November 2021 Vishwamitran general election
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General elections were held in Vishwamitra in three phases from 13 to 20 November 2021 to elect the members of the 14th Lok Sabha. Votes were counted and the result was declared on 21 November.
The National People's Congress won 85% of the total seats, the highest seat share by a political party since the December 2016 general election, and won 17 seats, further increasing its substantial majority. The newly-created Green Socialist Party won 2 seats, winning the required 10% of the seats needed to claim the post of Leader of Opposition replacing the Whig Party as the principal opposition.
Electoral system
All 20 elected MPs are elected from single-member constituencies using first-past-the-post voting. Voters must be full Vishwamitran citizens, an ordinary resident of the polling area of the constituency and registered to vote (name included in the electoral rolls), possess a valid citizens ID code issued by the Department of Citizenship or an equivalent.
The elections are held on schedule and as per the Constitution of Vishwamitra that mandates parliamentary elections once every year.
Election schedule
The election schedule was announced by Election Commission (ECV) on 28 September 2021 and the model code of conduct came to force with the notification coming into effect on 21 October 2021. Subsequently, the Rashtradhyaksh approved the dissolution of the 13th Lok Sabha and appointed Phillip Joseph Pillin as the caretaker prime minister to serve during the election period.
The following was the schedule for the election as declared by the election commission on 28 September 2021.
Schedule | Date |
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Date of issuance of election notification | 28 September 2021 |
Date from which the notification shall be effective | 21 October 2021 |
Date of dissolution of the XIIIth Parliament | |
Date of appointment of caretaker government | |
Date between which list of candidates shall be declared | 21 – 30 October 2021 (first and second phase) 21 October – 2 November 2021 (third phase) |
Scrutiny of candidacies/nominations | 31 October 2021 (first and second phase) 3 November 2021 (third phase) |
Period of campaigning (including declaration of manifestos, public campaigning, speeches, calls, etc.) |
28 September – 10 November 2021 (first phase, upto 6:00 PM IST) 28 September – 11 November 2021 (second phase, upto 6:00 PM IST) 28 September – 17 November 2021 (third phase, upto 6:00 PM IST) |
Declaration of results | 21 November 2021 |
Date before which election must be completed | 30 November 2021 |
Date on which the notification ceases to be into effect | 30 November 2021 |
The voting for the election was scheduled to be held in three phases.
State/Territory | Total constituencies |
Election dates and number of constituencies | ||||||
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Phase 1 | Phase 2 | Phase 3 | ||||||
13 November | 19 November | 20 November | ||||||
Purvanchal | 6 | 6 | ||||||
Beltola | 3 | 3 | ||||||
Uttaranchal | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Madhya Prant | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Kamrupa | 3 | 3 | ||||||
Basistha | 3 | 3 | ||||||
Chandrabans | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Constituencies | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
Rescheduled voting, cancellations
- Election to 4-Boragaon parliamentary constituency of Purvanchal to which election was scheduled on 19 November 2021 was cancelled due to no candidate filling nominations. The election to fill the vacancy was held on 29 November 2021.
Campaign
Intense campaigning for the election began in October 2021 with the contesting political parties putting a lot of effort to win the support of the people. Among the most active campaigners included Farhaz Hazarika, Jayden Dagsa, Rory Leonard of the National People's Congress; while David Brooke and Su Yi-An of the Green Socialist Party.
Parties and candidates
The National People's Congress (NPC) and the Green Socialist Party (GSP) were the two parties which contested the election. The NPC which was the ruling party prior to the election contest 19 of the 20 seats while the GSP contested on two seats.
Parties | States/Territory | Seats contested | Seats won | |
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National People's Congress | Purvanchal | 5 | 5 | |
Beltola | 3 | 3 | ||
Uttaranchal | 2 | 2 | ||
Madhya Prant | 2 | 1 | ||
Kamrupa | 3 | 2 | ||
Basistha | 3 | 3 | ||
Chandrabans | 1 | 1 | ||
Green Socialist Party | Madhya Prant | 1 | 1 | |
Kamrupa | 2 | 1 | ||
Basistha | 1 | 0 |
Results
Candidates were unopposed elected from several constituencies upon the scrutiny of the nominations. Upon the scrutiny, 11 candidates of the National People's Congress were declared elect on 31 October 2021 and 4 candidates of the same party on 3 November 2021. Election to the Basistha Rural constituency was held on 13 November 2021, and to Dhirenpara, National List and Chandril constituencies on 20 November 2021. There was no necessity for an election on 19 November 2021.
Party-wise results
Party | Vote % | Seats won | Seat change | |
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National People's Congress | 85% | 17 | ▲3 | |
Green Socialist Party | 10% | 2 | New | |
Vacant (1) | ||||
Total | 95% | 20 | - |
State-wise results
Purvanchal (6)
5 | 1 |
NPC | Vacant |
Name of Party | Seats won |
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National People's Congress | 5 |
The NPC contested from five of the six seats of the state of Purvanchal and was able to win all the seats unopposed. All five elected MPs from Purvanchal went on to serve as ministers of the government.
- Maligaon: Ested Vlasyn
- Rajagriha: Charles Burgardt
- National Capital Constituency: Michal Nowacki
- Kalapani: Rory Leonard
- Rashtra Niwas: Farhaz Hazarika
Beltola (3)
3 |
NPC |
Name of Party | Seats won |
---|---|
National People's Congress | 3 |
The NPC contested from all three seats of the state of Beltola and was able to win from those seats. All three MPs from Beltola were appointed as ministers in the incoming government.
- Brikshasthana: Princess Anoushkaa
- Bhetapara: Tyler Mullins
- Basant Bahar: Prince Abhiraj
Uttaranchal (2)
2 |
NPC |
Name of Party | Seats won |
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National People's Congress | 2 |
The NPC contested and won all two seats of the state of Uttaranchal.
- Gotanagar: Matthew Xia
- Radisson: Andrew Perdomo
Madhya Prant (2)
1 | 1 |
NPC | GSP |
Name of Party | Seats won |
---|---|
National People's Congress | 1 |
Green Socialist Party | 1 |
The NPC won from one seat of the state of Madhya Prant and was defeated in the other.
- Noonmati: Arnab Deka
The GSP contested only from Dhirenpara seat of the state and was able to win it.
- Dhirenpara: Su Yi-An
Kamrupa (3)
2 | 1 |
NPC | GSP |
Name of Party | Seats won |
---|---|
National People's Congress | 2 |
Green Socialist Party | 1 |
The NPC contested from all three seats of the state of Kamrupa and was able to win from 2 of the seats and was defeated in National List constituency. Both winning candidates were made ministers.
- Dadara: Jayden Dagsa
- Chandril: Arturo Lara
The GSP contested from two seats of Kamrupa - National List and Chandril and was only able to win from National List. David Brooke, the winning candidate of GSP then served as the leader of the opposition.
- National List: David Brooke
Basistha (3)
3 |
NPC |
Name of Party | Seats won |
---|---|
National People's Congress | 3 |
The NPC contested from all three seats of the state of Basistha and was able to win from those seats. Prime Minister Farhaz Hazarika contested on a second seat in Basistha. One of the winning candidates, W. Pranit Singh was made minister.
- Basistha City: Farhaz Hazarika
- Basistha Rural: W. Pranit Singh
- Basistha Central: Ezri Ambriz
Chandrabans (1)
1 |
NPC |
Name of Party | Seats won |
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National People's Congress | 1 |
The NPC retained its territorial seat of Chandrabans. Princess Bishakha, the winning candidate was made a minister.
- Chandrabans: Princess Bishakha
Government formation
The Rashtradhyaksh Varuna Sriraya accepted the resignation of caretaker prime minister Phillip Joseph Pillin and that of his council of ministers soon after the results of the election were announced. Moments later, he spoke to the President of the National People's Congress and former prime minister Farhaz Hazarika and received support letters from other NPC officials Jayden Dagsa and Rory Leonard confirming that Hazarika has been chosen to become the party's prime ministerial candidate.
Thereupon, the Rashtradhyaksh formally invited Farhaz Hazarika to form the government in his name and appointed him as prime minister on 21 November 2021. On the advice of the newly-appointed prime minister Farhaz Hazarika, the Rashtradhyaksh appointed Princess Anoushkaa, a former prime minister, as the deputy prime minister while Michal Nowacki was named as the senior minister. Among the cabinet ministers appointed were Ested Vlasyn, Charles Burgardt, Rory Leonard, and Jayden Dagsa. Newly-appointed members of parliament Arturo Lara, Tyler Mullins, and W. Pranit Singh were appointed as ministers of state.
Subsequent by-elections
Several MPs who won during the general election chose to resign from their respective seats under various circumstances. The first elected MP of the 14th Lok Sabha was Prime Minister Farhaz Hazarika who was elected from two seats - Rashtra Niwas (of Purvanchal) and Basistha City (of Basistha) vacated the Basistha City and retained his Rashtra Niwas seat. William Cooper who was elected in a by-election from the Basistha City constituency as an NPC candidate was expelled after he joined the SDP. On 24 August 2022 in a historic ruling of the Supreme Court, Brikshasthana MP Thomas Jacobs was expelled as a member of the parliament thereby becoming the first-ever sitting MP to be removed in a court ruling.
State | Constituency | Name of elected M.P. | Party affiliation | |
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Purvanchal | Boragaon | Vacant | ||
Rey Jr. Mancio (elected on 10 December 2021) | National People's Congress | |||
Rajagriha | Charles Burgardt (resigned on 27 December 2021) | National People's Congress | ||
Lorenzo Marquez (elected on 25 January 2022) | Social Democratic Party | |||
National Capital Constituency | Michal Nowacki (resigned on 27 December 2021) | National People's Congress | ||
Kevin Doan (elected on 25 January 2022) | National People's Congress | |||
Maligaon | Ested Vlasyn (resigned on 31 January 2022) | National People's Congress | ||
Charles Burgardt (elected on 8 May 2022) | Independent | |||
Beltola | Brikshasthana | Princess Anoushkaa (resigned on 18 March 2022) | National People's Congress | |
Thomas Jacobs (elected on 8 May 2022; expelled on 27 August 2022)[c] | Independent | |||
Vacant | ||||
Uttaranchal | Gotanagar | Matthew Xia (resigned on 11 June 2022) | National People's Congress | |
Liam Alexander (elected on 23 June 2022; resigned on 13 July 2022) | Independent | |||
Vacant | ||||
Kamrupa | Dadara | Jayden Dagsa (resigned on 22 December 2021) | National People's Congress | |
William Cooper (elected on 23 January 2022; resigned on 4 September 2022) | Social Democratic Party | |||
Vacant | ||||
National List | David Brooke (resigned on 3 December 2021) | Green Socialist Party | ||
Matthew Tonna (elected on 21 December 2021) | National People's Congress | |||
Chandril | Arturo Lara (resigned on 7 February 2022) | National People's Congress | ||
Rafe Burfield (elected on 11 May 2022) | Independent | |||
Basistha | Basistha City | Farhaz Hazarika (resigned on 23 November 2021) | National People's Congress | |
William Cooper (elected on 13 December 2021; expelled on 17 December 2021)[d] | National People's Congress | |||
Kaarel Luikmel (elected on 23 January 2022) | Social Democratic Party | |||
Basistha Central | Ezri Ambriz (resigned on 11 June 2022) | National People's Congress | ||
Arthur Lacey-Scott-FitzLacia (elected on 26 June 2022) | Independent |
Citations
- ↑ The election for the Boragaon constituency was delayed and took place on 29 November 2021.
- ↑ The Royalist Party of Vishwamitra was renamed and reformed as the Vishwamitran faction of the International Whig Party in September 2021.
- ↑ MP Thomas Jacobs was expelled from the parliament following a ruling of the Supreme Court made on 4 September 2022.
- ↑ MP William Cooper was expelled as a member of the parliament on 17 December 2021 after joining the Social Democratic Party.