First Union Congress Elections (Histalpol)

The First Union Congress Elections that occurred in Histalpol March 13 and 16, 2013 was the Histalian component of the First Union Congress Elections in the Alliance of Independent Nations that determined the seats that the Alliance Parliamentary Parties (which were allied by Histalian parties) will hold to represent Histalpol in the House of Representatives (HoR) and Council of States (CoS). Between the HoR and CoS, in total 12 members of the Union Congress were elected from Histalpol, 9 from the House of Representatives and 3 from the Council of States. They were elected from Histalpol using 2 Vote Plurality that is unique for Histalpol which consists of 2 rounds of voting.

The outcome was a majority win for the LibDem supported United Liberals party, followed up by the Socialist Left (supported by Travailleurs D'origine Party and a minority of Commart) and the Conservative Union supported by the Emerald Party in 3rd. Notable observations are that the results for this elections mirror the results for the 2012 general Elections in Histalpol in terms of the political spectrum with a centre-aligned party gaining the majority followed by a centre-left (or in this elections case, a left wing) party followed by a right wing party.

Electoral system
Histalpol elected 9 representatives to the House of Representatives using 2 Vote Plurality with the second round occurring 3 days after the previous giving enough chance to allow for the public to adjust their vote accordingly. The country voted as a whole on the two days and the votes were turned into percentages to apply seats to.

Party alliances
For Histalpol, the parties that make up he Alliance Parliamentary Parties are supported by Histalian parties, with members of the parties not already in the Histalian government representing a constituency being allowed to represent the Histalian Party in the Union Congress and in turn that Alliance Parliamentary Party.