2035 Morranian National Assembly Election

The **2035 Morranian National Assembly Election** was held on Wednesday January 3, 2035 and was held to elect the 3rd National Assembly of Morra, marking the second occasion that all 300 seats in the legislature had been up for election. Elections were held at the same time as the 2035 Morranian Presidential Election. Turnout was 83%, with 24,480,445 ballots being cast in the election.

Over the course of the 2030-35 National Assembly, the governing coalition of VVD-APA-Corporate Union-New Party implemented a programme of wide ranging economic reforms to the institutions and legislation left over from the former Corporate Republic of Dunsteen, repealing much of the government's former libertarian economic policy and replacing it with a significantly more interventionist system of state management. In 2031, the legislature ratified the Kiev Accords and a peace treaty with the Republic of Dunsteen, effectively normalising diplomatic relations between the two states for the first time in 9 years. Under the leadership of Speaker Peter Illich, the chamber passed the Healthcare Regulations Act in October 2031 which, unbeknownst to the general population, granted the government permission to begin distributing what would become known as the Derigo disease into Morranian water supplies in order to sell regular Derigo vaccines to the public. During the course of the assembly, Speaker Illich effectively transformed his position within government to that equivalent to a prime minister, and in March 2032, the National Assembly passed an amendment to the constitution which formalised the previously *de-facto* role into legal reality.

In order to be eligible to receive seats in the National Assembly, political parties and independent candidates were required to register with the central government by November 11, 2029. In order to be elected to the National Assembly, political parties and independent candidates must be registered with the civil service. Following the election, the political party will be given a percentage of seats in the chamber, rounded to the nearest whole number, proportional to the percentage of overall valid votes cast for the party. After the results are known, independent candidates are placed onto a *de-facto* party list in ranking of total votes cast, and the remaining vacant seats are allocated to independent candidates in the order of highest to lowest vote share until all seats in the National Assembly are taken.

On January 8, 2035, the results of the National Assembly election were made public by the Morranian Electoral Commission, with the VVD receiving 99 seats, the PvdA receiving 64, the Workers Alliance receiving 36, the Progressive party receiving 35, the Corporate Union receiving 24, DENK receiving 23, the New Party receiving 10 and independent candidates gaining 9 seats. On January 10, 2035, newly elected members of the National Assembly of Morra were formally sworn into office by speaker Peter Illich; the following day, the legislature certified the results of the 2035 presidential election. With the ceremonial aspects of the assembly having been conducted, political negotiations between the parties began as they attempted to form a governing coalition for the control of the legislative branch. On January 26, 2035, Illich and the leaders of the Workers Alliance, Corporate Union and New Party formally agreed to a coalition to pass new legislation through the assembly, with Illich being re-elected as speaker. During the course of the assembly, the Corporate Union merged into the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, briefly expanding the VVD's seat count between May and November 2036.