2035 Libirachi National Congress Election

The **2035 Libirachi National Congress Election** was held on October 1, 2035 across the Libirachi Empire to elect congresspeople to the 31st National Congress, in order for the congress to be able to elect a president on October 7th 2035.

In the aftermath of the 2030 congressional elections, the Revolutionary Party and the Commission for the Preservation of the New Order (COMPNOR) engaged in a power struggle for control of the Libirachi government after President Damien Salamander indicated his preference for abolishing the executive powers of the monarchy. Since its inception in 2019, the Commission had been infiltrating the Revolutionary party across all levels of government with the intention of slowly coming to control the party. Amid the power struggle, COMPNOR began arresting members of the congressional Revolutionary party and ensuring their replacements were loyal to the Commission. In July 2033, COMPNOR leader Karyn Voor instigated a constitutional overthrow of President Damien Salamander and installed herself as president with the backing of congress. Within months of taking power, Voor led the Fox Dynasty into war with the Bovido Imperium in Africa; during the first two years of the conflict, the Fox Dynasty largely relied on a network of allied states and regional partners to fight the conflict whilst conducting structural reforms and mobilising the armed forces, before finally deploying the Libirachi Imperial Army to the war in May 2035.

Between March 1, 2035 and September 19, 2035, every province held elections across each tier of local government, which each tier electing members to the level above themselves. On October 1, 2035, all of the fifteen sector congresses nominated approximately 200 representatives to multi-member constituencies to serve 5 year terms in the national level Libirachi National Congress. Upon the recommendation of the Central Military Commission, the size of the army's congressional delegation was downgraded by over 90% down to 51 seats, loosing 530 seats in the process. Thanks to COMPNOR's successful infiltration of the previously dominant Revolutionary party, the Commission for the Preservation of the New Order controlled the allocation of seats within congress and adjusted electoral criteria to punish the Revolutionary party for its role under the leadership of Damien Salamander.

Following the election, the COMPNOR Political Bureau gained 1814 seats in congress to become the largest party, whilst the Revolutionary Party lost 1092 seats and became the second largest party, marking the first time since 2010 that the party was not the largest in congress and the first time in its history that the party was second largest in congress. Additionally, the Imperial Army Political Corps lost 530 seats to become the third largest party after electoral reforms were implemented during the 30th National Congress to limit the seats held by the armed forces. In the aftermath of her party's victory in the congressional elections, president Karyn Voor placed significant pressure on chairman Li Zhanshu to resign his office to place a COMPNOR loyalist in office; Li resigned during the first session of the 31st National Congress. In his place, Eleija Longwood, 7th Duchess Longwood was elected unopposed to a 5 year term as Chairman of the National Congress.

On October 7, 2035, the 31st National Congress convened for the first time at the Hall of Revolution in Beijing. As part of the first session, the Duchess Longwood was elected as chairman of the congress alongside a new executive of presiding officers and party whips. With the successful appointing of a congressional executive, chairwoman Longwood led the National Congress in electing Karyn Voor to a second term as president of the Libirachi Empire, and presided over the conformation of the Second Voor Cabinet after Voor established a coalition between the COMPNOR and Revolutionary congressional delegations she led, with the Imperial Army Political Corps providing support for the coalition. With much of the congressional term taking place during the Conquest of Africa, the 31st National Congress delegated its legislative powers to the government of Karyn Voor between 2035 and 2038, before retaking its powers in preparation for the end of the war and the signing off of a peace settlement. In March 2038, the congress elected Angelica Rivera as vice president, making her the first person to hold the office since 1933. In September 2038, the 31st National Congress formally assented to the signing of the Treaty of Shanghai, before voting on October 12, 2038 to end the ongoing state of emergency which had granted the Imperial Cabinet extraconstitutional powers over the legislative branch. With the end of the Conquest of Africa, president Karyn Voor announced in August 2039 that she would stand down as president at the calling of the next National Congress.