# 2022 Jersey general election

The 2022 Jersey general election was held on 22 June 2022 to elect connétables and deputies to the States Assembly. As in previous elections, the majority of seats were won by independents. The governing Jersey Alliance party suffered a heavy defeat, losing all but one of its seats. Following the election, a coalition government led by Better Way Deputy Kristina Moore was formed.
Independent politicians won 32 of the 49 seats in the Assembly. Reform Jersey won 10 seats, primarily in the new St Helier constituencies, the largest win in the party's history. Whilst Jersey Alliance won a sizable share of the popular vote, it only won a single seat; almost all of its members in the Assembly were voted out, most notably the incumbent Chief Minister John Le Fondré. The newly founded Jersey Liberal Conservatives and Progress Party, comprising the JLC–Progress coalition, received 2 and 1 seats respectively.
Despite widespread electoral reforms made in 2021 intended to improve civic engagement, turnout decreased from the previous election to 41.6%. Following the election, Jersey Alliance's single member in the Assembly resigned from the party after only a month, leaving it with no representation in the States Assembly. The Progress Party disbanded a year later in July 2023.

## Timeline

Key dates :
| Date | Event(s) | Event(s) |
| Thursday 22 April 2021 | The States Assembly approves a proposition setting 22 June 2022 as the date for the next general election. The proposition also included widespread electoral reforms for the 2022 election, including abolishing the position of senator and creating new electoral constituencies for deputies. | The States Assembly approves a proposition setting 22 June 2022 as the date for the next general election. The proposition also included widespread electoral reforms for the 2022 election, including abolishing the position of senator and creating new electoral constituencies for deputies. |
| Friday 29 April 2022 | Final business meeting of the 2018–2022 Assembly. | Final business meeting of the 2018–2022 Assembly. |
| Monday 9 May 2022 | Final meeting of the 2018–2022 Assembly to ceremonially mark Liberation Day. | Final meeting of the 2018–2022 Assembly to ceremonially mark Liberation Day. |
| Tuesday 10 May 2022 | Deadline for registration on the main voter register and registration for a postal vote at 12pm. | Deadline for registration on the main voter register and registration for a postal vote at 12pm. |
| Wednesday 11 May 2022 | Opening of nominations of candidates. Beginning of election period (purdah). | Opening of nominations of candidates. Beginning of election period (purdah). |
| Friday 13 May 2022 | Closing of nominations of candidates. | Closing of nominations of candidates. |
| Wednesday 18 May 2022 | Announcement of candidates. | Announcement of candidates. |
| Monday 13 June 2022 | Pre-poll voting open for voters on the main voter register. | |
| Tuesday 14 June 2022 | Pre-poll voting open for voters on the main voter register. | |
| Wednesday 15 June 2022 | Pre-poll voting open for voters on the main voter register. | Deadline for registration on the supplementary voter register at 12pm. |
| Thursday 16 June 2022 | Pre-poll voting open for voters on the main voter register. | |
| Friday 17 June 2022 | Pre-poll voting open for voters on the main voter register. | |
| Wednesday 22 June 2022 | Polling day – polls open from 8am to 8pm. | Polling day – polls open from 8am to 8pm. |
| Thursday 23 June 2022 | Results announced for all 21 parishes and constituencies. | Results announced for all 21 parishes and constituencies. |
| Monday 27 June 2022 | Elected members officially sworn in to the States Assembly. Deadline for nominations for Chief Minister – candidates had until 5pm to receive at least six nominations to be included on the ballot. | Elected members officially sworn in to the States Assembly. Deadline for nominations for Chief Minister – candidates had until 5pm to receive at least six nominations to be included on the ballot. |
| Thursday 30 June 2022 | First meeting of the new States Assembly to ceremonially mark the retirement of the Lieutenant Governor. | First meeting of the new States Assembly to ceremonially mark the retirement of the Lieutenant Governor. |
| Tuesday 5 July 2022 | The new States Assembly met for the election of the new chief minister. | The new States Assembly met for the election of the new chief minister. |
| Monday 11 July 2022 | Chief minister-designate's nominations for other ministerial positions confirmed by the Assembly. Chief minister formally appointed to office. | Chief minister-designate's nominations for other ministerial positions confirmed by the Assembly. Chief minister formally appointed to office. |
| Tuesday 12 July 2022 | End of election period (purdah). States members appointed to scrutiny panels and committees. | End of election period (purdah). States members appointed to scrutiny panels and committees. |
| Tuesday 19 July 2022 | States members appointed to remaining scrutiny panels and committees. | States members appointed to remaining scrutiny panels and committees. |

## Electoral system

The 2022 elections are the first to have been held under a new electoral system. Under the system, the role of Senators is abolished and replaced with 37 Deputies elected across 9 districts via plurality block voting. The election of one Connétable from each of the twelve parishes is maintained.
This election has seen the debut of many new political parties to a political landscape that has been traditionally dominated by independent candidates. Before the election the newly formed centre-right Jersey Alliance, which included the previous Chief Minister John Le Fondré, had led the previous Government of Jersey. The centre-right Liberal Conservatives and the centrist Progress Party entered into a political pact with one other for the election. The existing social-democratic Reform Jersey party will also contest the election, and a group of independent candidates will stand with a shared platform and agreed principles under the name of ‘Better Way’, including Chief Scrutineer and Senator Kristina Moore.
For the 2022 elections, the Constable of St. Martin brought forward an amendment to include "the choice of ‘None of the Above’ to be automatically included as a ballot option in any States Assembly election where the number of candidates in a District or Parish does not exceed the number of seats available, with an appropriate formal consequence being provided should this ballot option achieve a plurality of the votes cast." The change was subsequently approved by the States Assembly.

## Political parties and groups

The table below lists the parties or groups that nominated at least one candidate for the election:
| Name | Name | Name | Name | Ideology | Leader | 2018 result | Pre-election seats |
| Name | Name | Name | Name | Ideology | Leader | Seats | Pre-election seats |
| | RJ | RJ | Reform Jersey | Social democracy | Sam Mézec | 5 / 49 | 5 / 49 |
| | JA | JA | Jersey Alliance | Conservative liberalism | Mark Boleat | — | 9 / 49 |
| | PP | PP | Progress Party | Centrism | Steve Pallett | — | 2 / 49 |
| | JLC | JLC | Jersey Liberal Conservatives | Liberal conservatism | Philip Bailhache | — | 0 / 49 |
| | BW | BW | Better Way | Consensus government | Kristina Moore | — | 1 / 49 |
| | Ind | Ind | Independents | — | — | 44 / 49 | 33 / 49 |