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Giovannilandian 1423 Election Results!
Porto Violeto, Giovanniland — In a surprising turn of events, Elisa Anario-Silva of the Partito Laboristo is slated to become the new Prime Minister of Giovanniland once the transition period ends and the new Senato chooses the leader of Giovanniland for a period of at most five years. Elisa's party attained 133 seats in the national legislature in comparison to the 120 seats won by the Partito Soquale-Verde of the presumably outgoing Prime Minister, Amore Gile Abrente. Although the governing power stays in the hands of the same left-wing coalition (PL, PSV and the far-left Partito Komunista), it is Giovannilandian tradition to always have the Prime Minister of a coalition hail from the party with most seats in it.
A total of 18,230,986 voters came to the elections, which is a turnout of 75.87% from the total of 24,028,155 citizens with at least 18 years of age. Voters cast their votes for the general election according to their electoral district, where each party chooses one representative to run. Regions and municipalities also elected members to their local legislatures (the Kuria), which in turn choose the leader for the given administrative division.
The results confirm regional trends seen in previous elections, such as the Partito Violetista's strong appelation as a regional party in northern Lavender Island, as well as the domination of left-wing parties in major cities, bringing a large number of votes for their coalition's candidates. Left-wing voters also prevail in the very populous Giovannia Magna, Altana and Lido Flavi regions, whereas the also densely populated southwestern coast of Lavender Island, namely the Primolido and Abrenosto regions, leans more to the right.
Other political analysts focused on a more national overview of trends as seen in various polls. The graph below gathers together several polls by different sources from the start of the year until three days before the elections, and then the actual results themselves with a prevalent bigger dot at the end. Polls aren't always accurate and only serve to show a snapshot of a specific moment rather than to predict, and this is shown by the fact most polls were predicting a Soquale-Verde win or at least a tie, but instead the Labristas gained a 13-seat advantage over their coalition allies. The surge of the Respublikanos, as well as the fall of the Librale-Demokratas, were also movements not well caught by the polls.
In any case, the final results were 133 seats for the Labristas (26.6%), 120 for the Soquale-Verdes (24%) and 72 for the Komunistas in the governing coalition (14.4%), a joint result of 325 seats which makes 65% of the 500-seat Senato. The other 175 seats represent the opposition parties, with the Respublikanos' 107 (21.4%) accounting for more than half of them, followed by 43 for the Librale-Demokratas (8.6%) and 25 for the Violetistas (4%). Parties who gained seats in comparison to the 1418 Senato were the PK, PL and PR, whereas the PSV and PLD lost seats.
These shifts, besides the obvious effects that they will have in changing the premiership from Amore Gile Abrente to Elisa Anario-Silva, also leave the PR's leader Lauro de Abreo-Florino in a much stronger position to potentially challenge the left-wing coalition in the next elections. Lauro, from the famous Abreo-Florino family that has given several Prime Ministers to Giovanniland in the past, most notably the brothers Tommaso and Kesar that started national industralization in the 12th century, will certainly enjoy influence over his peers from other parties, such as the PLD's Vinikio Lamponi and the PV's Zodeno Fenestella. Also a rising star in politics is the communist leader Valerio Visellio Larone, whose leadership in the party has succeeded in rebuilding the party's influence in Giovannilandian politics after a decline from its previous prominence in the late 13th century.
Meanwhile, in regards to the overall national vote for the parties, the Labristas led with 4,593,621 or 25.2% of the votes, followed by 4,215,195 or 23.12% for the Soquale-Verdes, 3,696,620 or 20.28% for the Respublikanos, 2,758,706 or 15.13% for the Komunistas, 1,871,580 or 10.27% for the Librale-Demokratas, and lastly 1,095,264 or 6.01% for the Violetistas. Due to the nature of the elections being decided in each prefecture and then summed up to make the national Senato, there can be disparities between the popular vote share and seats distribution, this time benefitting mostly the Respublikanos at the cost of the Violetistas. The final legislation composition is shown below:
With elections concluded, we look forward to what the future holds for the country under new leadership. Although Giovanniland has a new leader from a different party, most stances on key national issues and political ideologies are fairly similar between the outgoing Mrs Abrente and the incoming Mrs Anario-Silva. After all, the new Prime Minister can rely on her predecessor's successes, including but certainly not limited to the Quorivo & Kharventhin Esferiad, the development of environmentally-friendly technology to maintain Giovanniland's position in the group of pioneer nations in this field, and continued improvement in social and economic standards across the nation.
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Giovanniland signs up and also places a bid to host!
- Zoran and United Adaikes
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Thank you for your work as always Winni!
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Could @Sekiya be masked Newspaper?
Also, I apparently lost Newspaper forum access since I'm no longer Delegate. Oops. Could the Newspaper mask be readded to me as well?
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2 hours ago, Winnipeg said:
Someone beat me to the punch on your grouping, but didn't do the others. I've updated all the requests. Sorry about the slow turn around, been a touch busy at work, plus sick at the moment, so yay for that!
Thank you! And I hope you get well soon.
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For this one you'll need to think about it, and post why if you want.
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In addition, please mask me as Former Delegate and mask @Overthinkers as Delegate.
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New question! What will be your choice this time, and why?
(Before people ask: it's not really about a set population threshold, but rather the feel of the city.)
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That is a lot of engagement for these types of polls compared to the previous ones, thanks
Onto the next now!
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A hobby related question, pick your choice and explain it if you want.
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Interesting story! Welcome to the Forums!
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Well I wouldn't see it as that, otherwise the answer would be obvious with that loophole.
The stand-in-a-line would apply only a line of humans standing, not vehicles.
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Choose carefully in which way you want to be helped!
Feel free to explain the reason if you wish.
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I purposely avoided relationships at high school since I didn't feel it's the correct time, but I look forward to seeing if it happens by the time I am 30 years old.
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Understood, that's unfortunate. Thanks for looking into it Winni!
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Missed the number 14 by one for the Valentine's Day themed question. But here it goes!
What would you choose and why? (Imagine it as an hypothetical scenario even if you already have a relationship or are past either/both ages.)
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Was informed of this problem when welcoming a new member to the region as they created an account.
Account was successfully verified after the email was found in the spam folder, but that Google is tagging it as spam and that it was apparently "reported as spam at least 20 times in the past" according to what the user saw, sounds fairly concerning given Gmail's prominence as an email provider.
Raising the issue here, not sure if there's any possible action on forum admins' part though or if it's solely Google's issue.
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1423 Elections in Giovanniland: What to Expect?
Porto Violeto, Giovanniland — Elections for the Senato are slated to happen on 18 March 1423, as Prime Minister Amore Gile Abrente's term in office comes to an end after coming to the position on 5 May 1418. The Senato, Giovanniland's national legislative branch, is elected by popular vote and decides the Giovannilandian head of government according to the party or coalition that can form a majority in the chamber. General elections happen when the Senato is dissolved, happening at most five years after the previous one, or earlier if the Prime Minister resigns, dies in office, or is subject to a successful vote of no confidence.
The nation has fared well during Mrs Abrente's term, with the continuation of notable technological development coupled with respect for the environment, a core tenet of her Partito Soquale-Verde (PSV), and major events including the Quorivo & Kharventhin Esferiad, a flagship project of the term together with neighboring Blue Bubble. Mrs Abrente is hoping to capitalize on these successes by continuing to serve as her party's leader, meaning that maintaining the most seats within her left-wing coalition, the PSV alongside the Partito Labrista (PL) and Partito Komunista (PK) would confirm a re-election.
The current prime minister has a fair chance of getting re-elected, though there are two possible outcomes in which that doesn't happen. One would be that the PL led by Elisa Anario-Silva surpasses the PSV in legislative seats and thus gets to nominate their own pick for the position, as is tradition. The other is that the opposition coalition returns to power, led by Vinikio Lamponi of the Partito Librale-Demokrata (PLD) and Lauro de Abreo-Florino of the Partito Respublikano (PR).
Regular opinion polls made by the institute Voge Populi throughout January and February showed the following outlook in regards to seat predictions. The governing coalition's current 307 seats look very likely to increase, and if the latest polls were taken as an election, it would stand with 316 seats. In the opposition, we see a shift to the right involving the PR potentially getting more seats than the PLD for the first time in decades.
Party Ideology Leader 1418 Election 4/1 11/1 18/1 25/1 1/2 8/2 Komunista far-left Valerio Visellio Larone 69 65 63 59 61 63 64 Laborista left-wing Elisa Anario-Silva 111 119 125 124 120 124 122 Soquale-Verde center-left Amore Gile Abrente 132 140 138 139 132 129 130 Librale-Demokrata center-right Vinikio Lamponi 83 66 69 72 76 75 71 Respublikano right-wing Lauro de Abreo-Florino 74 81 78 82 85 83 86 Violetista right-wing Zodeno Fenestella 25 29 27 24 26 26 27 For those unfamiliar with Giovannilandian elections, the Senato's 500 members are elected representing an electoral district according to its population, therefore any opinion poll must take this in mind instead of simply gathering nationwide votes. In addition to the national Senato elections, each region and municipality will elect members to its Kuria, a local assembly that chooses the leader for the respective administrative division and develops local legislation. In the live coverage of the election day, we hope to bring you a lot of updates about how the outlook of the 1423 Senato goes as votes come in. Stay tuned!
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Inspired by the common discussions in Discord, here's the ultimate weather question! Vote and optionally explain your choice.
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1 hour ago, Lyckes said:
Thanks for the reply, our ceding Delegate! Yeah, I figured many of these things out since my message. Also gotten some positive effects from issues now. It still seems that the game tries this "everything affects everything" approach, and sometimes your responses to issues yield some unexpected results. If anything, I like it that way! Not looking for optimization or some known good answers to issues, just playing casually and going with the whim at this time.
Thank you for the welcomes and links!
Of course! And indeed, issues have unexpected results often.
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