2012 Monsilvan federal election

2012 Monsilvan federal election

18 August 2012
All 254 seats in the Legislative Assembly 127 seats are needed for a majority
Registered	35,945,803
Turnout	30,298,717 (84.29%)
First party Second party   Leader Lee Su Bai Yun Party FDP RNP Leader's seat Xifu (Amking) Taoyuan (Meixian) Seats won 132 65 Seat change 9 4 Popular vote 16,573,398 7,150,497 Percentage 54.7% 23.6%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Huan Yüan Mingmei Tuan Party Liberal Green Leader's seat North Wufeng (Wuzhong) Zhuolan (Huachang) Seats won 55 2 Seat change 5 Popular vote 4,938,691 1,333,144 Percentage 16.3% 4.4%
Prime Minister before election Suen Shi-huang Freedom and Democracy Party Prime Minister after election Lee Su Freedom and Democracy Party

The 2012 Monsilvan federal election was held on Saturday 18 August 2012 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Monsilva for the 40th Parliament of Monsilva. According to opinion polling, although the resignation of Suen Shi-huang was, although necessary, a disappointment for many supporters of the FDP and approval of his successor, Lee Su, was much lower than Suen, the party was still on track to win the election. All 254 seats in the Legislative Assembly were up for election. In the separate 2012 senate election, which took place at the same time, as is tradition, all 75 senate seats were up for election as well.

Despite winning the election overall, and with a decent majority, the Freedom and Democracy Party faced a loss of 9 seats, while the RNP and Liberal Party saw gains of 4 and 5 seats respectively.

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 78.3% of all eligible Monsilvans were enrolled on the electoral roll.

Election date

Dissolution of parliament

The election was called by Suen Shi-huang on 8 July 2012, 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. As Suen had served three full terms as prime minister, he was obliged to resign from the position and designate a successor for the upcoming election. Lee Su was appointed as successor on 15 July 2012.

Election timeline

On 8 July 2012, 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.

• 09 July – 9:29 am: Dissolution of the 39th Parliament
• 09 July – 9:30 am: Dissolution of the Legislative Assembly
• 16 July – Close of electoral rolls
• 19 July – Close of candidate nominations
• 20 July – Declaration of nominations
• 07 August – Early voting commences
• 15 August – Close of postal vote applications
• 18 August – Polling day
• 11 September – Last day for receipt of declaration votes
• 24 September – First meeting of the 40th Parliament

Candidate parties

See also: List of political parties in Monsilva

Below is a list of parties that ran candidates for the 2012 election:

Name			Ideology	Party leader
	Freedom and Democracy Party		Social democracy	Lee Su
	Reformed National Party		Conservatism	Bai Yun
	Liberal Party		Liberalism	Huan Yüan
	Green Party		Green politics	Mingmei Tuan
	People's New Party		Monsilvan nationalism	Lin Gen
	Innovate Monsilva		Right-wing populism	Long Ping
	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 (132)
  Freedom and Democracy Party (132)

Main Opposition (65)
  Reformed National Party (65)

Secondary Opposition (57)
  Liberal Party (55)
  Green Party (2)