General Election of WolvHaven, July 2017

General Election of WolvHaven, July 2017
29 June 2017 - 2 July 2017
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Election information
12 seats to the Parliament of WolvHaven, 3 overhang seats, 8 seats needed for majority
Total Votes	67
Parties
National Conservative Party Honest and Green Party Democratiam Party for Gardellia South Gardellian National Party The Centre Rockham Constituency Party
Prime Minister before election
JuliusMS South Gardellian National Party
Appointed Prime Minister
minebuilder1223 Party for Gardellia

The second General Election of WolvHaven was held from 29 June to 2 July 2017 to form the House of Representatives (HOR) of the 7th Parliament of WolvHaven.

New Election Rules

As the previous election results saw votes divided across multiple parties resulting in a third of the seats being left vacant, new rules were introduced in order to prevent these vacancies from happening again.

The major changes include rounding up of the number of seats and a new 5% threshold. Previously, if 10% of the vote meant 2.3 seats for example, the party would only be awarded 2 seats. Under the new system, the number of seats will always be rounded up. This means if 10% of the vote meant 2.3 seats, the party would be awarded 3 instead of 2 seats.

However, under the new round up rule, this meant that any party with at least 1 vote would be awarded a seat. To counter this, a 5% threshold was introduced. This means that any party with at least 5% of the popular vote would be guaranteed a seat.

Another change to the system was the introduction of overhang seats. These are elected seats that are added should the existing 12 seats be insufficient. For example, there are 15 people who qualify to gain elected MP status. However, there are only 12 seats available. An additional 3 elected seats will be added in order to fit everybody.

New Records

The July 2017 General Election of WolvHaven achieved a new voter turnout record in WolvHaven Election History with a total of 67 votes cast. This was at least double the amount of votes counted in the previous General Election, which only had vote count of 29.

As a result of this amount of votes, all party leaders were nervous or anxious as they could not depend as much on their own party members voting for them, meaning they would also have to appeal to a majority of the Citizens of WolvHaven in order to win the election.

Retiring member

Members of Parliament who chose not to renominate for the July 2017 Election are as follows:

Pure Haven

Rom5419 - announced not running on 21 June 2017
Endermat96 - announced not running on 21 June 2017

WolvHaven Architect Party

UKGUK - announced not running on 21 June 2017

New Coalition Formed

The results of the election formed a coalition government between the Party for Gardellia, South Gardellian National Party, and the The Centre called the United Progressive Coalition.

Election Results

Party	Code	Leader(s)	% of Vote	Swing	Number of Vote	Seats before election	Seats after election	Seat Change	Seats awarded to
The Centre	CEN	sambrose	16.41%	▲2.62	11/66	1/12	2/15	▲1	Sambrose Blalex
Democratiam	DEM	MC_Dunc	7.46%	▲4.01	5/66	0/12	1/15	▲1	MC_Dunc
Honest and Green Party	HGP	Autobus22	20.89%	▲7.10	14/66	1/12	3/15	▲2	Noodle_Doodles Autobus22 Ardyle
National Conservative Party	NCP	_ezzo	10.44%	▼3.35	7/66	1/12	2/15	▲1	_ezzo hinwapoon
Party for Gardellia	PFG	minebuilder1223	23.88%	▲16.98	16/66	0/12	4/15	▲4	minebuilder1223 _Bromley _AngelKevin_ CackleFresh
Rockham Constituency Party	RCP	Aldranster50	7.46%	▲7.46	5/66	0/12	1/15	▲1	Aldranster50
South Gardellian National Party	SGNP	JuliusMS & Olovld	11.94%	▲5.30	8/66	2/12	2/15	-	Olovld JuliusMS
Spoiled Votes	-	-	-	-	1/67	-	-	-	-
Pure Haven Party	PHN	ROM5419	Not participating			2/12	0/15	-	-
WolvHaven Architect Party	WAP	GukkyGukz	Not participating			1/12	0/15	-	-

Election Events

Date	Event Description
8 May 2017	Announced the details for this election
4 June 2017	WolvHaven Realist and Altruist Party announces that they are not participating in this election
13 June 2017	Honest and Green Party registers for participation in this election National Conservative Party registers for participation in this election
14 June 2017	The Centre registers for participation in this election
16 June 2017	Party for Gardellia registers for participation in this election
21 June 2017	Pure Haven Party announces that they are not participating in this election Rockham Constituency Party registers for participation in this election
24 June 2017	Democratiam registers for participation in this election Final session for 6th Parliament 6th Parliament dissolved
25 June 2017	National General Election Debate South Gardellian National Party representative goes AFK halfway throughout the debate
26 June 2017	Party for Gardellia hosts election rally at People's Plaza Democratiam announces election rally for the 27 June 2017, 2pm UTC+-0
27 June 2017	Democratiam cancels election rally
28 June 2017	Party for Gardellia hosts election rally at Opera House Honest and Green Party hosts press conference at party HQ
29 June 2017	Polls open
2 July 2017	Polls close Sample count released Official count announced by returning officer
8 July 2017	1st Session of 7th Parliament