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| previous_year = [[2021 Vessarlan General Election|2021]] |
| previous_year = [[2021 Vessarlan General Election|2021]] |
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| next_election = Next Vessarlan General Election |
| next_election = Next Vessarlan General Election |
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| next_year = |
| next_year = [[2027 Vessarlan General Election|2027]] |
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| seats_for_election = All 922 seats to the Chamber of Representatives |
| seats_for_election = All 922 seats to the Chamber of Representatives (seat count doubled from 461 to 922) |
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| majority_seats = |
| majority_seats = 462 |
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| election_date = 1st May 2025 |
| election_date = 1st May 2025 |
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| registered = 24,894,170 |
| registered = 24,894,170 |
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'''The 2025 Vessarlian General Election''' was held on 1st May 2025, four years after the previous general election in 2017. It was part of the ordinary election cycle, in which elections are held every four years. In all previous elections the country had used a constituency-based First-Past-The-Post electoral system, however a party-list Proportional Representation electoral system was introduced for this election, alongside the House of Representatives having its number of seats doubled from 461 to 922. |
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== Contesting political parties and candidates == |
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Party |
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! rowspan="2" | Party leader(s) |
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! rowspan="2" | Leader since |
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! rowspan="2" | Leader's seat |
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! colspan="2" | 2021 election |
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! rowspan="2" | Seats at<br />dissolution |
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! rowspan="2" | Contested seats |
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! % of<br />votes |
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! Seats |
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|[[VES Democratic Socialists|Democratic Socialists]] |
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|[[Roderick Lockwood]] |
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| October 2014 |
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| style="white-space:nowrap;" |[[Talzott|Talzott]] |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 33.1% |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 201 |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 201 |
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| 774 seats in Vessarlian and Illiath |
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|[[VES Conservatives|Conservatives]] |
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|[[Jason McDonough]] |
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| November 2018 |
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| style="white-space:nowrap;" |[[|]] |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 15.3% |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 73 |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 73 |
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| 922 seats in the United Kingdom |
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|[[VES Greens|Greens]] |
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|[[Gabriel Dobbs]] |
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| November 2015 |
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| style="white-space:nowrap;" |[[|]] |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 12.9% |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 50 |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 50 |
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| 708 seats in Vessarlian and Illiath |
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|[[VES Communists|Communists]] |
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|[[Sylva Rosala]] |
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| September 2014 |
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| style="white-space:nowrap;" |[[|]] |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 11.9% |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 45 |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 45 |
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| 922 seats in the United Kingdom |
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|[[VES Monarchists|Monarchists]] |
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|[[Alois Rosala]] |
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| September 2014 |
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| style="white-space:nowrap;" |[[|]] |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 8.9% |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 31 |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 31 |
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| 274 seats in Vessarlian and Terevelia |
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|[[VES Libertarians|Libertarians]] |
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|[[Nancy Rogers]] |
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| February 2018 |
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| style="white-space:nowrap;" |[[|]] |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 7.7% |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 31 |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 31 |
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| 788 seats in the United Kingdom |
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|[[VES Nationalists|Nationalists]] |
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|[[Oliver Hawkes]] |
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| June 2019 |
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| style="white-space:nowrap;" |[[|]] |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 6.9% |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 19 |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 19 |
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| 294 seats Vessarlian |
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|[[Illiath Independence Party|Illiath Regionalists]] |
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|[[Fletcher Von Euler]] |
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| October 2019 |
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| style="white-space:nowrap;" |[[|]] |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 3.3% |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 11 |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 11 |
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| 68 seats in Illiath |
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All 922 seats to the Chamber of Representatives (seat count doubled from 461 to 922) 462 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 24,894,170 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 22,479,436 (90.3% 8.7 pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2025 Vessarlian General Election was held on 1st May 2025, four years after the previous general election in 2017. It was part of the ordinary election cycle, in which elections are held every four years. In all previous elections the country had used a constituency-based First-Past-The-Post electoral system, however a party-list Proportional Representation electoral system was introduced for this election, alongside the House of Representatives having its number of seats doubled from 461 to 922.
Contesting political parties and candidates
Party | Party leader(s) | Leader since | Leader's seat | 2021 election | Seats at dissolution |
Contested seats | ||
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% of votes |
Seats | |||||||
Democratic Socialists | Roderick Lockwood | October 2014 | Talzott | 33.1% | 201 | 201 | 774 seats in Vessarlian and Illiath | |
Conservatives | Jason McDonough | November 2018 | [[|]] | 15.3% | 73 | 73 | 922 seats in the United Kingdom | |
Greens | Gabriel Dobbs | November 2015 | [[|]] | 12.9% | 50 | 50 | 708 seats in Vessarlian and Illiath | |
Communists | Sylva Rosala | September 2014 | [[|]] | 11.9% | 45 | 45 | 922 seats in the United Kingdom | |
Monarchists | Alois Rosala | September 2014 | [[|]] | 8.9% | 31 | 31 | 274 seats in Vessarlian and Terevelia | |
Libertarians | Nancy Rogers | February 2018 | [[|]] | 7.7% | 31 | 31 | 788 seats in the United Kingdom | |
Nationalists | Oliver Hawkes | June 2019 | [[|]] | 6.9% | 19 | 19 | 294 seats Vessarlian | |
Illiath Regionalists | Fletcher Von Euler | October 2019 | [[|]] | 3.3% | 11 | 11 | 68 seats in Illiath |