2045 Darmeni general election

The Darmeni general election of 2045 was held in Darmen on Friday, May 12, 2045. The Republican Party, led by Tor Tong Lee, emerged victorious over the United Left, winning 100 seats to the United Left's 52 seats. The Republicans accomplished this despite coming second in the popular vote; the result prompted reforms to Darmen's electoral system. All 219 seats in the Parliament of Darmen were up for election, with 110 seats needed to hold a majority. Turnout was 54.13% which was 4.5% lower than the election in 2041.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	+/–
	United Left	986,794	27.76	-9.46	52	-7
	Republican Party	937,988	26.38	-1.32	100	+35
	Liberal Party	613,976	17.27	-3.34	27	+10
	Fascist & Ultranationalist Union	519,917	14.62	+7.64	23	+14
	Progressive Greens	155,092	4.36	-0.94	3	-1
	Royalist Party	112,866	3.17	-1.34	4	0
	Lista de Valladar	67,528	1.90	+0.20	5	+2
	People's Communist Party	44,855	1.26	New	0	New
	People's Party	35,157	0.99	-0.40	3	0
	Islamic Union	18,760	0.53	-0.58	1	-1
	Death Eaters	16,343	0.46	New	0	New
	Marxist Alliance For The Advancement Of Agrarian Libertarianism	9,458	0.27	New	0	New
	Darmen	7,751	0.22	+0.22	0	0
	Darmen Libertarian Party	5,403	0.15	+0.01	0	0
	Capitalism Party	3,664	0.10	New	0	New
	Defiance Coalition	3,661	0.10	New	1	New
	Parties with less than 3,000 votes each	16,068	0.45	+0.44	0	0
Total		3,555,281	100	0	219	+53
Registered voters/turnout		6,567,685	54.13	-4.50	–	–

Aftermath

The Republican Party, just 10 seats short from having an outright majority, formed a coalition with the Lista de Valladar, People's Party and Progressive Greens. The United Left was joined by the Liberal Party in forming the official opposition.

Due to the high level of disproportionality between the popular vote and the number of seats won, electoral reform backed by the Republicans, United Left and Liberals was passed shortly after the parliamentary session began.