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by The Oriental Republic of Dizgovzy. . 66 reads.

2020 Dizgovzian Parliament Elections

The 2020 Dizgovzian Parliament Elections will take place on 27 December 2019, with new terms and seats beginning on 1 January 2020. In each region, citizens vote using Alternative Vote for 1 candidate. Different national and local parties can run as many candidates as they want, as AV prevents the spoiler effect. As well, the party with the most votes in the region sends a predetermined candidate (as chosen by party elections) as a second MP for that region only if that party has a majority in the region. If there is no party majority, STV will take over and the first two candidates to hit the quota of 50% are elected. 2 more MPs are appointed by the monarch, both in order to have a monarchal voice in Parliament.

Parties Running:
SBD; Setzíeldemokraticbärtaja fan Dizgovzí / SDP; Social Democratic Party of Dizgovzy
KJ; Kađolikjuz / CUD; Catholic Union of Dizgovzy
ZB; Zentranbärtaja / DCP Dizgovzian Centrist Party
RJD; Rosíszjuz fan Dizgovzí / RUD Russian Union of Dizgovzy
FB; Fräxetítbärtaja / FP; Freedom Party
LBD; Liberal Blok fan Dizgovzí / LBD; Liberal Block of Dizgovzy
DJB; Dizgovzíszjüviszbärtaja / DJP; Dizgovzian Jewish Party


Party

Total Seats

Candidate Seats Won

Party Seats Won

SDP

39

25

14

CUD

22

14

8

DCP

18

13

5

RUD

6

3

3

FP

4

2

2

LBD

6

3

3

DJP

2

2

0

Independent

1

1

NA

Monarchal Appointment

2

NA

NA

When no majority was won by a party, the CUD and DCP formed a coalition to gain a theoretical 1 vote advantage over the SDP, with the small parties being the deciding factors. PM campaigning began on the 26th of December, with Lísja Vinitharíus speaking to the current parliament and projected new MPs. Surprisingly, Boris Vozhkozi, opposition leader, decided not to run for PM after his party's poor performance in the election. The coalition then decided to support Tashenov, the leader of the DCP, due to his moderate policies and distrust of the Dizgovzian Revival Act, which he wanted modified to not be so polarizing against non-ethnic Dizgovzians. As well, Markus Salsman of the DJP ran per normal, mainly to voice the concerns of the DJP. Per tradition, the Monarchal Appointments abstained from the vote.

Prime Minister Candidate

Total Votes

SDP Votes

CUD Votes

DCP Votes

RUD Votes

FP Votes

LBD Votes

DJP Votes

Ind. Votes

MA Votes

Current Prime Minister Lísja Vinitharíus

46

39

0

0

0

0

6

0

1

0

Alex Tashenov

50

0

22

18

6

4

0

0

0

0

Markus Salsman

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

Abstained

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

Amazingly, Vinitharíus was outvoted by the grand opposition coalition. It is assumed that the main reason for this was fully implementing the Dizgovzian Revival Act, which upset many non Dizgovzians. Even though the CUD lost a large amount of seats, most to the DCP, they still did very well in the PM election allowing for Tashenov to be chosen. Tashenov won this election because the conservative parties in parliament, while they may be a minority of seats, decided that they were okay supporting Tashenov over splitting the vote and allowing for another Vinitharíus administration. This is the first DCP administration since 2006, when the DCP won just enough seats after the Tashenov scandal to gain control of the government for a year.

Wait, the Tashenov scandal!? The same guy? Yes. In the 2005 local elections for Gorodok, Tashenov revealed the illegal finance collection and election coercion being committed by the SDP and CUD. Kjone Adalus II (May God bless his soul) dissolved parliament and called for a snap election. Tashenov won the Gorodok seat with Grecolíus winning Ministership. After her retirement in 2012, Tashenov gained control of the DCP.

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