August 2020 General Election
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| ← December 2019 General Election | 15 Aug 2020 - 1 Sep 2020 | |||
All 200 seats in the Cosa 101 seats needed for a majority | ||||
| Eligible voters | 152 | |||
| Turnout | 93 - 61.1% ( 5.6%)
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| Leader | Miestrâ Schivâ | Ian Plätschisch | Eiric Börnatfiglheu | |
| Party | FreeDem | LCC | NPW | |
| Leader since | 29 Jan 2019 | 10 Jul 2020 | 15 Sep 2019 | |
| Leader's seat | MC (FreeDem) | Senator (MM) | Senator (BE) | |
| Last election | 84 | new party | 15 | |
| Seats won | 99 | 73 | 28 | |
| Seat change | 15 |
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| Popular vote | 46 | 34 | 13 | |
| Percentage | 49.46% | 35.56% | 12.62% | |
| Swing | 7.69% |
35.56% |
5.03%
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| Outgoing Seneschal | Presumptive Seneschal | |||
| Miestrâ Schivâ FreeDems |
Miestrâ Schivâ FreeDems | |||
The August 2020 General Election was held from August 15th to September 1st 2020/XLI. All of the Cosa was up for reelection, plus regularly scheduled Senate elections in Maritiimi-Maxhestic and Benito, and a special election in Cézembre. Six referendums on amendments to the Organic Law were also proposed.
Registered parties
| Party | Leader/Candidate | Beliefs | |
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| Free Democrats of Talossa (FreeDem) | Miestrâ Schivâ | Progressivism, liberalism, republicanism | |
| League of Centre Conservatives (LCC) | Ian Plätschisch | Pragmatism, moderate monarchism, reformism, conservatism | |
| New Peculiar Way (NPW) | Eiric Börnatfiglheu | Peculiarism, republicanism | |
Timeline
Results
| Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free Democrats of Talossa | 46 | 49.46% | |
| League of Centre Conservatives | 34 | 35.56% | |
| New Peculiar Way | 13 | 12.62% | |
| Present/Invalid votes: 12 | |||
The Free Democrats fell precisely one seat (or two votes) short of an absolute majority. The monarchist LCC won more than 1/3 of the seats, giving it a veto over future Organic Law reform.
The ultimate outcome of the election was a coalition between the Free Democrats and the New Peculiar Way.
Senatorial races
Cézembre (special)
| Cézembre Senate Special Election | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ián Tamorán | 7 | 7 | |
| X. Pol Briga | 5 | 6 | |
| Ián da Bitoûr (write-in) | 1 | - | |
| Litz Cjantscheir (write-in) | 1 | ||
| FreeDem HOLD | |||
Benito
| Benito Senate Election | ||||
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| Eiric S. Bornatfiglheu | 5 | |||
| Istefan Perþonest | 1 | |||
| Mitchel Paul | 1 | |||
| Iason Taiwos | 1 | |||
| Erscheveþ da Schir | 1 | |||
| NPW GAIN from MRPT | ||||
Fiova
The incumbent is Gödafrïeu Válcadác'h, currently the third longest tenured Senator, who had served as Lord President (Mençei) of the Senate in 2018 and is well known as the long-time Royal Archivist of Talossa. He has announced his intention to run for reelection.
No challenger has declared their intention to run. The last contested election in Fiovă was in December 2013, when the NPW's Dieter Vercáriâ took on the ZRT's Miestrâ Schivâ.
| Fiovă Senate Election | ||
|---|---|---|
| Gödafrïeu Válcadác'h | 9 | |
| Miestrâ Schivâ (write-in) | 1 | |
| Carlüs Xheraltescù (write-in) | 1 | |
| Tamoran Montagnhard d'Açeradeireu (write-in) | 1 | |
| FreeDem HOLD | ||
Final results show Válcadác'h handily winning reelection with an overall majority of 75% of first preferences, a decrease of 10%.
Maricopa
The incumbent is Sir Cresti Siervicül, the lone senator to be affiliated with the RUMP. Siervicül has completed his first term in the Senate, which he joined in late 2017, initially as an appointee and then winning a special election to complete the rest of the term.
The seat is one of two expected to be competitive, should multiple candidates from different parties be on the ballot. Maricopa was the first province where IRV was applied to a Senate race.
The Free Democrats have announced that Foreign Minister Txoteu Davinescu, formerly of AMP, will contest the seat for a second time; he was the MRPT's candidate in 2017, where he received the second-most first votes (29%), but lost out in the final IRV round to Beneditsch Ardpresteir. Ardpresteir himself later announced he would run for the seat, setting up a rematch with Davinescu.
| Maricopa Senate Election | |||
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| Beneditsch Ardpresteir | 6 | 7 | |
| Txoteu Davinescu | 3 | 3 | |
| Cresti Siervicül (write-in) | 1 (0)(1) | 1 | |
| Munditenens Tresplet (write-in) | 1 (0)(0)(0)(1) | 1 | |
| Alejo Fernández (write-in) | 1 (0)(0)(0)(0) | - | |
| RUMP HOLD | |||
Final results show Ardpresteir winning at the second elimination round, with 50% of first preference votes, a 7% decrease for the RUMP from the latest contested election. FreeDem challenger Txoteu Davinescu only mustered 25% of the first preference vote, a 3% decrease compared to his previous attempt at the seat.
This was the second attempt at a Senate majority for a party that failed in Maricopa, with the FreeDems stopping short of a clean sweep of Senate races, although they will still be the lone plurality party in the Senate for the first time in their history. Additionally, depending on Ardpresteir's affiliation, this might mean that the RUMP will continue being represented in the Ziu despite not being a registered party anymore.
Referendum
The Still Into This Amendment was confirmed by a large majority of 78% to 22%, and is expected to come into effect as soon as the end of January 2020.
