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2024. Election Results (Final)
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1.1. Textual Election Summary
Second Round Elections for the Lower House occurred yesterday wherein the front-runners of the first-round (The Center and Opportunity Party) contested 173 out of 223 seats left after the first round.
Turn-out. Total turn-out for the 2024. Country-level(Lower House) second-round Elections is 67.11% of total registered voters, which is higher than both the first-round Elections (62.48%) and Local-level(Upper House) Elections (66.31%).
Election Laws. These were the first elections to be held in accordance to the 2024. Electoral Ordinance laws and as such, the mandate of the future government is expected to last until May 20th 2025.
Results. Results of the second-round place 55.75% of the votes in favour of "The Center", with rivaling "Opportunity Party" winning 44.25% of the votes; Which translate to 110(including the Speaker) and 63 total seats for each, respectively. This means that "The Center" will form the future ruling government, while the "Opportunity Party" is expected to form the (Ordinance-envisioned) Shadow Government in the Legislative.
Coalitions. Given that the required majority for government formation is 50% of the seats in Lower House and 1/3rd seats in the Upper House (112 in Lower and 205 in Upper), "The Center" is subject to forming a coalition government. Possible coalition partners for both parties, judging from pre-election statements include (either/or): SRP/NNP, UML/SDVP, and CGC/ADLA.
Platforms. "The Center" initially advocated for (closest similarity) a liberal-conservative platform, which had been expanded to include environmental issues after the first round, thus gaining endorsement from the SRP. Contrary, "Opportunity Party" campaign for these elections is (relatively) described as favouring a liberal-socialist approach, thus receiving endorsement from the UML & ADLA upon conclusion of the first round.
1.2. Visual Election Summary
The election results of both rounds and both Houses can be visualised below:
