2019 Valkyrian general election (Pacifica)

See also: 2019 Valkyrian presidential election (Pacifica)

2019 Valkyrian general election

7 July 2019 (2019-07-07)
All 575 seats in the National Assembly, including 42 levelling seats 309 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	72.39%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Stella Kaufman Nicole Chancellor Margaret Harrison Party Conservative The New Right Labor Alliance Coalition Coalition Alliance Leader since 18 December 2018 Inaugural Inaugural Leader's seat Foxcoast's 1st Augusta's 4th List Last election 62 146 83 Seats won 140 125 104 Seat change 78 21 21   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Bradley Murphy Taeler Shaw Amalia Rollins Party Centrist Democratic Populist Left Socialist Alliance Unaligned Alliance Alliance Leader since 12 March 2019 Inaugural Inaugural Leader's seat Chicane's 3rd Vienna's 2nd List Last election 67 82 76 Seats won 70 69 61 Seat change 3 13 15   Seventh party Eighth party   Leader Dominic McKinney Nathan Martinez Party The Greens Liberal Alliance Unaligned Unaligned Leader since Inaugural Inaugural Leader's seat List List Last election 28 24 Seats won 34 14 Seat change 6 10
Prime Minister before election Margaret Harrison Labor Prime Minister after election Stella Kaufman Conservative

The 2019 Valkyrian general election took place on Sunday, 7 July 2019. Heading into the election, the Alliance of Social Democrats, led by Margaret Harrison, served as the government, elected after the 2017 general election as a centre-left bloc between the Labor Party, the Populist Left, the Socialist Party, The Greens, and the Liberal Party.

During the election, The Greens and the Liberal Party opted not to campaign as members of the Alliance, choosing to campaign as unaligned parties, leaving the Alliance with three left-wing parties. Meanwhile, the Conservative Party and The New Right formed the New Conservative Coalition in April 2019 as a right-wing counter to the Alliance, which came months after Stella Kaufman's election as the Leader of the Conservative Party in December 2018, succeeding Jonathan Victor, who refused to collaborate with The New Right.

The Conservative Party won 78 seats in the election, taking seats previously held by The New Right and uncontested as part of their bloc agreement and won seats from several left-wing parties and levelling seats. While the Labor Party won seats in the election, their gains were modest compared to the Conservatives, ultimately making the Centrist Democratic Party the kingmaker between the Alliance and Coalition. After a month of negotiations between the Centrist Democrats and both blocs, the party decided to join the Coalition, unseating Margaret Harrison from the premiership and elevating Kaufman, ensuring a right-wing shift in government.

Results

Bloc		Party		Leader	Seats	±
	New Conservative Coalition		Conservative Party	Stella Kaufman	140	+78
			The New Right	Nicole Chancellor	125	−21
		Total seats			265	–
	Alliance of Social Democrats		Labor Party	Margaret Harrison	104	+21
			Populist Left	Taeler Shaw	69	−13
			Socialist Party	Amalia Rollins	61	−15
		Total seats			234	–
	Centrist Democratic Party			Bradley Murphy	70	+3
	The Greens			Dominic McKinney	34	+6
	Liberal Party			Nathan Martinez	14	−10
Total seats					617	–

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Socialist	Labor	Populist Left	Greens	Lib	Centrist Democrat	Conservative	New Right
61	104	69	34	14	70	140	125
234			118			265
Alliance			Unaligned			Coalition

Government formation

Main article: 2019 Valkyrian government formation (Pacifica)

Alliance of Social Democrats

For the Alliance to continue leading the Valkyrian government, they needed the Centrist Democratic Party and either The Greens or the Liberal Party to join the bloc. Because the Liberals refused to enter into a government with the Socialist Party, Margaret Harrison attempted inter-party negotiations with the Centrist Democratic Party and The Greens, meeting their party leaders in Sydney. The talks began on 9 July, two days after the election, and continued into August between Harrison, Bradley Murphy, Dominic McKinney, and other party representatives.

While the Alliance readily accepted proposals put forth by The Greens that would essentially give the latter veto power on environmental policy, the Socialist Party and the Centrist Democratic Party could not agree on multiple issues, especially industrial policy. The Socialist Party wanted the Alliance to nationalise industries that the party considered essential, but the Centrist Democratic Party favoured subsidisation. The two parties' failure to agree made it untenable for the Alliance to form a majority government.

In an attempt to salvage the talks, some members of the Labor Party suggested removing the Socialist Party from the Alliance and forming a minority government with the Centrist Democratic Party, The Greens, and the Liberal Party. However, Harrison was reluctant to follow through on their proposal, considering it a "betrayal" to the Socialists and the likelihood of forcing the Parliament to dissolve and hold another election.