2022 Slokasian Election

Slokasian general election, 2022

December 28, 2022 (2022-12-28)
All 643 seats to the Slokaisian Legislature 322 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	71.8%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Joseph Chavez Brooke Weasley Sean Khan Party National Alliance Conservative Party of Slokais Green Party Leader since 2017 2022 2015 Leader's seat New Liverpool Halls Silverado Seats before 172 79 93 Seats after 148 140 101 Seat change 24 61 8   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Joseph Zhang Talia De La Cruz Micheal Spencer Party Centrist Party Socialist-Labor Party New Right Leader since 2018 2022 2015 Leader's seat San Fernando Victoria Point Lee Seats before 137 27 71 Seats after 72 53 45 Seat change 65 26 26
Prime Minister of Slokais before election Alexandra Ahmad National Alliance Elected Prime Minister of Slokais Joseph Chavez National Alliance

The 2022 Slokasian Election was held on December 28th, 2022 to elect 643 members of the Slokasian Legislature concurrently with the 2022 Slokasian Presidential Election. The election was called on the first opportunity it was allowed in January of 2022. This is the 3rd election in 5 years.

In this election, the National Alliance maintained its coalition although the party itself lost seats. in this election. The 2022 election also saw the Conservative Party of Slokais gain 61 seats primarily from the Centrist Party.

Background

In 2020, Joseph Chavez regained the Presidency after a 2-year absence, leading to the first dual-control of government and the Presidency by the National Alliance and the first by any party since the Center Party in 2016. Included in government was the Green Party as well as the Socialist-Labor and Farmers and Fishers as junior coalition partners. Although the Third Kaijan War had ended it's open conflict in early 2021, the issues of Kaijan was a key stumbling block for the government, in addition a narrow coalition meant compromising on foreign policy. In addition, the Centrist Party had established itself as a strictly center-center right party with left-wing voters opting for the Greens.

Pre-election process

On January 24th, 2022, an election was called for the earliest possible date of December 28th, 2022 per the Elections Law of 1974. This motion was approved by a majority of parliament with a vote of 330-299-14. It was then signed by President Joseph Chavez and confirmed by the Slokais Islands Board of Elections. The motion was pushed both by the Green-National Alliance bloc and also by Kaijanese parties after polls showed support for Kaijanese Independence was high. 9 national parties began their primaries, selecting party lists. Only the National Alliance and the Conservative Party of Slokais created lists for all 643 seats. The Conservative Primary saw George Oliver lose to former President Brooke Weasley leading to Oliver running an independent campaign.

Format

Similar to other elections, a Presidential and Legislative Election were held concurrently in addition to standard 2 and 4 year elections in certain provinces and townships. Voting was conducted on a instant runoff system, were all candidates with greater then 1% aggerate national polling or 5% in each province were added to a ballot, voters would pick there first choice and then there second, and third candidate. If no candidate, had reached 50% by the third round, an election would be held on January 16th between the two top candidates. This system only applies to the Presidential and Provincial Governor Elections, with Legislative voting occurring by voters voting for one party list presented by the party in each province. From there each party would get proportional representation based on there vote share in said province.

Ballots

Ballots were produced by the Slokais Islands Electoral Bureau (SIEB) on November 15th, using polling data provided by New Liverpool University/Howard Prince-Gonzalez Institution. All candidates and parties which had 1% nationwide were automatically added with an additional section provided for voters to write-in a party or candidate. 12 candidates and 11 parties qualified for nationwide ballot access with several more qualifying only in certain provinces. For the 2022 Election, voting was conducted by each voter adding a unique sticker to there first, second and third choice for the Presidential ballot and stamping there chosen party. This was to prevent from issues with voters making accidental stamps as happened famously in the 2000 Election. In total the SIEB was given a A to A+ rating for ballot distribution by the Howard Prince-Gonzalez Institution.

Contesting Parties

A total of 23 parties contested the election, with 11 political parties qualifying for nationwide ballot access, with these 11 political parties, some were replaced on the provincial level by a specific political party. In addition to these several parties qualified as "regional".

Party Type	Slokaisian Name	English Name	Idegoly	Leaders Name
National	Partai Konservatif	Conservative Party	Conservativism	Brooke Weasley
National	Aliansi Nasional	National Alliance	Left-wing nationalism	Joseph Chavez
National	Partai Hijau	Green Party	Liberalism	Sean Khan
National	Partai Tengah	Centrist Party	Centrism	Joseph Zhang
National	Partai Buruh Sosialis	Socialist Labor Party	Socialism	Talia de La Cruz
National	Kanan Baru	New Right	Right-wing Populism	Micheal Spencer
National	Persatuan Muslim	Muslim Union	Islamic democracy	Mohamed Al-Benjagna
National	Partai Rakyat Kaijan	Kaijan Peoples Party	Kaijanese Indpedence	Anwar Ibrahimi
National	Konservatif Baru	New Conservative	Libertarianism	Roberto Villa
National	Petani dan Nelayan	Farmers and Fishers Party	Agrarian	Amy Castro Wills
National	Memberontak!	Revolt!	Left-wing populism	Spartacus Jones

Regional Parties

Slokaisian Name	English Name	Idegoly	Provinces Qualified
Partai Kiri Slokais	Left Party of Slokais	El Nasionalima	Silverado, San Fernando, Bimhjar
Singa Utara	Northern Lion	Regionalism	South Acadia, North Acadia, Northern Isles
Hijau dan Biru	Green and Blue	Indigenous Rights	Eastern Isles
Pesta HIDUP	L.I.F.E Party	Catholicism	North Acadia, South Acadia, North Princeton, Halls

Polls

Poll source	Publication	Joseph Chavez	Brooke Weasley	Sean Khan	Joseph Zhang	Talia De La Cruz	Michael Spencer	Other
New Liverpool Daily	July 25, 2022	24%	27%	12%	13%	6%	7%	11%
Slokasian Board of Debates	October 27, 2022	27%	30%	14%	17%			12%
New Liverpool University/Gonzalez Institute	November 20, 2022	25%	24%	13%	14%	7%	7%	10%
New Liverpool Daily	December 12, 2022	22%	24%	13%	12%	7%	7%	15%
New Liverpool Daily	December 23rd, 2022	23%	23%	14%	14%	7%	6%	13%

Joseph Chavez vs Brooke Weasley

Poll Souce	Publication	Joseph Chavez	Brooke Weasley	Undecided
New Liverpool Daily	December 12th, 2022	41%	40%	19%
New Liverpool University/Gonzalez Institute	December 18th 2022	45%	46%	9%
New Liverpool Daily	December 26th, 2022	47%	48%	5%