Next Palmshire general election

Palmshire general election, December 2013
Jun. 2012 ←	December 7 to December 21
All 7 seats of the House of Commons 4 seats were needed for a majority
Leader	Lord Tokeington	Chris D	Duchess of Rochester
Party	Moose	Socialist	Tory
Leader since	25 November 2012	29 May 2012	24 May 2012
Leader's seat	Lord Tokeington	Catfield	Duchess of Rochester
Last election	4 seats	2 seats	0 seat
Incumbent Prime Minister
Chris D
Socialist

The next Palmshire general election will be the election to the 6th Parliament of Palmshire. The terms of the Parliament Act, passed in 2012, mandate that the election will be held on 7 December 2012 (except in the event of a collapse of government, a two-thirds majority of MPs voting for an early election, or Prime Minister advising the Sovereign to dissolve the Parliament).

In the general election, voting will take place in all parliamentary constituencies of the Kingdom of Palmshire to elect Members of Parliament (MPs) to seats in the House of Commons, the lower house of the Parliament.

This will be the 5th general election for the Kingdom of Palmshire since 2011, though the resultant Parliament will be the 6th, as the first Parliament, summoned in 2010, did not have elected House of Commons.

Date of the election

Parliament Act

See also: Parliament Act.

An election was usually called following the dissolution of the Parliament of Palmshire. The power to dissolve Parliament was a Royal Prerogative, exercised by the King on the advice of the Prime Minister. The Sovereign had not refused a request for dissolution since 2011; the guidelines under which this might theoretically occur are known as the Lascelles Principles after the British King's private secretary who set them out. As a result, incumbent Prime Ministers often chose to call a general election at a time when they believed they enjoyed a temporary tactical advantage.

An early dissolution could be forced if Parliament voted for one by a supermajority of two-tirds. A government could also lose a vote of no confidence and be replaced on a normal majority of over 50%. When doing so, that Parliament would be dissolved if no new government could be formed within 14 days of a no-confidence vote.

Under the provisions of the Parliament Act 2012, an election had to be announced on or before the third month anniversary of the beginning of the previous parliament, barring exceptional circumstances. Since the enactment of the 2012 Act, Parliament has never been allowed to expire. The previous general election, held from 24 June to 15 July in 2012, elected MPs to the 5th Parliament which began on 28 July 2012; as such, Parliament would expire at the end of 27 September 2012. However, this was postponed to 7 December 2013 due to exceptional circumstance.

Political parties

Main article: List of political parties in Palmshire

External links

Elections in the Kingdom of Palmshire
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