song Yun
	Green Party		Green politics	Pan Long
	People's New Party		Monsilvan nationalism	Duan Xiaosi
	Cheng I		Conservative Buddhist democracy	Zhang An
	Social Democratic Party		Social democracy	Hao Cai
	Unite Party		Unionism (removal of federal system)	Wei Chao
	Party of the Emperor		Monarchism	Luó Zemin
	Alternative for Monsilva		Fascism	Meng Jie
	Revive Monsilva		Monsilvan nationalism	Fang Delun
	Monsilvan Communist Party		Communism	Cao Ye

Results

Government (37)
  Freedom and Democracy Party (37)

Opposition (24)
  Reformed National Party (24)

Crossbench (14)
  Liberal Party (14)