2020 Monsilvan senate election

2020 Monsilvan senate election

22 August 2020
All 75 seats in the Senate 38 seats are needed for a majority
Registered	40,098,862
Turnout	89.82%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Liao Ping Ju Lin Li She Party RNP FDP Liberal Leader since 21 September 2012 (2012-09-21) 30 May 2019 (2019-05-30) 4 February 2018 (2018-02-04) Leader's seat Huachang District 3 Amking District 4 Luhai District 8 Seats won 30 29 16 Seat change 6 2 4 Popular vote 14,082,568 15,235,106 5,978,788 Percentage 39.1% 42.3% 16.6%
Leader of the Senate before election Liao Ping Reformed National Party Leader of the Senate after election Liao Ping Reformed National Party

The 2020 Monsilvan senate election was held on Saturday 22 August 2020 to elect members of the Senate for the 42nd Parliament of Monsilva. The incumbent RNP government lead by Leader of the Senate Liao Ping sought to win a second consecutive term, and was successful. Although it only lost one seat in the Legislative Assembly, it lost 6 seats in the Senate. All 75 seats in the Senate were up for election as no by-elections took place in the last year. It took place at the same time as the 2020 federal election.

The Reformed National Party lost its majority, but remained the largest party in the house. Although the RNP had retained control of the Legislative Assembly, a loss of the Senate was still a big blow for the party and prime minister Xu Yan. The only change to the seat composition since the 2016 senate election was the return of Tangbu County in Wuzhong to FDP, after changing to RNP in the 2016 election. Although Lin Yao-tang, Leader of the FDP, and Ju Lin, Shadow Leader of the Senate, were unable to win this election, both them and their party remained hopeful to win the next election, especially after the RNP's big loss in senate seats.

The RNP won the most seats, but did not have the popular vote, with the FDP having 3.2 percentage points more of the popular vote than the RNP. This was a huge boost for the FDP campaign against the incumbent government. The Liberal Party saw the largest increase in seats, with 4 gained seats, all taken from former RNP seats.

This senate election marked the last individual senate election, as starting from May 2023, all senate elections will become a part of federal elections, as they have been taking place on the same day since 1984.

Candidate parties

See also: List of political parties in Monsilva

Below is a list of parties that ran candidates for the 2020 election:

Name			Ideology	Senate leader
	Reformed National Party		Conservatism	Liao Ping
	Freedom and Democracy Party		Social democracy	Ju Lin
	Liberal Party		Liberalism	Li She
	Green Party		Green politics	Ling Hu
	People's New Party		Monsilvan nationalism	Gang Mao
	Innovate Monsilva		Right-wing populism	Park Mai
	Cheng I		Conservative Buddhist democracy	Fai T'ao
	Social Democratic Party		Social democracy	Wen K'ung
	Unite Party		Unionism (removal of federal system)	Yi Ch'eng
	Party of the Emperor		Monarchism	Peng Chou
	Alternative for Monsilva		Fascism	Guang Su
	Revive Monsilva		Monsilvan nationalism	Lei Ch'iu
	Monsilvan Communist Party		Communism	Lin Chao

Results

2020 Monsilvan senate election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Reformed National Party	14,082,568	39.10	30	–6
	Freedom and Democracy Party	15,235,106	42.30	29	+2
	Liberal Party	5,978,788	16.60	16	+4
	Green Party	360,168	1.00	0
	People's New Party	216,101	0.60	0
	Innovate Monsilva	72,033	0.20	0
	Cheng I	36,017	0.10	0
	Social Democratic Party	25,212	0.07	0
	Unite Party	7,203	0.02	0
	Party of the Emperor	2,161	0.01	0
Total		36,015,357	100.00	75
Registered voters/turnout		40,098,862	89.82