2016 Monsilvan federal election

2016 Monsilvan federal election

20 August 2016
All 254 seats in the Legislative Assembly 127 seats are needed for a majority
Registered	36,878,200
Turnout	31,575,115 (85.62%)
First party Second party   Leader Xu Yan Lee Su Party RNP FDP Leader's seat Nantou (Weishi) Xifu (Amking) Seats won 128 93 Seat change 63 39 Popular vote 17,018,987 9,346,234 Percentage 53.9% 29.6%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Huan Yüan Mingmei Tuan Party Liberal Green Leader's seat North Wufeng (Wuzhong) Zhuolan (Huachang) Seats won 31 2 Seat change 24 Popular vote 3,709,730 663,077 Percentage 10.5% 2.1%
Prime Minister before election Lee Su Freedom and Democracy Party Prime Minister after election Xu Yan Reformed National Party

The 2016 Monsilvan federal election was held on Saturday 20 August 2016 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Monsilva for the 41st Parliament of Monsilva. According to opinion polling, the FDP were destined to lose this election, after approval of Prime minister Lee Su sank to only 20%, while Xu Yan's approval rose to 40%. All 254 seats in the Legislative Assembly were up for election. In the separate 2016 senate election, which took place at the same time, all 75 senate seats were up for election as well.

The Freedom and Democracy Party faced a massive loss of 39 seats, while the RNP saw a huge gain of 63 seats. The Liberal Party also faced a large loss of 24 seats. After the 2012 election, the FDP had gained a very large majority, so although it lost many seats and the RNP gained most of them, the RNP still only had one seat over the majority which is 127 seats. After facing huge losses, both leaders of the FDP and the Liberal Party resigned.

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 36,878,200 people were enrolled to vote in the election, which meant that 78.7% of all eligible Monsilvans were enrolled on the electoral roll.

Election date

Dissolution of parliament

The election was called by Lee Su on 10 July 2016, 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 10 July 2016, 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.

• 11 July – 9:29 am: Dissolution of the 40th Parliament
• 11 July – 9:30 am: Dissolution of the Legislative Assembly
• 18 July – Close of electoral rolls
• 21 July – Close of candidate nominations
• 22 July – Declaration of nominations
• 09 August – Early voting commences
• 17 August – Close of postal vote applications
• 20 August – Polling day
• 13 September – Last day for receipt of declaration votes
• 26 September – First meeting of the 41st Parliament

Candidate parties

See also: List of political parties in Monsilva

Below is a list of parties that ran candidates for the 2016 election:

Name			Ideology	Party leader
	Reformed National Party		Conservatism	Xu Yan
	Freedom and Democracy Party		Social democracy	Lee Su
	Liberal Party		Liberalism	Huan Yüan
	Green Party		Green politics	Mingmei Tuan
	People's New Party		Monsilvan nationalism	Tain T'ien
	Innovate Monsilva		Right-wing populism	Xia He Yüan
	Cheng I		Conservative Buddhist democracy	Bo Niu
	Social Democratic Party		Social democracy	Zi Ch'en
	Unite Party		Unionism (removal of federal system)	Ho Teng
	Party of the Emperor		Monarchism	Manchu Hsu
	Alternative for Monsilva		Fascism	Luo Jingguo
	Revive Monsilva		Monsilvan nationalism	Cheng T'an
	Monsilvan Communist Party		Communism	Ng Tao

Results

Government (128)
  Reformed National Party (128)

Main Opposition (93)
  Freedom and Democracy Party (93)

Secondary Opposition (33)
  Liberal Party (31)
  Green Party (2)