General Election of WolvHaven, July 2017

Category:Elections
The second General Election of WolvHaven was held from 29 June to 2 July 2017 to form the House of Representatives (HOR) of the 7th Parliament of WolvHaven.
==New Election Rules==
As the previous election results saw votes divided across multiple parties resulting in a third of the seats being left vacant, new rules were introduced in order to prevent these vacancies from happening again.
The major changes include rounding up of the number of seats and a new 5% threshold. Previously, if 10% of the vote meant 2.3 seats for example, the party would only be awarded 2 seats. Under the new system, the number of seats will always be rounded up. This means if 10% of the vote meant 2.3 seats, the party would be awarded 3 instead of 2 seats.
However, under the new round up rule, this meant that any party with at least 1 vote would be awarded a seat. To counter this, a 5% threshold was introduced. This means that any party with at least 5% of the popular vote would be guaranteed a seat.
Another change to the system was the introduction of overhang seats. These are elected seats that are added should the existing 12 seats be insufficient. For example, there are 15 people who qualify to gain elected MP status. However, there are only 12 seats available. An additional 3 elected seats will be added in order to fit everybody.
==New Records==
The July 2017 General Election of WolvHaven achieved a new voter turnout record in WolvHaven Election History with a total of 67 votes cast. This was at least double the amount of votes counted in the previous General Election, which only had vote count of 29.
As a result of this amount of votes, all party leaders were nervous or anxious as they could not depend as much on their own party members voting for them, meaning they would also have to appeal to a majority of the Citizens of WolvHaven in order to win the election.
==Retiring member==
Members of Parliament who chose not to renominate for the July 2017 Election are as follows:
===Pure Haven===
* Rom5419 - announced not running on 21 June 2017
* Endermat96 - announced not running on 21 June 2017
===WolvHaven Architect Party===
* UKGUK - announced not running on 21 June 2017
==New Coalition Formed==
The results of the election formed a coalition government between the , , and the called the United Progressive Coalition. 
==Election Results==
Party 	Code	Leader(s) 	% of Vote 	Swing 	Number of Vote 	Seats before election	Seats after election	Seat Change	Seats awarded to
 	CEN 	sambrose 	 	▲2.62 	 	 	 	▲1 	
*Sambrose
*Blalex
 	DEM 	MC_Dunc 	 	▲4.01 	 	 	 	▲1 	
*MC_Dunc
 	HGP 	Autobus22 	 	▲7.10 	 	 	 	▲2 	
* Noodle_Doodles
*Autobus22
*Ardyle
 	NCP 	_ezzo 	 	▼3.35 	 	 	 	▲1 	
*_ezzo 
*hinwapoon
 	PFG 	minebuilder1223 	 	▲16.98 	 	 	 	▲4 	
*minebuilder1223
*_Bromley
*_AngelKevin_
*CackleFresh
 	RCP 	Aldranster50 	 	▲7.46 	 	 	 	▲1 	
*Aldranster50
 	SGNP	JuliusMS & Olovld	 	▲5.30 	 	 	 	- 	
*Olovld
*JuliusMS
Spoiled Votes	- 	- 	- 	- 	 	- 	- 	- 	-
 	PHN 	ROM5419 	Not participating	Not participating	Not participating	 	 	- 	-
 	WAP 	GukkyGukz 	Not participating	Not participating	Not participating	 	 	- 	-
==Election Events==
Date 	Event Description
8 May 2017 	
* Announced the details for this election
4 June 2017 	
* announces that they are not participating in this election
13 June 2017	
* registers for participation in this election
* registers for participation in this election
14 June 2017	
* registers for participation in this election
16 June 2017	
* registers for participation in this election
21 June 2017	
* announces that they are not participating in this election
* registers for participation in this election
24 June 2017	
* registers for participation in this election
* Final session for 6th Parliament
* 6th Parliament dissolved
25 June 2017	
* National General Election Debate
* representative goes AFK halfway throughout the debate
26 June 2017	
* hosts election rally at People's Plaza
* announces election rally for the 27 June 2017, 2pm UTC+-0
27 June 2017	
* cancels election rally
28 June 2017	
* hosts election rally at Opera House
* hosts press conference at party HQ
29 June 2017	
* Polls open
2 July 2017 	
* Polls close
* Sample count released
* Official count announced by returning officer
8 July 2017 	
* 1st Session of 7th Parliament