2020 Aswingtonian general election
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General elections were held in Aswington on December 12, 2020. Voters elected the President of the Republic and the ten members of the National Assembly.
Background
After the dissolution of the second legislature of the National Assembly by presidential decree on June 25, 2020, it was proposed to hold new elections within ninety days, initially to elect the members of the new legislature of the parliament. However, for reasons of time and logistics, it was decided to hold general elections in the country.
The National Electoral Commission convened these elections to be held on December 12, 2020.
Electoral System
The President of the Republic is elected through the first-past-the-post system, where the candidate who obtains the majority of votes will be the winner of the election.
Meanwhile, the members of the National Assembly are elected through a party-list proportional representation, where the candidates of a political party participate through electoral lists. Unlike the previous election, in which five deputies were elected, voters will elect this time a total of ten deputies in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution.
Candidates
Presidential
| Presidential Candidates | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Juan Cisneros (incumbent) | Max Stenner | |
| NDP (Civic Alliance) |
MP (No alliance) | |
| Running Mates | ||
| Noah Woodgeard | Jonah Nichols | |
Parliamentary
Four political parties will participate in the election of the members of the National Assembly. Of these four, three are participating for the first time. Two of them participate under the Civic Alliance, although they nominated their own lists of candidates.
Parties contesting the election
Conduct
Representatives from two countries and one from the Cupertino Alliance were invited to monitor and supervise the electoral process.
Results
The official results were announced on the afternoon of December 15, where Juan Cisneros was reelected for a new presidential term of two years.
In the case of the parliament, three seats passed into the hands of the pro-government political parties and only one passed into the hands of the opposition. Only six seats were left vacant.
President
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Cisneros | National Democratic Party | 6 | 54.5 | |
| Max Stenner | Monarchist Party | 3 | 27.3 | |
| Against all | 2 | 18.2 | ||
| Total | 11 | 100.0 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | ||||
| Source: | ||||
National Assembly
| Party | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party[1] | LP | 6 | 54.5 | ||
| National Democratic Party | NDP | 3 | 27.3 | ||
| Monarchist Party | MP | 2 | 18.2 | ||
| National Statist Party | NSP | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Against all | – | ||||
| Total | 11 | 100.0 | |||
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Aftermath
Due to the low number of elected deputies, the electoral committee announced special elections to choose the vacant seats. These were held on February 20, 2021. On this occasion, the election was held in the form of a plebiscite, where the voter accepted or rejected the list of candidates. The list was approved and one candidate from the National Democratic Party, one candidate from the Social Democratic Party and one from the National Party were elected.
That same day, Juan Cisneros resigned from the Presidency of the Republic for personal reasons. Simbach A. Vazo assumed the presidency on a provisional basis, minutes later.
References
- ↑ Member of the Civic Alliance, but nominated its own list of candidates.
