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While Kiygrava's voting habits in federal elections have become rather consistent (see below), its internal politics are rather competitive, reflecting the interests of a large and diverse population. The State Electoral Commission reports that the state has 24 registered parties, 20 of which have won at least one seat in any chamber of the Republican Assembly during the past decade. There are currently fifteen parties represented in the Legislative Congress and Council of State. Since the end of Kirosocialism, the major contenders in Kiygravan politics have been the Civic Institutional Party (centrist), the Democratic-Republican Party (Third Way, Christian left), and the Renewal Party (succeeded by the Excelsior and Justice & Development parties since 21193). These major parties typically rely on the support of smaller parties, many of which represent communal, sectional, or local interests, to form majorities and pass legislation. The Civic Institutional Party dominated Kiygravan politics in the decades leading up to Kirosocialism, and though it remained the second-largest party thereafter, it was generally unwilling and unable to serve as a meaningful opposition to the Socialist Party. The Renewal Party, which, led by [[Andrus Candrin]], defeated the Kirosocialists in the gubernatorial election of 21183, remained similarly dominant for another decade, before disputes over leadership caused it to splinter into five successor parties in 21193. | While Kiygrava's voting habits in federal elections have become rather consistent (see below), its internal politics are rather competitive, reflecting the interests of a large and diverse population. The State Electoral Commission reports that the state has 24 registered parties, 20 of which have won at least one seat in any chamber of the Republican Assembly during the past decade. There are currently fifteen parties represented in the Legislative Congress and Council of State. Since the end of Kirosocialism, the major contenders in Kiygravan politics have been the Civic Institutional Party (centrist), the Democratic-Republican Party (Third Way, Christian left), and the Renewal Party (succeeded by the Excelsior and Justice & Development parties since 21193). These major parties typically rely on the support of smaller parties, many of which represent communal, sectional, or local interests, to form majorities and pass legislation. The Civic Institutional Party dominated Kiygravan politics in the decades leading up to Kirosocialism, and though it remained the second-largest party thereafter, it was generally unwilling and unable to serve as a meaningful opposition to the Socialist Party. The Renewal Party, which, led by [[Andrus Candrin]], defeated the Kirosocialists in the gubernatorial election of 21183, remained similarly dominant for another decade, before disputes over leadership caused it to splinter into five successor parties in 21193. | ||
In Kiygravan politics, personality and sectional interests are typically more important than ideology. Many voters have strong loyalties to individual politicians or cliques, and will follow them even as they switch parties and platforms. Parties both large and small devote much of their efforts to securing the loyalty of particular ethnosocial, occupational, and geographic communities, and constituencies are often won and lost by shifting one or two key voter blocs. Members of the Lusem Coscivian ethnic group, for example, are highly loyal to the DRP, and the ''sirētur'' class of exurban and {{wp|Periurban|periurban}} investor-farmers (''see [[Kiygrava#Economy|Economy]]'') have their interests represented by the Caritist Democratic Union. Since its 21193 schism, the rump Renewal Party has survived by cultivating the loyalty of [[Ensciryan Coscivians]], | In Kiygravan politics, personality and sectional interests are typically more important than ideology. Many voters have strong loyalties to individual politicians or cliques, and will follow them even as they switch parties and platforms. Parties both large and small devote much of their efforts to securing the loyalty of particular ethnosocial, occupational, and geographic communities, and constituencies are often won and lost by shifting one or two key voter blocs. Members of the Lusem Coscivian ethnic group, for example, are highly loyal to the DRP, and the ''sirētur'' class of exurban and {{wp|Periurban|periurban}} investor-farmers (''see [[Kiygrava#Economy|Economy]]'') have their interests represented by the Caritist Democratic Union. Since its 21193 schism, the rump Renewal Party has survived by cultivating the loyalty of [[Ensciryan Coscivians]], Fiannrian-Kiravians, and residents of central Tanðurin Island in Valēka. The city of Valēka itself has a two-party system controlled by the Azure Civic Union and Emerald Civic Alliance, whose respective voter bases largely correspond to the fanbases of the city's two Federal Fieldball League teams, the Valēka Emperors and Valēka Metropolitans. Kiygravan cities outside the Valēka commuter belt often play the major parties off one another to obtain the best policy considerations for their areas. Ēvira and its environs have formed a party of their own, the Civil Union Party, dedicated to promoting the region's interests. | ||
===Federal Politics=== | ===Federal Politics=== | ||