May 2024 Senate Elections

The May 2024 Senate Elections were the first Senatorial elections of the Republic of Faru. They were held from May 4th to May 5th 2024, to elect the whole of the Farun Senate. It was held on the same days the May 2024 Presidential Election.

May 2024 Farun Senate Elections

May 4, 2024 (2024-05-04) - May 5, 2024 (2024-05-05)
5 Senate Seats 3 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Party People's Social-Developmental Party Liberal Caucus Conservative Party Leader's seat Central North Urbis Last election N/A N/A N/A Seats before N/A N/A N/A Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 2 1 1 Popular vote 14 6 4 Percentage 45.2% 19.4% 12.9%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Whig Party Independents Leader's seat South Last election N/A - Seats before N/A - Seats won 1 0 Seat change 1 - Popular vote 4 3 Percentage 12.9% 9.7%
Map of the senate elections and their different districts

The election led to no clear victor in the senate, as no party ran candidates in more than two districts, the Socialists won both seats they ran candidates in while the liberals won only one, narrowly losing to the Tories in the Urbis district, while The Whigs won unopposed in the southern district.

While the Socialists won a plurality of seats, all the other seats were held by liberal parties with little to no wishes to coalition with them, making it difficult to characterize the elections as a Socialist victory.

Aftermath

Soon after the election, most liberals and tories joined together to form the Liberal-Conservative Party which formed a senatorial coalition with the Whigs to elect Northern Senator Velik iz Dunska as Prime minister.

Following the crushing defeat, the Socialists re-organized their party into the Farun Labor Front, a more democratic and explicitly socialist party.

Results

The Farun Senate the day after the Election

Summary of Farun Senatorial election results, May 2024

Political Party		Party Leader	Members of Senate			Votes
			Candidates	May 2024	Change from before	#	%
	People's Social-Development Party	Normande	2	2	2	14	45.2
	Liberal Caucus	Aleksandr Novak	2	1	1	6	19.4
	Conservative Party	Thinqq	1	1	1	4	12.19
	Whig Party	Emperor Cranberry	1	1	1	4	12.19
	Independent	-	2	0	0	3	12.9