2030 Morranian National Assembly Election

The **2030 Morranian National Assembly Election** was held on Wednesday January 2, 2030 and was the first election to the National Assembly of Morra, with all 300 seats in the chamber up for election for the first time in the legislative body's history. Elections were held at the same time as the 2030 Morranian Presidential Election. Turnout was 80%, with 23,922,771 ballots being cast in the election.

Following the ratification and adoption of the 2029 Constitution of Morra on February 20, 2029, President Sunil Bakshi inaugurated the legislature under the new name of the National Assembly of Morra. As part of the transition between the Corporate Republic of Dunsteen and the Republic of Morra, members of the former legislative body were permitted to carry over into the new National Assembly until the 2030 election cycle. As part of the new National Assembly, the post of Speaker of the National Assembly was created as the presiding officer for the legislature; on February 20, 2029, VVD parliamentary leader Peter Illich was elected as the first speaker.

As part of the new constitution, political parties other than the governing People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) were allowed to form in opposition to the government; in April 2029, the Party of the Labourers (PvdA) was formed and quickly gained support as the main opposition group to the VVD thanks to it's role as the political wing of the major trade unions in Morra. By May, the delegations of corporate and industry representatives formed into the Corporate Union and Worker's Political Alliance (APA) respectively, whilst the pro-government New Party formed in The Hague to support the VVD. In August 2029, the Progressive Party was formed as a more left-wing alternative to the PvdA, whilst the DENK movement launched as a political force in late September of the same year. During the electoral campaign, several of the opposition parties found their attempts to campaign freely impeded by the government's harsh national security legislation, which prohibited explicit criticism of the president or other senior government figures, leading to accusations of unfair election management being levied against the government.

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.

During the election campaign, the VVD made significant use of government apparatus and state owned media to support it's concurrent assembly and presidential campaigns, whilst President Sunil Bakshi, Vice President Werner Reinheart and vice presidential candidate Eris Assecla all actively campaigned for the government backed parties. In response to the "unfair" usage of government recourses for party political purposes, several opposition groups threatened to withdraw from the National Assembly elections.

On January 8, 2030, the results of the National Assembly election were made public by the Morranian Electoral Commission, with the VVD receiving 94 seats, the PvdA receiving 63, the Workers Alliance receiving 38, the Progressive party receiving 35, the Corporate Union receiving 26, DENK receiving 23, the New Party receiving 10 and independent candidates gaining 11 seats. On January 10, 2030, 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 2030 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 February 17, 2030, 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.