2012 Monsilvan senate election

2012 Monsilvan senate election

18 August 2012
All 75 seats in the Senate 38 seats are needed for a majority
Registered	35,945,803
Turnout	30,298,717 (84.29%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Feng Ko Han Fu Park Mao Party FDP RNP Liberal Leader's seat Meixian District 7 Nanyan District 1 Luhai District 8 Seats won 33 26 16 Seat change 4 2 2 Popular vote 13,270,838 10,483,356 6,120,340 Percentage 43.8% 34.6% 20.2%
Leader of the Senate before election Zou Qing Freedom and Democracy Party Leader of the Senate after election Feng Ko Freedom and Democracy Party

The 2012 Monsilvan senate election was held on Saturday 18 August 2012 to elect members of the Senate for the 40th Parliament of Monsilva. The announcement of Prime Minister Suen Shi-huang's resignation damaged the FDP's results as his successor, Lee Su lacked the incredible reputation Suen had developed. Fortunately for the party, they still managed to retain a lead in the senate, but did not gain any seats to create a majority.

The Reformed National Party however, saw an increase in 2 seats, likely thanks to RNP Leader Bai Yun's efforts to regain the party's earlier popularity which had been damaged by former RNP leader Ning Liao. The Liberal Party also managed to gain 2 seats.

All 75 seats in the senate were up for election, and as tradition, the election took place at the same time as the 2012 federal election.

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	Senate leader
	Freedom and Democracy Party		Social democracy	Feng Ko
	Reformed National Party		Conservatism	Han Fu
	Liberal Party		Liberalism	Park Mao
	Green Party		Green politics	Lee Hsü
	People's New Party		Monsilvan nationalism	Duan Xiaosi
	Innovate Monsilva		Right-wing populism	Zhong Jingguo
	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 (33)
  Freedom and Democracy Party (33)

Opposition (26)
  Reformed National Party (26)

Crossbench (16)
  Liberal Party (16)