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2024 United States presidential election

November 5, 2024
538 members of the Electoral College 270 electoral votes needed to win
Opinion polls
Turnout	87.9% (21.3pp)
Nominee Charles III (Write-in) Kamala Harris Donald Trump Party Independent (UK Monarch) Democratic Republican Home state England California Florida Running mate William Windsor Tim Walz J.D. Vance Electoral vote 276 146 116 States carried 18 16 + DC + NE-02 15 + ME-02 Popular vote 56,330,440 42,141,412 36,040,130 Percentage 39.7% 29.7% 25.4%
Presidential election results map. Grey indicates states won by Windsor/Windsor, blue denotes states won by Harris/Walz and red denotes those won by Trump/Pence. Numbers indicate electoral votes cast by each state and the District of Columbia.
President before election Joe Biden Democratic Elected President Charles III Independent

The 2024 United States presidential election was the last election held in the United States before its dissolution and later absorption into the Second British Empire (colloquially referred to as "The British Empire 2.0" or "The British Empire 2 - Electric Boogaloo". After a post from the official Twitter account of King Charles III of the United Kingdom announcing his candidacy for the election as a write-in candidate for the presidency, 56.33 million registered voters, purportedly upset by both the alleged rigging of the 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries, leading to voters being unable to affect the party's choice of presidential nominee, alongside their dissatisfaction with the first Trump administration, decided to write in the monarch's name as a protest vote.

After the results were published on election night, the candidates from both major parties denied the results while Charles released a statement thanking the American people for voting him in. He pledged to "do what is right for America, however that must happen" and that he "shan't interfere with the democratic process".

Shortly after being sworn in as President in January, he announced the dissolution of both the House of Representatives and Senate, as well as the House of Commons, and the legislatures of all Commonwealth realms that recognise him as their monarch, and a return to absolute monarchist rule, formally establishing the Second British Empire.

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2024 United States presidential election

November 5, 2024
538 members of the Electoral College 270 electoral votes needed to win
Opinion polls
Nominee Cave Johnson Wallace Breen Party Aperture Science Black Mesa Home state Michigan California Running mate Caroline Pinkerton TBA
2024 electoral map, based on the results of the 2020 census
Incumbent President Cave Johnson Aperture Science

Party or alliance				Proportional			FPTP			Aosta Valley
				Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Centre-right		Brothers of Italy	7,302,517	100.00	69	1	100.00	69	12	100.00	0
Total				7,302,517	100.00	69	1	100.00	69	12	100.00	0

total voters: 7,868,079
total votes: 6,396,812

2010 Danish General Election

First party Second party Third party   Leader Michael Laugesson Lars Hesselboe Birgitte Nyborg Party Labour Liberal Moderates Seats before 47 48 16 Seats after 35 32 31 Seat change 10 12 15   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Svend Åge Saltum Yvonne Kjær Amir Diwan Party Freedom New Right Greens Seats before 25 19 16 Seats after 29 25 17 Seat change 4 6 1   Seventh party   Leader Anne Lindenkrone Party Solidarity Seats before 4 Seats after 6 Seat change 2

Elected Prime Minister TBD

Party		Votes	%
	CDU	331,067	42.58
	SPD	265,516	34.15
	GRU	74,472	9.58
	LEF	50,132	6.45
	FDP	36,953	4.75
	DVU	6,354	0.82
	OTH	13,037	1.68
Total		777,531	100.00

Party		Votes	%
	SPD	580,422	54.14
	CDU	200,700	18.72
	PDS	200,628	18.72
	DVU	0	0.00
	GRU	31,033	2.89
	FDP	23,541	2.20
	OTH	35,685	3.33
Total		1,072,009	100.00

Austria 2024

2024 Austrian legislative election

21 August 2024
All 183 seats in the National Council 92 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	81.3% ( 5.7pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Herbert Kickl Andreas Babler Karl Nehammer Party FPÖ SPÖ ÖVP Last election 16.2%, 31 seats 21.2%, 40 seats 37.5%, 71 seats Seats won 50 44 38 Seat change 19 4 33 Popular vote 1,669,568 1,464,870 1,266,569 Percentage 26.1% 22.9% 19.8% Swing 10.1pp 1.7pp 17.7pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Werner Kogler Beate Meinl-Reisinger Dominik Wlazny Party Greens NEOS BIER Last election 13.9%, 26 seats 8.1%, 15 seats 0.1%, 0 seats Seats won 19 19 13 Seat change 7 4 13 Popular vote 652,475 646,078 441,380 Percentage 10.2% 10.1% 6.9% Swing 3.7pp 2.0pp 6.8pp
Chancellor before election Karl Nehammer ÖVP Chancellor after election Andreas Babler SPÖ

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Freedom Party of Austria	1,669,568	26.14	9.97	50	19
	Social Democratic Party of Austria	1,464,870	22.94	1.76	44	4
	Austrian People's Party	1,266,569	19.83	17.63	38	33
	The Greens – The Green Alternative	652,475	10.22	3.68	19	7
	NEOS	646,078	10.12	2.02	19	4
	BIER	441,380	6.91	6.81	13	13
	KPÖ Plus	236,043	3.70	3.01	0
	Others	10,025	0.16		–	–
Total		6,387,008	100.00	–	183	–
Valid votes		6,387,008	99.85
Invalid/blank votes		9,804	0.15
Total votes		6,396,812	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		7,868,079	81.30

Aftermath

The incumbent ÖVP-Greens government lost its majority, and a massive upset occurred with the Freedom Party of Austria being the party with the largest share of seats in the National Council. An unprecedented turn of events saw the formerly satirical Beer Party gain a shocking 13 seats in the Council, leading to speculation as to whether or not they may be part of the cabinet to provide a centre-left majority.

Following Beer Party leader's Dominik Wlazny's most recent bid for President being far more serious than satirical, as was his party's first run for the National Council in the 2019 election, his party's platform had become one of civil libertarianism, drug liberalisation, and social liberalism, placing it on the centre to centre-left of the political spectrum for the 2024 election.

SPÖ leader Andreas Babler ruled out both a coalition with Kickl's FPÖ and a potential confidence and supply agreement, stating, "Kickl is a man who has no respect for rule of law and European values, I refuse to support him for the role of Chancellor." Shortly after, Greens leader Werner Kogler echoed Babler's sentiment, saying, "I don't believe there is any compromise that can be made with Kickl to allow me to support him as the leader of our country, his anti-environmentalist stances among many other issues disqualifies him from co-operating with the Greens.

President Alexander Van der Bellen appointed Herbert Kickl as the formateur, surprising the populace who'd assumed his overt criticism of Kickl and the FPÖ in the past would have stopped him from doing so.

Government formation

Kickl began by approaching the ÖVP, suggesting a repeat of the coalition following the 2017 election, but with the junior and senior partner positions reversed. Nehammer was hesitant to draw up any conclusive coalition agreements, claiming that he doesn't want to be part of a minority government, suggesting to Kickl to approach NEOS leader Beate Meinl-Reisinger about the possibility of forming a majority in the National Council.

Meinl-Resinger was brought into coalition talks the following week, and negotiations began between the 3 parties. Meinl-Reisinger strongly advocated for strengthening Austria's ties to the EU, while Kickl was firmly against it, sticking to his campaign promise of Austria withdrawing from the Eurozone. Nehammer tried to find an even compromise that all three parties could agree upon, but failed, with NEOS leaving the coalition talks only 2 weeks after they began. Nehammer subsequently broke off negotiations as well, his desire to have a majority in the National Council being the stated reason.

Kickl informed Van der Bellen that he was unable to form government, and recommended Nehammer for the position in his place. This was frowned upon as Babler of the SPÖ had more seats than Nehammer's ÖVP, leading to speculation that Kickl's recommendation was out of spite for Babler, due to the remarks he made about Kickl after the election.

Van der Bellen opted to appoint Babler as the next formateur, against the recommendation of Kickl.

Coalition talks re-opened with the SPÖ approaching the Greens and NEOS, to discuss a potential centre-left minority government with support from the Beer Party. NEOS leader Beate Meinl-Reisinger was hesitant to ally solely with left-wing parties, instead suggesting a grand coalition with SPÖ, NEOS, and the ÖVP.

Discussion began with the three parties despite Meinl-Reisinger's concerns, and preliminary agreements were drawn up. However, Meinl-Reisinger was still reluctant to form a minority cabinet, especially with only left-wing parties, so in a controversial move, Babler added Wlazny to the negotiations, discussing a majority cabinet, alleviating Meinl-Reisinger's concerns about a minority government, whilst providing another party closer to the centre to the discussions.

The second round of negotiations were a success, with a centre-left majority coalition being formed. Babler presented his government to President Van der Bellen and was sworn in as Chancellor, with Meinl-Reisinger being his pick for Vice-Chancellor.

2022 Australian federal election

2022 Australian federal election

21 May 2022
All 250 seats in the House of Representatives
Opinion polls
Registered	17,228,900 4.90%
Turnout	89.82% ( 2.07 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Anthony Albanese Scott Morrison Adam Bandt Party Labor Liberal Greens Leader since 23 February 2022 (2022-02-23) 24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) 4 February 2020 (2020-02-04) Last election 32.80%, 99 seats 27.54%, 83 seats 10.24%, 28 seats Seats won 99 76 34 Seat change 7 6 Popular vote 4,776,030 3,502,713 1,795,985 Percentage 34.40% 25.23% 12.94% Swing 1.60% 2.31% 2.70%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader David Crisafulli Pauline Hanson Clive Palmer Party Queensland Conservatives One Nation Party United Australia Leader since 12 November 2020 29 November 2014 12 December 2018 Last election 8.53%, 25 seats 3.03%, 4 seats 3.37%, 0 seats Seats won 23 9 6 Seat change 2 5 6 Popular vote 1,172,515 727,464 604,536 Percentage 8.45% 5.24% 4.35% Swing 0.08 2.21% 0.98   Seventh party Eighth party   Leader Barnaby Joyce Lia Finocchiaro Party National Country Party Leader since 21 June 2021 1 February 2020 Last election 4.43%, 10 seats 0.27%, 1 seat Seats won 5 1 Seat change 5 Popular vote 528,442 29,664 Percentage 3.81% 0.21% Swing 0.62% 0.06%
Cabinet before election Shorten II Cabinet Labor-Greens coalition Subsequent Cabinet Albanese Cabinet Labor-Greens coalition

The 2022 Australian federal election was held on Saturday 21 May 2022 to elect members of the 47th Parliament of Australia. The incumbent Prime Minister Bill Shorten stated he was not seeking another term as Prime Minister and had stepped down as Labor leader 3 months before the election due to personal reasons, however he agreed to remain Prime Minister in the interim. Labor Left leader Anthony Albanese was quickly elected leader of the Labor Party, and sought to win a third consecutive term for his party and second consecutive term for the government coalition.

Opposition leader Scott Morrison of the Liberal Party wished to defeat the Labor Party and secure the first Liberal government with support from their historical allies, the Queensland Conservatives, Nationals, and perhaps minor parties such as the Country Party and the United Australia Party.

The election took place under party-list proportional representation using the D'Hondt Method with a 4% national threshold and a 4% threshold in each of the 6 States and 2 self-governing Territories. 99 seats are won from the national total of each party's votes, while the remaining 151 are won in each state or territory, 47 in New South Wales, 38 in Victoria, 30 in Queensland, 16 in Western Australia, 10 in South Australia, 5 in Tasmania, 3 in the Australian Capital Territory, and 2 in the Northern Territory.

The Incumbent Labor-Greens coalition government maintained its majority, with Labor retaining all 99 of its seats and the Greens gaining 6.

The voter turnout of 89.82% in this election was the lowest in modern history, falling below 90% for the first time since 1922, prior to the introduction of Compulsory voting in Australia.

Results

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Labor	4,776,030	34.40	1.60	99	1
	Liberal	3,502,713	25.23	2.31	74	7
	Greens	1,795,985	12.94	2.70	34	5
	Queensland Conservatives	1,172,515	8.45	0.08	23	2
	One Nation Party	727,464	5.24	2.21	9	5
	United Australia Party	604,536	4.35	0.98	6	6
	National	528,442	3.81	0.62	5	5
	Country	29,664	0.21	0.06	1	0
	Others	745,524	5.37		–	–
Total		13,882,873	100.00	–	251	–
Valid votes		13,882,873	89.79
Invalid/blank votes		1,579,467	10.21
Total votes		15,462,340	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		17,213,433	89.83

Aftermath

Immediately following the election, the incumbent Labor/Greens coalition agreement was renegotiated between Bandt and Albanese, with the Greens gaining the Ministry for Agriculture from Labor. Psephologist Antony Green called the election for the current coalition government while 60% of the votes were counted, and while opposition leader Morrison was initially optimistic that his party could still command a right-leaning majority, he eventually conceded and stepped down as leader of the Liberal Party, with Josh Frydenberg being elected as Liberal leader shortly after.

In Queensland, David Crisafulli stepped down as leader of the Queensland Conservatives due to his party's third consecutive election without a role in government, allegedly leading to uproar within the party and amongst the right-wing populace of the state about them once again having no sway in parliament. Conservative veteran Peter Dutton replaced him as party leader, marking a sharp rightward shift for the QCP, with Dutton's politics being described as "nationalist" and "right-wing populist" by members of the federal government parties, and even by some anonymous moderate sources within his own party.

2019 Australian federal election (coming soon)

2019

National

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Liberal Party of Australia	3,989,404	27.54	33
	National Party of Australia	642,233	4.43	5
	Australian Labor Party	4,752,160	32.80	39
	Country Liberal Party	38,837	0.27	0
	Conservative	1,236,401	8.53	10
	One Nation	438,587	3.03	0
	United Australia Party	488,817	3.37	0
	Australian Greens	1,482,923	10.24	12
	Others	1,418,658	9.79	–
Total		14,488,020	100.00	99

NSW

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Liberal Party of Australia	1,461,560	35.59	18
	National Party of Australia	468,866	11.42	5
	Australian Labor Party	1,568,223	38.19	19
	One Nation	59,464	1.45	0
	United Australia Party	153,477	3.74	0
	Australian Greens	395,238	9.62	5
Total		4,106,828	100.00	47

VIC

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Liberal	1,288,805	46.24	16
	National	136,737	4.91	0
	Labor	1,361,913	48.86	17
	One Nation			0
	United Australia			0
	Greens			5
Total		2,787,455	100.00	38

QLD

Party		Seats
	Conservative	15
	Labor	9
	One Nation	3
	United Australia	0
	Greens	3
Total		30

WA

Party		Seats
	Liberal	8
	National	0
	Labor	5
	One Nation	1
	United Australia	0
	Greens	2
Total		16

SA

Party		Seats
	Liberal	5
	National	0
	Labor	4
	One Nation	0
	United Australia	0
	Greens	1
Total		10

TAS

Party		Seats
	Liberal	2
	Labor	3
	One Nation	0
	United Australia	0
	Greens	0
Total		5

NT

Party		Seats
	Country	1
	Labor	1
	One Nation	0
	United Australia	0
	Greens	0
Total		2

ACT

Party		Seats
	Liberal	1
	Labor	2
	One Nation	0
	United Australia	0
	Greens	0
Total		3

2024 Motunui general election

2024 Motunui general election

15 October 2024
All 89 seats in the Runanga Ture 45 seats needed for a majority
Registered	78,549
Turnout	92.53pp 1.12pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Rawiri Waititi Tama Ngata Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō Party Workers-Left Conservative Monarchist Leader since 14 Sep 2020 19 Aug 2017 5 Sep 2024 Last election 19.23%, 17 seats 36.21%, 33 seats 8.97%, 7 seats Seats won 26 22 15 Seat change 9 14 8 Popular vote 19,464 16,879 11,041 Percentage 27.64% 23.97% 15.68% Swing 8.41pp 12.24pp 6.71pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Kahurangi Ihimaera Hone Ropata Haimona Court Party Green Community Pākehā Leader since 9 Apr 2023 2 January 2023 25 May 2022 Last election 13.43%, 12 seats – 3.63%, 0 seats Seats won 14 7 5 Seat change 2 New 5 Popular vote 10,605 5,781 3,922 Percentage 15.06% 8.21% 5.57% Swing 1.63pp New 1.94   Seventh party   Leader Anaru Henare Party Farmers' Union Leader since 12 April 2019 Last election 22.47%, 20 seats Seats won 0 Seat change 20 Popular vote 2,451 Percentage 3.48% Swing 18.99pp
Timuaki before election Tama Ngata Conservative Timuaki after election Rawiri Waititi Workers-Left

The 2024 Motunui general election was held on 15 October 2024 after Timuaki Tama Ngata terminated the coalition agreement with the Farmers' Union (RKoM) following the scandal surrounding party leader Anaru Henare's arrest for drug trafficking. The election saw the worst ever result for RKoM, dipping below the 4% electoral threshold and losing all 20 of their seats. Newcomer Hone Ropata of the Community Party (RH) garnered 8.21% of the vote, entitling his party to 8 seats while senior coalition partner the Conservative Party (Kaitiaki) lost 14 seats. The Monarchist Party gained votes from the collapsing government coalition, doubling their seats from 7 to 14, and The Pākehā Party rose above the electoral threshold again after losing representation in 2021, the Green Party (Kākāriki) had modest gains of 2 seats and the Workers-Left Party (Mahi-Maui) Rose from third place to first, making them the clear winner of the election.

Aftermath

Following the announcement of the results, Ngata announced his resignation and stepped down as Timuaki. Subsequently, Rawiri Waititi of the Workers-Left Party started government formation negotiations with the other party leaders. Ngata refused the invitation from Waititi citing his opposition to forming a grand coalition and that he wasn't willing to provide external confidence and supply.

Waititi first met with Court on 20 October, after which Court announced his party would no longer take part in negotiations, claiming that the two parties had "different views on where this nation is headed". The same day, Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō attended a meeting with Waititi and also ruled out a coalition with Mahi-Maui, reasoning that Waititi's commitment to republicanism and his economic plan for the country were incompatible with her policies. However, she didn't rule out a potential confidence and supply agreement should negotiations with other parties fall through and the government be thrust into minority.

On 21 October, Waititi met with Ihimaera, who expressed concerns about economics and sustainable energy.

On 22 October, Waititi met with Ropata, who claimed his priorities were for strengthening employment protection for LGBT people, lowering the cost of living for citizens in the tax-free bracket, and improving government transparency.

On 23 October, the first meeting between the three party leaders (Waititi, Ihimaera, and Ropata) was held, where the three party leaders intended to create a "common policy agreement" in preparation for forming a majority coalition government.

On 30 October, the common policy agreement was finalised and the coalition agreement was signed, with Waititi being sworn in as Timuaki, Ihimaera as Timuaki Tuarua, and Ropata as Minita mo nga Take Tawahi (Minister of Foreign Affairs).

In the coalition agreement signed by the 3 parties, Mahi-Maui got 6 ministries, Kākāriki got 4, and RH got 2.

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Workers-Left Party	19,464	27.64	8.41	26	9
	Conservative Party	16,879	23.97	12.24	22	14
	Monarchist Party	11,041	15.68	6.71	15	7
	Green Party of Motunui	10,605	15.06	1.63	14	2
	The Community Party	5,781	8.21	New	7	New
	The Pākehā Party	3,922	5.57	1.94	5	5
	Farmers' Union of Motunui	2,451	3.48	18.99	0	20
	Others	276	0.39		–	–
Total		70,419	100.00	–	89	–
Valid votes		70,419	96.89
Invalid/blank votes		2,263	3.11
Total votes		72,682	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		78,549	92.53

Workers-Left Party Rōpū Mahi-Maui
Abbreviation	RM-M
Kaihautū	Rawiri Waititi
Kaihautū Tuarua	Peeni Henare
Founded	1967 March 5 (5-03-1967)
Merger of	Rōpū Mana Motuhake Rōpū Manapori
Youth wing	Kaimahi Rangatahi
LGBT wing	Kaimahi Takatāpui
Ideology	Social democracy Progressivism
Political position	Centre-left to left-wing
International affiliation	Socialist International
Colours	Red
Slogan	E nga kaimahi o te ao, whakakotahi! (Workers of the world, unite!)
Māngai in the Runanga Ture	26 / 89
Website
ropu-mahi-maui.mi

Conservative Party Rōpū Kaitiaki
Rangatira	Tama Ngata
Rangatira Tuarua	Kiri Waititi
Founded	1943 September 25 (25-09-1943)
Youth wing	Te Hunga Rangatahi Kaitiaki
Ideology	Conservatism (Motunui) Liberal conservatism Historical: Paternalistic conservatism
Political position	Centre-right to right-wing Historical: Centre to centre-right
Regional affiliation	Asia Pacific Democracy Union
International affiliation	International Democracy Union
Colours	Blueberry
Slogan	Ma nga Kaitiaki koe e tiaki (The Conservatives will take care of you)
Māngai in the Runanga Ture	22 / 89
Website
ropu-kaitiaki.mi

Monarchist Party Rōpū Rangatiratanga
Rangatira	Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō
Founded	1983 December 12 (12-12-1983)
Youth wing	Rangatahi mo te Rangatiratanga
Ideology	Constitutional monarchism Motunui nationalism Civic nationalism Economic liberalism
Political position	Centre to centre-right
Colours	Byzantine Purple
Māngai in the Runanga Ture	14 / 89
Website
rangatiratanga.gov.mi

Green Party of Motunui Te Rōpū Kākāriki o Motunui
Abbreviation	TRK RK
Kaihautū	Kahurangi Ihimaera
Kaihautū Tuarua	Marama Paratene
Founded	1992 November 23 (23-11-1992)
Youth wing	Te Kaupapa Rangatahi Kākāriki
LGBT wing	Ngā Kākāriki Takatāpui
Ideology	Green politics Progressivism Faction: Eco-socialism
Political position	Left-wing
International affiliation	Global Greens
Colours	Lime
Māngai in the Runanga Ture	14 / 89
Website
kaakaariki-o-motunui.mi

The Community Party Te Rōpū Hapori
Abbreviation	RH
Kaihautū	Hone Ropata
Kaihautū Tuarua	Mika Haka
Founded	2023 January 2 (2-01-2023)
Ideology	Populism Social liberalism
Political position	Centre to centre-left
Colours	Topaz
Māngai in the Runanga Ture	8 / 89
Website
roopu-hapori.mi

Pākehā Party Pāti Pākehā
Abbreviation	PP
Kaihautū	Haimona Court
Kaihautū Tuarua	Rawiri Seymour
Founded	2004 July 21 (21-07-2004)
Split from	Left-Workers Party Conservative Party
Ideology	Pākehā interests Populism Right-libertarianism Social conservatism Historical: Social liberalism Christian democracy
Political position	Right-wing Historical: Big tent
Colours	Orange
Māngai in the Runanga Ture	5 / 89
Website
paakehaa-party.mi

Farmers' Union of Motunui Rōpū Kaiahuwhenua o Motunui
Abbreviation	RKoM
Rangatira	Anaru Henare
Rangatira Tuarua	Winitana Pita
Founded	1927 July 21 (21-07-1927)
Youth wing	Nga Rangatahi Kaiahuwhenua o Motunui
Ideology	Agrarianism Liberalism Liberal conservatism Populism
Political position	Centre-right
Colours	Green
Māngai in the Runanga Ture	0 / 89
Website
RKOM.mi