2025 Jonathian general election

The 2025 Jonathian general election will be the 48th biennial general election, scheduled for Tuesday, January 7th, 2025. Voters will elect a prime minister, deputy prime minister, members of parliament, and various provincial governorships and provincial council members.
Incumbent Lily Danyon of the Liberal Party is being widely expected to run for a second term as prime minister. If Danyon were to be re-elected, she would be the second female prime minister to serve more than one term, after Caron Bush. Her major opponents are expected to be Deja Smith of the Nationals, Alisson Pardiac of the JFP, Dillon Cunningham of the Jonathian Party, and Mike Pence of the Republicans. If all five candidates remained in their positions, it would mark the first major party rematch since 1979.
Prior to the general election, political parties will choose their nominees through party leadership elections.
Abortion access, healthcare, education, the state of the economy, and climate change are expected to be leading campaign issues.
== Background ==
In 2023, Lily Danyon of the Liberal Party was elected as prime minister. Despite a decreased seat count for the party, the Liberals remained the largest party in the parliament with 40 seats. The Liberals subsequently formed a coalition government with the SDP, the Greens, and the JFP.
==Candidates==
Most candidates are representatives of a political party, which must be registered with the Electoral Commission's register. Those who do not belong to one must use the label Independent.
Twenty-five parties are registered to run in the 2025 election, an increase by three from 2023. On March 12th, 2024, the Jonathian Opportunities Party was officially registered. On March 14th, the Sustainable Party and the Jonathian Democratic Party also registered.
===Liberal Party===
It is widely expected that Danyon and Williams will run a second time for the Liberal nomination. However, a handful of candidates have declared their interest in running for the position.
====Publicly declared interest====
*Andrej Stejskal, Secretary of Education (2013-2015); candidate for the Liberal nomination in 2023
*Donald Pearlman, member of parliament
====Potential candidates====
*Lily Danyon, 38th prime minister of Jonathia (2023-present); 39th deputy prime minister of Jonathia (2017-2023)
*Jonas Albert, 37th prime minister of Jonathia (2017-2023)
*Kris Dantejo, Secretary of Finance (2017-present)
*Rachel Pretlove, governor of Lolland (2021-present)
====Declined to be candidates====
The individuals in this section have been the subject of speculation about their possible candidacy, but have publicly denied interest in running.
* Mike von Staufstad, 37th deputy prime minister of Jonathia (2013-2015); Secretary of Justice (2007-2009)
*Amanda Hopkins, Secretary of Agriculture (2017-present); candidate for the Liberal nomination in 2023
*Tim Mendler, Secretary of Justice (2017-present)
*Percy Llano, governor of Leafland (2019-present)
*Jack Bermer, governor of St. Gelta (2023-present)
===National Party===
Deja Smith, leader of the Nationals, was defeated in the 2023 election for a second time. In the early months of 2024, rumours spread regarding the idea that Smith may step down as the party's leader and be replaced by a more conservative candidate.
====Potential candidates====
*Deja Smith, leader of the National Party (2020-present)
*Gyles Cudmore, member of parliament
*Jane Carforth, deputy leader of the National Party (2020-present)
*Camille Rambeau, leader of the National Party (1990-1997)
====Declined to be candidates ====
*Mark Taylor, member of parliament
*Will Wadley, member of parliament
===Jonathia First Party ===
====Publicly declared interest==== 
*Alisson Pardiac, Secretary of Culture (2023-present)
==== Potential candidates==== 
*Sasha Havenbank, Secretary of Energy (2023-present)
===Jonathian Party===
On March 18th, 2024, Dillon Cunningham announced his intention to run for the Jonathian Party candidacy at the 2025 general election. It is likely that, if selected as the party's candidate, Cunningham will once again nominate Alex Olver as deputy leader. Cunningham is currently running for the leadership unopposed; Chris McDearmont, the governor of Miller, had previously been touted as a possible candidate, but he confirmed on March 10th that he had no intention of seeking the leadership position, saying that he and the party were "behind Dillon all the way".
The party will gather to officially choose its candidate on July 3rd, 2024.
====Declared candidates====
Portrait	Name 	Previous position(s) 	Campaign logo
 	Dillon Cunningham	Leader of the Jonathian Party(2023 - present)	
====Declined to be candidates====
*Chris McDearmont, Governor of Miller (2023-present)
*Linda Madge, member of parliament
*Tony Dorrough, member of parliament
===Green Party===
====Publicly declared interest====
*Imelda Muddock, leader of the Green Party (2022-present)
===Social Democratic Party===
====Potential candidates====
*Greta Leafberg, leader of the Social Democratic Party (2022-present)
*Carol Descartes, Secretary of Health (2023-present)
===Republican Party===
====Potential candidates====
*Mike Pence, leader of the Republican Party (2022-present)
*Lucas Sallow, deputy leader of the Republican Party (2022-present)
===Other===
== Opinion polling==
==Results==
Voting will open on December 27th, 2024 at 7:00am JST, and close on January 7th, 2025, between 8:00pm and 11:00pm, depending on the province.
Party	Party 	Leader 	Votes	% 	Seats	Seats	Seats	Seats
Party	Party 	Leader 	Votes	% 	Parl.	Diff 	Local	Diff
 	Liberal Party 	Lily Danyon 	N/A 	N/A	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
 	National Party 	Deja Smith 	N/A 	N/A	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
 	Jonathia First Party 	Alisson Pardiac 	N/A 	N/A	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
 	Jonathian Party 	Dillon Cunningham 	N/A 	N/A	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
 	Green Party 	Imelda Muddock 	N/A 	N/A	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
 	Social Democrats 	Greta Leafberg 	N/A 	N/A	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
 	Tapanthia United Party 	Lauren Keito 	N/A 	N/A	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
 	Republican Party 	Mike Pence 	N/A 	N/A	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
 	Unity Party 	Christina Wenhold 	N/A 	N/A	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
 	Conservative Party 	Chaise Fleur 	N/A 	N/A	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
 	Teal Party 	Nathan Gump 	N/A 	N/A	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
 	Jonathians for Jonathians 	Donald Trump 	N/A 	N/A	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
 	People Before Profit 	Mark Stanley 	N/A 	N/A	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
 	Communist Party 	Johan Scaliter 	N/A 	N/A	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
 	Nazi Party 	Adam Wenthorpe 	N/A 	N/A	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
 	Christian Party 	Mary Greenford 	N/A 	N/A	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
 	New Libertarian Party 	Shelby Pearce 	N/A 	N/A	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
 	Catholic Party 	Hano Tumbliech 	N/A 	N/A	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
 	People's Party 	Anne Linforth 	N/A 	N/A	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
 	Advance Jonathia 	Tamsin Wolfe 	N/A 	N/A	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
 	Muslim Party 	Muhammad Abbas 	N/A 	N/A	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
 	Federation of Free Fascists	Orpheus Morrigan 	N/A 	N/A	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
 	Opportunities Party 	Casper Chlodes 	N/A 	N/A	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
 	Sustainable Party 	Ivana Grammont 	N/A 	N/A	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
 	Democratic Party 	Bridget Hannity 	N/A 	N/A	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
 	Independent candidates 	Independent candidates	N/A 	N/A	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
==See also==
Category:2025
Category:Elections
Category:Jonathia
Category:Jonathian elections