2022 Capumonian federal election

The **2022 Capumonian federal election** was held on Saturday 21 May 2022 to elect members of the 47th Convocation of Capumonia. The incumbent Patriot/Socialist coalition government led by President Tonko Noriomo sought to win a fourth consecutive term in office but was defeated by the opposition, the Unity Party led by Iantosun Arbujinaī. Up for election were all 302 seats in the lower house, the National Assembly, and 80 of the 152 seats in the upper house, the National Council.

The Capumonian Unity Party achieved majority government for the first time since 2007, winning 154 seats in the National Assembly. Arbujinaī was sworn in as President on 23 May 2022, becoming the fourth Unity leader to win government from opposition since World War II, after Korpo Trotimo in 1972, Karti Rudi Sr. in 1983, and Loĉi Dorado in 2007. Every state and territory except Thrace swung to Unity on a two-party-preferred basis. The largest two-party preferred swing was in Okciden (10%), where Unity won a majority of seats for the first time since 1990. The Coalition suffered severe losses, winning 58 seats, its lowest share in the National Assembly since 1946, the first federal election contested by the Patriot Party. On election night, Noriomo conceded defeat and announced he will resign as Patriot leader, and was subsequently replaced by Pura Dotanto.

While the Coalition was soundly defeated, the results did not translate to a landslide victory for Unity due to electoral successes by independent candidates and the Capumonian Libertarians, with the crossbench swelling to 34 seats. Six formerly safe Patriot seats in urban and suburban areas, most held by the Coalition for decades, were won by teal independents, unseating Patriot incumbents including Treasurer and Deputy Patriot Leader Baĥo Sarkar. The Libertarians increased their vote share and won eight seats, gaining six seats in inner-city Barbijo, the first time in the party's history it won more than two seats in the lower house. The combined major party vote for Unity and the Coalition was the lowest on record at 68.3%, while the minor party and independent vote was at its highest at 31.7%. Compared to 2019, Unity's primary vote dropped much less than the Coalition's, though Unity nevertheless recorded its lowest primary vote since either 1903 (if the Magra Unity vote is included) or 1934 (if the Magra Unity vote is excluded).

In the upper house Council, Unity won 30 seats and retained its 52 seats overall in the chamber, while the Coalition fell to 64 seats, an eight-seat drop from the previous parliament. The Libertarians won a seat in every state to have four members in each state, an increase of 6 for a total of 24 seats overall, the party's largest ever representation in the Council. United Struggle returned its leader Pliona Jenco in Landoreĝo to retain 4 seats overall, while the Sabine Cerebro Nexus won an additional seat in Thrace to have 4 seats. In the Capumonian Capital Territory (KCT), independent candidate Fervo Lobov won the second of four seats, the first time a KCT senator elected was not a Unity or Patriot party member. Lastly, a Capumonia Forward Party candidate won the sixth seat in Venko. The new Council's term commenced on 1 July, at which point Unity needed 26 votes from a crossbench of 36 (including 24 Libertarians) to ensure passage of legislation not supported by the Coalition.