January 2022 Mayen legislative election

## Background

### Formation of the Rainbow Coalition

In the first Mayensland election, the liberal Reform Party won the election but right-of-center parties lacked a parliamentary majority.

At first negociations between Workers Party of Mayensland, Green-Left Movement, Feminist Initiative, Labour Party and Christian Social Alliance emerged, with Flatscreengamer serving as Prime Minister and with communist outside support. The coalition talks break down due to Erliz, the Labour leader, refusing to negotiate with the communists.

After this the Rainbow coalition emerged, being a coalition between Reform, Labour, CSA and F!. While Reform was the largest party in the coalition, as a concession to the mostly left-leaning parties, Erliz was selected as the nation's first Prime Minister.

### Collapse of the Rainbow Coalition and the Crizer Ministry

Conflicts between the coalition first appeared during the NATO referendum, where Labour and Reform campaigned for joining it while CSA campaigned to stay out. Due to disagreeing with the proposed abortion law, CSA withdrew from government with all CSA ministers resigned.

With this chaos, Erliz announced his resignation as Prime Minister of Mayensland and Labour soon dissolved. The interim ministry of lre478 lasted around 2 days and suffered a motion of non confidence that established a national unity goverment composed of all parties except National Union Party and Mayensland Communist Party.

The Prime Minister of the coalition was Crizer, then president of the National Assembly, and the government last just until the normal elections were scheduled.

## Electoral System

The National Assembly elects all of her 59 seats using party list proportional representation using an modified D'Hondt method.

## Results

Results for the 2nd election would be out the day after the form was posted, alongside the results of the first round of the 1st Presidential election, this election would see a voter turnout of **57.1%**

DEM ended the election in the first place with 13 seats with the Alliance in second with 12 seats. Reform had the most seats for an individual party with 10, tied with the NUP who also had 10 as both parties ran by themselves while DEM and Alliance were joint lists of multiple parties. The Libertarians gained 9 seats due to their rise in membership. The biggest losers of this election were the MCP who ended with 3 seats as opposed to their 7 in the first election. The newly formed Voice also performed poorly gaining 2 seats. Independent Zemmour also ran but didn't gain enough votes for a seat in parliament.

### Geographic Results

The second Mayen General Election took place on the 16th of January. The various parties had different success in the various regions of Mayensland. DEM who came in first, they were able to win the regions of Petani, Sunny Coast, Suebi, and tied for first in Orilla. It tied with the Alliance and the Libertarians. Alliance which came in second along with tieing in Orilla came in first in the region of FAZ. Reform which came in third overall, won the capital, Mayen City, which has been a stronghold for them. The NUP who has been making major gains won their stronghold of the Plains, while the Libertarians who also made major gains won San Aigéan. The Communists who lost the most seats since the last election did not come in first anywhere.

The Second place results also gave us an understanding of the race throughout the country. DEM who came in first in the most provinces, also came in second in San Aigéan. Alliance which came in second in the Plains and Mayen City. Reform in addition to winning Mayen City came in second in Suebi. The NUP meanwhile came second in FAZ and the Sunny Coast, while the Communists came in second in Petani and Orilla, although in the latter, since it was a 3 way tie, the Communists were really 4th place. The Libertarians did not come in second anywhere.

### Geographic Results and Analysis

The Second Elections showed various pictures around the country. The two largest forces DEM and the Alliance didn't really come in the top 2 anywhere except for Orilla where they both fought with the Libertarians to get first place. In Suebi, Dem was able to upset Reform in a traditionally liberal region, while in San Aigéan, DEM competed strongly against the Libertarians in their stronghold. Mayen City meanwhile was a contest between Reform and the Alliance with the former edging it out. FAZ was a contest between the Alliance and the NUP with the Alliance triumphing. Meanwhile the Alliance also challenged the NUP in their stronghold of the Plains, although here they were less successful. Meanwhile the NUP put up a strong challenge to DEM in the Sunny Coast. Meanwhile in Petani, it was a left wing battle with DEM fighting out the Communists in the largely working class province.

From the results, we can see where each party does the best. DEM, the alliance of the Workers and the Greens did much better in the South and the West, with Petani and the Sunny Coast being their biggest strongholds. Alliance, meanwhile did better in the North and East, with FAZ being their strongest province, as well as strong performances in Mayen City and The Plains. That said the Alliance also has a strong presence in Orilla despite it being stronger on the otherside of the country. Reform meanwhile seems best of in the North and West, with Mayen City as its major stronghold, as well as being strong in Suebi and San Aigéan. The NUP meanwhile perform extrodinarily in the East, dominating the Plains and strong performances in FAZ and Sunny Coast. The Libertarians meanwhile perform best in the West. Their strongest region is San Aigéan, while they also performed well in Orilla. The Communist meanwhile remain strong in the South and West, with Petani being their strongest province, as well as a respectable presence in Orilla.