Juglander Review
First State elections held in Jugland
The first elections to elect the state assemblies, which would elect their respective state governments and serve as regional legislatures, were held without incidences. All Juglander citizens, except those living in the federal capital city of Midtenstadt -who elect their regional representatives during the local election, held in early 2021- were called to vote.
The election witnessed the Federal Democratic Party surpassing the National Democratic Party as the most voted political parties nationwide, although except in the state of Emrta, no political party achieved a required majority for their own.
The National Democratic Party obtained a clear majority in the state of Austland, where they will likely lead the government, as they will be only one seat behind the absolute majority in the state assembly. They were also the most voted political party in the southern state of Vannesdal, although they had poor electoral performances in other states, particularly in the Vestmark and Emrta, which caused them to fall to the second most voted political party nationwide.
The conservative Social Initiative for Jugland, despite recent internal divisions, managed to consolidated as the third political force nationwide, although they lost many voters compared to recent elections. They were the most voted political group in Nordansk, considered their stronghold, although besides the western state of Vestmark, they had poor results in other state. Even in the state of Nordansk, their change to govern will require of pacts with other political forces.
The Reform Movement, other of the political parties in the ruling coalition in the federal government, had a poor performance except in Vestmark, and they even failed to be elected in the state assembly of Emrta. The Liberal Party, the oldest political party in Jugland and the minor coalition party in the federal government, had a disappointed result which increased doubts about the survival of the party in the long-term.
Although in most of the states, with the exception of Emrta, the five main national parties had obtained more than half of the seats of the state assemblies, it is not likely that the agreement at the federal government will be repeated at a state level. Most of those political forces -mainly with the exception of Social Initiative, which has expressed their intention to avoid pacts with the National Democratic Party- have avoided a nationwide policy on possible state governments, and it will likel depend on the balance of power and inter-party relations in each state.
Meanwhile, in the state of Emrta, the smallest of the five states that comprise the Federal Union of Jugland, the Autonomous Movement for Emrta obtained a more than clear majority, obtaining 32 of 51 seats. A surprising "Solidarity and Convergence", a political party created by a small group of representatives from the Emrta's constitutional convention, was second at a distant distance with 6 representatives, while the National Democratic Party and the Federal Democratic Party coming nexts. The disappointing result for the national forces in the islander state seem to disappear the chances of a constitutional amend in the state constitution, as some of their candidates -particularly the National Democratic Party- had campaigned in the weeks before the election.
The National Council did not give an official statement on the results, although congratulated both voters and elected candidates for the peaceful and calm voting day.
