2019 Valkyrian general election

On 7 July 2019, the Valkyrian people will vote in a general election that features every electable government seat. Every seat in the National Assembly, the lower chamber of Parliament, will be contested. There will be an election to determine the first President of Valkyrian Republic, an office that was established on 1 August 2018 with Katelynn Williams serving as Acting President until 1 August 2019, when a new President will be sworn in. Every mayoralty in Valkyria will also be up for election. Before Referendum Day 2018, the next general election was expected to take place in 2022, but the passage of Referendum 1 and the constitutional revisions that came out of it caused what would have been a 2019 parliamentary election to become a general election.

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All candidates are listed in alphabetical order by party and last name.

Candidates for President of the Valkyrian Republic:

• Centrist Democratic Party
  • Victor Cutter
    
• Conservative Party
  • Timothy Walsh
    
• Labor Party
  • Artemis Kytera
    
  • Kate Murphy
    
• Liberal Party
  • Natalie Cruz
    
• Socialist Party
  • Lucas White
    
• The Greens
  • Elena Reese
    
  • Zachery Wilson
    
• The New Right
  • Jeremy Christensen
    

Candidates for Chancellor of the Valkyrian Republic (party leaders may change as a result of leadership elections):

• Nicole Chancellor (The New Right)
  
• Victor Cutter (Centrist Democratic Party)
  
• Bradley Murphy (Centrist Democratic Party)
  
• Sydney Guzman (Communist Party)
  
• Margaret Harrison (Labor Party)
  
• Nathan Martinez (Liberal Party)
  
• Dominic McKinney (The Greens)
  
• Jonathan Victor (Conservative Party)
  
• Stella Kaufman (Conservative Party)
  
• Faarooq el-Rehmann (Islamist Front)
  
• Amalia Rollins (Socialist Party)
  
• Taeler Shaw (Populists of the Left)
  

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National Assembly composition before the election

• Alliance of Social Democrats (the government) — 297 seats (50.25 per cent)
  • Labor Party — 83 seats (14.04 per cent)
    
  • Populists of the Left — 82 seats (13.87 per cent)
    
  • Socialist Party — 76 seats (12.86 per cent)
    
  • The Greens — 28 seats (4.74 per cent)
    
  • Liberal Party — 24 seats (4.06 per cent)
    
  • Independent — 4 seats (0.68 per cent)
    
• The New Right (the opposition) — 146 seats (24.70 per cent)
  
• United Conservative Alliance — 129 seats (21.83 per cent)
  • Centrist Democratic Party — 67 seats (11.34 per cent)
    
  • Conservative Party — 62 seats (10.49 per cent)
    
• Islamist Front — 7 seats (1.18 per cent)
  
• Communist Party — 5 seats (0.85 per cent)
  
• Independent — 7 seats (1.18 per cent)
  

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Election schedule

• 28 April 2019 — Referendum Day and primary election ballots delivered to all eligible voters
  
• 5 May 2019 — Referendum Day and primary elections
  
• 30 June 2019 — General election ballots delivered to all eligible voters
  
• 7 July 2019 — General election
  
• 1 August 2019 — Inauguration Day
  

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Referendum Day and primary election (5 May 2019)

Referendum results

• Referendum 1 passes
  • The Citizens Assembly is expanded to 150 seats from 100. In 2019, 50 seats will be filled by sortition and will serve a nine year term. Between 2019 and 2022, there will only be 50 seats in the Citizens Assembly. In 2022, another 50 seats will be filled. Between 2022 and 2025, there will only be 100 seats in the Citizens Assembly. In 2025, the final 50 seats will be filled. Beginning in 2025, the Citizens Assembly will be fixed at 150 seats. In 2028, the 2019 seats will be filled through another sortition.
    

Presidential general election candidates

• Jeremy Christensen (The New Right), won with 82% in final-two party ballot
  
• Natalie Cruz (Liberal Party), won with 78% in final-two party ballot
  
• Victor Cutter (Centrist Democratic Party), won with 72% in final-two party ballot
  
• Kate Murphy (Labor Party), won with 54% in final-two party ballot
  
• Elena Reese (The Greens), won with 61% in final-two party ballot
  
• Timothy Walsh (Conservative Party), won with 64% in final-two party ballot
  
• Lucas White (Socialist Party), won with 59% in final-two party ballot
  

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Party positions

Issues with consensus

• Abortion (all parties support)
  
• Capital punishment (all parties oppose)
  
• Climate change (all parties agree that climate change is a threat)
  
• Free education (all parties support)
  
• Gun control (all parties support restricting weapons to the military, police, and occupational workers)
  
• Net neutrality (all parties support)
  
• Same-sex marriage (all parties support)
  

Issues with minor disagreement

• Cannabis (currently legal for recreational use)
  • Parties supporting recreational use: The Greens, Labor Party, Populists of the Left, Socialist Party
    
  • Parties supporting medicinal use: Centrist Democratic Party, Liberal Party
    
  • Parties supporting decriminalisation: Conservative Party, The New Right
    
• Healthcare (universal healthcare currently in effect)
  • Parties supporting expansion: The Greens, Labor Party, Populists of the Left, Socialist Party
    
  • Parties supporting current law: Centrist Democratic Party, Conservative Party, Liberal Party, The New Right
    
• Maximum prison sentence (currently 20 years with five-year extensions)
  • Parties supporting current law: Centrist Democratic Party, The Greens, Labor Party, Liberal Party, Populists of the Left, Socialist Party
    
  • Parties supporting referendum on issue: Conservative Party, The New Right
    
• Multiple citizenship (currently legal)
  • Parties supporting multiple citizenship: Centrist Democratic Party, The Greens, Labor Party, Liberal Party, Populists of the Left, Socialist Party
    
  • Parties supporting referendum on issue: Conservative Party
    
  • Parties opposing multiple citizenship: The New Right
    
• Voting age (currently set at 18)
  • Parties supporting lowering voting age: The Greens, Socialist Party
    
  • Parties supporting current law: Centrist Democratic Party, Conservative Party, Labor Party, Liberal Party, Populists of the Left, The New Right
    

Issues with major disagreement

• Basic income (no existing law)
  • Parties supporting basic income: The Greens, Socialist Party
    
  • Parties supporting referendum on issue: Labor Party, Populists of the Left
    
  • Parties opposing basic income: Centrist Democratic Party, Conservative Party, Liberal Party, The New Right
    
• Conscription (enforced only during war)
  • Parties supporting conscription: Conservative Party, The New Right
    
  • Parties supporting current law: Centrist Democratic Party, Labor Party, Populists of the Left
    
  • Parties opposing conscription: The Greens, Liberal Party, Socialist Party
    
• Free trade
  • Parties supporting free trade: Centrist Democratic Party, Conservative Party, Labor Party, Liberal Party
    
  • Parties opposing free trade: The Greens, The New Right, Populists of the Left, Socialist Party
    
• Immigration restrictions
  • Parties supporting easing restrictions: The Greens, Labor Party, Liberal Party, Populists of the Left, Socialist Party
    
  • Parties supporting current law: Centrist Democratic Party
    
  • Parties supporting increasing restrictions: Conservative Party, The New Right
    
• Nuclear weapons (currently possesses nuclear weapons)
  • Parties supporting disarmament: The Greens, Labor Party, Populists of the Left, Socialist Party
    
  • Parties supporting arms reduction: Centrist Democratic Party, Liberal Party
    
  • Parties opposing disarmament: Conservative Party, The New Right
    
• Physician-assisted suicide (currently legal for terminal illness)
  • Parties supporting PAS: The Greens, Labor Party, Populists of the Left, Socialist Party
    
  • Parties opposing PAS: Centrist Democratic Party, Conservative Party, Liberal Party, The New Right
    
• Taxation levels
  • Parties supporting raising taxes: Socialist Party
    
  • Parties supporting current law: Centrist Democratic Party, The Greens, Labor Party, Populists of the Left, The New Right
    
  • Parties supporting lowering taxes: Conservative Party, Liberal Party
    
• Vaccination (currently mandatory)
  • Parties supporting mandatory vaccination: Centrist Democratic Party, Labor Party, Populists of the Left, Socialist Party
    
  • Parties supporting referendum on issue: Conservative Party
    
  • Parties supporting voluntary vaccination: The Greens, Liberal Party, The New Right
    
• World Forum membership (currently a member)
  • Parties supporting membership: The Greens, Labor Party, Liberal Party, Populists of the Left, Socialist Party
    
  • Parties supporting referendum on issue: Centrist Democratic Party, Conservative Party
    
  • Parties opposing membership: The New Right
    

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Presidential candidates head-to-head

More than 265 polls conducted since January 2019 have indicated that Victor Cutter (Centrist Democratic) and Kate Murphy (Labor) will be the top two candidates in the presidential election. The winner of the election will become the commander-in-chief of the Valkyrian Defence Forces and have the power to cast the tie-breaking vote in the Citizens Assembly and dissolve the parliament upon recommendation.

	Victor Cutter	Kate Murphy
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Political party	Centrist Democratic Party	Labor Party
Political history	Leader of the Centrist Democratic Party (2017–2019) Member of the Valkyrian Parliament (2017–present) Qvaitican Secretary of Intelligence and Security (2014–2016) Qvaitican Secretary of Defence (2013–2014) 10th President of Qvait (2012–2013)	Member of the Valkyrian Parliament (2017–present) Member of the Stockholm City Council (2016–2017) Member of the Qvaitican House of Representatives (2012–2016) Mayor of Stockholm (2010–2012) Member of the Stockholm City Council (2005–2010)
Policy specialisation	Security policy	Science policy
Hometown	Augusta	Stockholm
Profession	Nuclear chemistry	Mechanical engineering
Education	University of Augusta	University of Stockholm

Comparing their policy positions:

• Basic income
  • Cutter: Opposes basic income
    
  • Murphy: Supports basic income
    
• Cannabis
  • Cutter: Supports medicinal use
    
  • Murphy: Supports recreational use
    
• Expansion of Security Powers Act (new; proposed by Conservative leader Stella Kaufman)
  • Cutter: Supports ESPA
    
  • Murphy: Opposes ESPA
    
• Nuclear weapons
  • Cutter: Supports arms reduction
    
  • Murphy: Supports disarmament
    
• Physician-assisted suicide
  • Cutter: Opposes physician-assisted suicide
    
  • Murphy: Supports physician-assisted suicide
    

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Head to KTN News for the results of the 2019 Valkyrian general election

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1st President of the Valkyrian Republic Kate Murphy Labor Party	The Kaufman era The Third Government of the Valkyrian Republic	2nd Chancellor of the Valkyrian Republic Stella Kaufman Conservative Party
↑ Head of state ↑	↓ Cabinet ↓	↑ Head of government ↑
Foreign Secretary Bradley Murphy Centrist Democratic Party	Home Secretary Nicole Chancellor The New Right	Defence Secretary Elena Haig Conservative Party
Finance Secretary Michael Bowman Conservative Party	Trade Secretary Kari Markussen The New Right	Education Secretary Matthew Rose Conservative Party
Labour Secretary Felicity Walker Centrist Democratic Party	Health Secretary Greg Diedrich Centrist Democratic Party	Natural Resources Secretary Clayton Thorpe The New Right
Transport Secretary Johanna Quinn The New Right	Planning Secretary David Marshall Conservative	Communications Secretary Claude Curry The New Right
	Culture Secretary Emilia Baldwin Conservative

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