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5690 legislative elections: live results. Who will sit on the Marble House?

Join TVW in the follow-up of this electoral night

January 5690

Seven parties battle for a shot at the Chancellery

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Janik Postik: Welcome everyone to this live following of the 5690 Valruzian legislative elections! In case you missed it, my name is Janik Postik, and I'm tonight here with you all making a live coverage of the elections. As of now, 11:49pm, the vote is already counted at 99%, meaning we can confirm already basically the final results, which you will see now on screen:

Communist Party of Valruzia (KPW): 25,402,617 votes, 25.12%, 154 seats (-60).

Sovereign Valruzia (SW): 23,758,570 votes, 23.49%, 146 seats (+37).

Forward Valruzia (NW): 22,971,869 votes, 22.71%, 141 seats (+21).

Workers' Vanguard (RA): 12,924,131 votes, 12.78%, 76 seats (+11).

Our Homeland (NO): 7,141,092 votes, 7.06%, 41 seats (-5).

Valruzian Alliance (SWA): 4,889,409 votes, 4.83%, 24 seats (-10).

Dignity and Progress (GiP): 3,377,731 votes, 3.34%, 19 seats (+6).

Final electoral map by winning party in each Valruzian powiat (district or province)

This result highlights something important: for the first time since the 5630 elections, the elections that elected the 1st legislature, the Communist Party of Valruzia and Sovereign Valruzia fail short of a majority in parliament, albeit by a single seat. Yes, you have heard that right: this is the first time since Valruzia recovered its democracy 60 years ago that the KPW and SW do not hold an absolute majority in the Sejm. But not only that: as predicted, the communists have lost the governments of Chynberg and Gryfit to Forward Valruzia, and those of Ruzia and Valusia to Sovereign Valruzia. And there's more: while they have kept the government of Kampania, their traditional stronghold and a position they have not lost in any election, they have lost their majority in the Kampanian parliament, an absolute majority they had held since 5655, more than 30 years ago. In the end, these elections have seen yet another consecutive victory for the KPW, but at what cost? Let's connect with our correspondents in the different parties' headquarters to see the reactions to the results! 

Borys Puza, TVW correspondent at the Communist Party of Valruzia headquarters, Kampania.

Indeed, Janik. The atmosphere here at the KPW headquarters is a mixture of triumph and concern. On one hand, party members are celebrating that the Communist Party has once again emerged as the largest single party in the Sejm, securing 154 seats. On the other hand, the mood is sobered by the fact that the KPW leaderships is acknowledging that they will have to start discussing and looking for more allies in parliament apart from their traditional allies in Sovereign Valruzia, as for the first time ever both of them together do not hold an absolute majority in the Sejm. Internal sources are pointing at the Yeudi-based Our Homeland as the party with the most potential tu support yet another KPW-SW government, but it's clear that they will ask for many conditions that may not be acceptable, so Dignity and Progress my be another party to look for now in the aftermath. 

Meanwhile, outside the headquarters, we are already seeing small groups of activists and supporters waving red flags and chanting slogans. There is recognition that losing key regions like Gryfit or most notably Valusia mark a significant change, as analysts here emphasize that the loss in Gryfit – although having won in its capital and largest city, Gryfitów – a historically NW-dominated rural area which in recent decades restorted to the KPW, reflects the growing appeal of Forward Valruzia among the rural young electorate, a trend that could return the Voivodeship to its previous conservative majorities. They were bracing here for some hits, but they were not expecting losing four our of five regional governments and the mayorships of many towns, districts and cities across the country, such as the mayorship of Nowogard.

At the same time, the leadership is trying to project confidence in yet another government for them. Chancellor Roksana Parzych has just said a few minutes ago that despite the setback, "the KPW remains committed to its core policies: workers' rights, social welfare expansion, and regional development programs". Another senior party official has told me that "We have won the hearts of millions of Valruzians once again and we will continue to serve them effectively in parliament, even if we must now find agreements more broadly".

Milena Melnik, TVW correspondent at Sovereign Valruzia headquarters, Valusia.

Here at the SW headquarters the atmosphere is electric, Janik. Members are celebrating their best result in more than two decades after securing 146 seats in the Sejm and reclaiming control of the Ruzian and Valusian governments. However, its new leader Krystian Barela has said that he is "well aware that despite these gains, SW does not have an absolute majority and will need to carefully negotiate alliances to exert influence on legislation". Analysts here note that SW’s resurgence in Valusia, the country’s most populous region, has been decisive in boosting the overall vote share after winning around 4 million votes only in the region.

Sovereign Valruzia has also regained the mayorship of Nowogard, the capital city, as well as Brzansk, Uniatów, Szymonice and Dabik, so despite not accomplishing the result they were hoping for – that is, regaining the first place – I believe they are pretty proud of this result. As they know, they will probably be asked to support the Kampanian government now that the KPW has lost its majority, and they will take the opportunity to enter, for the first time in modern Valruzia, the government of the northwestern region.

Klaudiusz Gallas, TVW correspondent at Forward Valruzia headquarters, Valusia.

A good night for Forward Valruzia too, seems like. Although they acknowledge they were hoping for a better result after the good performance of President Urszula Pawlik a few years ago and what polls predicted, this is also their best result in three decades, and their largest amount of votes ever received. Not only that, but they have made history in Ruzia where despite not winning any big city mayoral race, they've recorded their best result ever, with over 25% share of the vote. 

Its leader Fryderyk Konik, who since his election has been leading the party to ever-increasing results, appeared on stage along with the elected Marshalls of Gryfit and Chynberg after it was announced that both of them had successfully regained the governments from the hands of the KPW. Mr. Konik has said that "this is only the start", and has assured his supporters gathered at the party headquarters that "more sooner than later" Valruzia will have a "trustful, reliable and responsible" conservative government.

Ewa Tylicka, TVW correspondent at Workers' Vanguard headquarters, Kampania.

Workers' Vanguard is on course to become a serious problem for the KPW. The party has won 13 county assemblies and in Kampania they are already at 27% of support. Its leader Marcin Borkowski has just said that while they were "wrongfully pointed out and accused" at the beginning, every day "more and more citizens are realizing who will really fight for their rights and not for "woke nonsense". Just two elections ago the party was at 7 million votes and 7%, and now the party has almost double its results, with political analysts predicting that once people have seen that there's true support behind them, we might see more increase in support for the party. As of now, they have already clarified that they won't support the KPW's government in Kampania, which effectively will probably mean that for the first time, Sovereign Valruzia will demand to enter in the government of the Voivodeship in exchange of support.

Oskar Kuba, TVW correspondent at Our Homeland headquarters, Chynberg.

Not so much to celebrate here, Janik. Our Homeland's leader, Celestyn Boruta, has acknowledged that this is the worst share of votes for the Valruzian Yeudis-interest party since its foundation, and has accused the polarizing rethorics of Workers' Vanguard and the failure of the successive governments to properly tackle and stop it as one of the main causes behind their fall in support. From his declarations, I would really cast a doubt over the party's support to a KPW-SW government, but on the other hand they would probably not get a better opportunity than this one to try and influence national politics.  But they say they can't celebrate overcoming Valruzian Alliance by far when basically the other openly anti-Yeudi party in the same, Workers' Vanguard, is gaining traction now.

Gabriel Kopernik, TVW correspondent at Valruzian Alliance headquarters, Valusia.

Bianka Turczyn, SWA leader since 5680, has just announced her resignation on stage while reflecting on the "catastrophic results" for the party. The party peaked at 14.5% during the leadership of Roksana Krysiak in 5675 but has since then, when Mrs. Turczyn took over the party, followed an steep downward trend, culminating in its 4.8% result of tonight, their worst result both in seats and vote share since the party's foundation in 5629. Paradoxically, this is also the first time the party has won a county, the sparsely populated Solin county, in eastern Chynberg (1.6% of the total population of Chynberg), which is a mere consolation prize for an overall awful night for the far-right party.

Helena Trybus, TVW correspondent at Dignity and Progress headquarters, Valusia.

Tonight looks like a night of records, and Dignity and Progress is following the trend. Their best result in two decades, it is still underwhelming for a party that has yet to find the key to connect with the broader Valruzian electorate. However, as its leader Wioleta Marzec has said, they have now a golden opportunity to become influential again, after it was certified that a KPW-SW does not hold the required majority in the Sejm by their own. Mrs. Marzec has called on the KPW to forget "all resentments" – in reference to when previous GiP leader Faustyna Sabala conspired with Sovereign Valruzia and Forward Valruzia to become Chancellor despite the KPW being by far the largest force, after the 5665 elections – and instead work together "for a brighter future for all Valruzians". For sure, now that both Sabala and KPW's Iwan Nowik are gone from the leadership of their respective parties, mutual understanding should be easier, but will the KPW be willing to repair the bridges burned with Dignity and Progress?