Luminan state election, 2072

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2069 ← 	28 May 2072 	28 May 2072 	→ 2075
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30 seats in the Luminan Legislative Assembly16 needed for a majority	30 seats in the Luminan Legislative Assembly16 needed for a majority	30 seats in the Luminan Legislative Assembly16 needed for a majority 	30 seats in the Luminan Legislative Assembly16 needed for a majority
 	 	 	
 	First party 	Second party 	Third party
 	 	 	
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Leader 	Luke Simpson 	Erika Nguyen 	Winston Arono
Party 	Mojang 	Reform 	Lumina First
Leader since 	10 March 2070 	28 August 2065 	17 January 2067
Last election 	8 seats, 25.32% 	9 seats, 29.17% 	3 seats, 8.84%
Seats won 	8 	8 	5
Seat change 	0 	1 	2
Popular vote 	226,039 	211,674 	136,135
Percentage 	27.38% 	25.64% 	16.49%
Swing 	2.06% 	3.53% 	7.65%
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Leader 	Tama Wikian 	Ted Unawingea 	Terri Ma
Party 	Liberal 	United 	Conservative
Leader since 	20 May 2069 	1 June 2066 	15 August 2070
Last election 	4 seats, 14.03% 	3 seats, 11.15% 	2 seats, 5.96%
Seats won 	4 	2 	2
Seat change 	0 	1 	0
Popular vote 	105,011 	54,322 	45,571
Percentage 	12.72% 	6.58% 	5.52%
Swing 	1.31% 	4.57% 	0.44%
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Luminan Legislative Assembly after the election 	Luminan Legislative Assembly after the election 	Luminan Legislative Assembly after the election 	Luminan Legislative Assembly after the election
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Strongest party by LGA 	Strongest party by LGA 	Strongest party by LGA 	Strongest party by LGA
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Political groups 	Political groups 	Government (12): Reform (8) Liberal (4)Supported by (5): United (2) Conservative (2) Greens (1)Opposition (13): Mojang (8) Lumina First (5)	Government (12): Reform (8) Liberal (4)Supported by (5): United (2) Conservative (2) Greens (1)Opposition (13): Mojang (8) Lumina First (5)
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Premier before election 	Premier before election 	Elected Premier 	Elected Premier
Erika NguyenReform 	Erika NguyenReform 	Erika NguyenReform 	Erika NguyenReform
A state election was held on Saturday, 28 May 2072 to elect the members of the 18th Parliament of Lumina. The incumbent second-term centre-right Craftian Reform Party government, led by Premier Erika Nguyen, tied with the opposition centre-left Mojang Democratic Party, led by Opposition Leader Luke Simpson, with 8 seats each. Reform as able to form a minority coalition government with the Liberal Party of Craftia and the support of the National United Party, Craftian Conservative Party and Craftian Greens.
The incumbent government, consisting of a coalition between the Reform and Liberal parties, had remained relatively united against an opposition suffering from serious policy disagreements. The election campaign was dominated by the rise of the left-wing populist Lumina First, which advocated for Luminan independence and reached a peak of 20 percent in state polling by 2071, and was polling third by election day. Other major issues included the state's faltering healthcare system, environmental issues, the high unemployment rate and rising ethnic tensions.
On election day, Mojang edged out the Reform government in terms of the popular vote but both parties finished with eight seats. Mojang faced a significant challenge in its rural strongholds from Lumina First, which gained two seats on a swing of almost 8 percent. All parties represented in parliament agreed to keep Lumina First out of any coalition agreements due to its perceived extremism.
Six months following this election, the coalition agreement between Reform and the Liberals broke down, and the Nguyen Government was defeated on the floor of the house. The MDP was able to form a new government with the support of the Liberals, United and the Greens.
==Results==
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8 	5 	4 	5 	8
Mojang	Lumina First	Liberal	Other	Reform
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Party	Party 	Votes 	Percentage	Percentage	Swing	Seats	Change
 	Mojang Democratic Party 	226,039	27.38 	  	2.06 	8 	0
 	Craftian Reform Party 	211,674	25.64 	  	3.53 	8 	1
 	Lumina First 	136,135	16.49 	  	7.65 	5 	2
 	Liberal Party of Craftia 	105,011	12.72 	  	1.31 	4 	0
 	National United Party 	54,322 	6.58 	  	4.57 	2 	1
 	Craftian Conservative Party	45,571 	5.52 	  	0.44 	2 	0
 	Craftian Greens 	32,692 	3.96 	  	0.78 	1 	0
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Other 	14,117 	1.71 	  	0.64 	0 	0
Total	Total 	825,562	 	 	 	30 	
===Party lists===
Elected candidates are in bold.
№ 	Mojang (8) 	Reform (8) 	LM First (5) 	Liberal (4) 	United (2) 	Conservative (2) 	Greens (1)
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123456789101112131415	Luke SimpsonKaisi GuoHorton ChenAimy RehipetiMalcolm IshiharaAllen NickelSakura LiJennifer SongKylie WiragelaTom WoodleighHunter LiangChristine YeeKeka KerehomaWang ZhumingJack Duppstadt	Erika NguyenJohn PorokaMichael ChoyPam DurfeyClint LonzoAlexa OyamaJi-ting LeeCaroline TangLyn NerneyNelson TranJason GuptaErin WangThomas PhamJerry ShiuAkio Suzuki	Winston AronoJamie HiniataiMirami WranErik MillerJonathan TerereaTian ZhelanPeter AmakariJonathan LiewSamantha HuttCarley WenWarake AimonaRaymond GohKok Hoi-chunKenneth NguyenChu Nong	Tama WikianRebecca DamisEmily LawBenjiro FujikawaAshleigh LauKakuei AyuzawaRaquel HernandezRoy BuiSarang KhooCathy AweparatuAlvin TamShane FoxGabrielle DutenteLisa YipMatthew Fujiwara	Ted UnawingeaMichelle ParkJuan Martin MirilloCory ChenKatsue IzamiJeffrey AguilaJessika LiBrendan Wong IILuis TanMarco GilbertFan ShushuJames PakJosephine MaharajaWill ReddinHarper Hanh	Terri MaDavid TienErnesto LangleyZhuang BaiPriscilla ChanAlison RodriguezWilson EngAnita SopamenaTomas WildeRakina Au TopiaDavid ZhangMichael FlavellShigenobu MatsumaraWalter LeungJanlee Takahara	Stan RyoichiCasey DombrowskiPeter NgaireRyan BoykoRia DengErlin TanuwidjaNoah YuenJacqui BalimanCarla LamFranklin MeleseSam ChoiCassie SengRonda MadisonYoshi ArimaMyles Lagos
==Background==
The Reform Party had governed Lumina since the 2066 state election, in which it gained a substantial swing to defeat the Mojang Democratic Party. In 2069, Reform under Erika Nguyen retained government albeit with a heavier negative swing than usual for a first-term government. Successive broken election promises and cancelled infrastructure projects began to eat away at Reform's support base, especially in the rural areas where the MDP was usually dominant. Following the 2069 election, and with the state's debt ballooning, the CRP embarked on a social reform plan, while cutting services and welfare programs. This helped to curb stalling popular opinion on the Nguyen Government. Towards the middle of the term, the MDP opposition fractured into left and right factions over handling the rise of the left-wing populist Lumina First Party, which threatened Mojang's hold on the rural vote. The Reform government generally maintained a healthy lead in the polls during this period.
By mid-2071, the MDP began to coalesce around non-aligned leader Luke Simpson and moved to differentiate itself from Lumina First. Voter anger over Lumina's failing healthcare system, with ever-increasing waiting times and bureaucratic failures involving patient care, led to a noticeable drop in Reform's polling, and Mojang regained the lead by October. At this point, the initial Lumina First wave had receded. By 2072, the two major parties were neck-and-neck.
==Opinion polling==
===Graphical summary===