2034 Arcerion Federal Election
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The 2034 Arcerion Federal Election will take place on or before February 15, 2034 to elect Members of Parliament to the Confederate Parliament of Arcerion.
The date of the electoral vote will be determined by the provisions within the Arcerion Elections Act, which requires that federal election organized and conducted by the Electoral Service of Arcerion will be held not before the fifteenth day of the second month of the year, in this case 2034. As encoded in the Arcer constitution, this election takes place within the 4-year election cycle of Arcerion's federal government.
The election may occurr before the given date should the incumbent Prime Minister, Iain Donnegal, call for a dissolution of Parliament (with the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Arcerion's concurrence). As well, the election could take place before the assigned date should the Confederate Parliament conduct a vote of non-confidence against the sitting government. This is unlikely to occur however due to the Arcerion Reform Party's majority status.
The election will use the existing 161-constituency map of Arcerion based across its five governorates.
Background
The 2030 Arcerion Federal Election, held on February 12th that year saw relatively little change for the sitting majority from the Arcerion Reform Party. The incumbent sitting government under the leadership of Prime Minister Iain Donnegal remained in office, as they had since the 2018 Arcerion Federal election. Prime Minister Donnegal also carried the popular vote during the 2030 election. The Liberal Coalition of Arcerion lost fifteen seats, mostly to the Arcerion National Party but managed to remain in their position as the Official Opposition in Parliament.
On August 31st, 2033 Prime Minister Donnegal announced that he would not be seeking re-election. The following day on September 1st, the Arcerion Reform Party released a statement that Jack Tomlinsion-Gray, the Member of Parliament for Easthampton Central would be the interim party leader and likely federal election candidate for the upcoming federal election.
Parties and Standing
Issues
The major issues for the election as determined by public opinion polls done by the Arcerion Broadcast Service, were a mixture of domestic issues such as a growing international pressure to adopt green and renewable energy despite large Arcer fossil fuels reliance, as well as international issues such as Foreign Policy relating specifically to diplomatic rapprochement with The Cape and Tierrador.