2020 Monsilvan federal election
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| Turnout | 89.82% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2020 Monsilvan federal election was held on Saturday 22 August 2020 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Monsilva for the 42nd Parliament of Monsilva. The incumbent RNP government lead by Xu Yan saught to win a second consecutve term, and was successful, although it lost one seat to the FDP. All 254 seats in the Legislative Assembly were up for election as no by-elections took place in the last year. In the separate 2020 senate election, which took place at the same time, all 75 senate seats were up for election as well.
The Reformed National Party retained its majority, holding the minimum number of seats (127) for a majority in the Legislative Assembly. Becoming the second RNP prime minister to serve more than one term after the establishment of the Monsilvan Republic. The only change to the seat composition since the 2016 federal election was the return of Tangbu County in Wuzhong to FDP, after changing to RNP in the 2016 election. Although Lin Yao-tang was unable to win this election, both him and the party wanted him to remain as leader in hopes of winning the next federal election.
The popular vote for the RNP decreased by around 4 percentage points, which was a worry to the party, who feared they may not win the next election unless they gained more popularity during Xu Yan's second term. The stagnation of seat change in this election begun the Monsilvan Electoral Reform movement, which was officially endorsed by the FDP.
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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 40,098,862 people were enrolled to vote in the election, which meant that 96.8% of all eligible Monsilvans were enrolled on the electoral roll.
Election date
Dissolution of parliament
The election was called by Xu on 11 July 2020, 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 11 July 2020, 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.
- 12 July – 9:29 am: Dissolution of the 41st Parliament
- 12 July – 9:30 am: Dissolution of the Legislative Assembly
- 19 July – Close of electoral rolls
- 22 July – Close of candidate nominations
- 23 July – Declaration of nominations
- 10 August – Early voting commences
- 19 August – Close of postal vote applications
- 22 August – Polling day
- 14 September – Last day for receipt of declaration votes
- 29 September – First meeting of the 42nd Parliament
Candidate parties
Below is a list of parties that ran candidates for the 2020 election:
| Name | Ideology | Party leader | ||
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| Reformed National Party | Conservatism | Xu Yan | ||
| Freedom and Democracy Party | Social democracy | Lin Yao-tang | ||
| Liberal Party | Liberalism | Gao Jingyi | ||
| Green Party | Green politics | Yuen Lim | ||
| 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
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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| Reformed National Party | 17,936,365 | 50.05 | 127 | |
| Freedom and Democracy Party | 12,569,863 | 35.08 | 94 | |
| Liberal Party | 3,709,730 | 10.35 | 31 | |
| Green Party | 576,269 | 1.61 | 2 | |
| People's New Party | 360,168 | 1.01 | 0 | |
| Innovate Monsilva | 288,134 | 0.80 | 0 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 144,067 | 0.40 | 0 | |
| Unite Party | 143,079 | 0.40 | 0 | |
| Revive Monsilva | 108,050 | 0.30 | 0 | |
| Total | 35,835,725 | 100.00 | 254 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 40,098,862 | – | ||
