2023 Central Exonian Assembly election

2023 Central Exonian Assembly election

24 July 2023

All 250 seats in the Assembly of Deputies 126 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Current seats Liberal Democratic Party Federico Valdéz Valdéz 105 Catholic Nationalist Union Nicolás Ureña Dávalos 101 Central Exoña Party Norberto Guillén Murillo 24 Christian Democratic Party Nicolás Sanjurjo Molina 16 National Democratic Party Felipe Ureña Mori 3 National Salvation Party Fátima Quiñónez Ávila 1 Independent – 3 Incumbent Speaker of the Assembly Alfonso Dávalos Merino Catholic Nationalist Union

Assembly elections will be held in Central Exoña on 24 July 2023. Central Exonians will elect all 250 members of the country's Assembly of Deputies of the country's 250 lower house district. Each deputy is elected in a first-past-the-post election, and the party or coalition with the most seats will select the country's Speaker of the Assembly.

Current opinion polling indicates a significant lead for the right-wing Catholic Nationalist Union (UNC) across the country, with the center-left Liberal Democratic Party (PDL) polling in second place.

Electoral system

Elections will be held in each of the country's 250 lower house districts. Each district will elect one deputy to serve on the Assembly of Deputies for a two year term from 2023 to 2025. To stand for election, candidates must be 30 years or older, be a Central Exonian citizen by birth, and not have any criminal convictions in the prior 5 years. Mayors are elected by a first-past-the-post system.

A total of 38,568,707 are elegible to vote, an increase of approximately 1.5 million voters from the previous election. Voters must vote in person at designated polling locations inside their lower house district as indicated on their Unique Identity Document (DIU).

Political parties

Twelve political parties will participate in the election, an increase of three from 2021. Political parties are allowed to form coalitions amongst themselves.

Party			Ideology	Political position	2021 result
	PAEC	Action Party for Central Exoña Partido de Acción por Exoña Central	Liberalism	Center-left	Did not exist
	UNC	Catholic Nationalist Union Unión Nacionalista Católica	Social conservatism	Right-wing	101 / 250
	PEC	Central Exoña Party Partido de Exoña Central	Central Exonian nationalism	Far-right	24 / 250
	PCCE	Central Exonian Communist Party Partido Comunista Centroexoñero	Communism	Far-left	0 / 250
	PDCE	Central Exonian Democratic Party Partido Democrática Centroexoñero	Social democracy	Center-left	Did not exist
	PDC	Christian Democratic Party Partido Democrática Cristiano	Christian democracy	Center-right	16 / 250
	PDL	Liberal Democratic Party Partido Democrática Liberal	Social democracy	Center-left	105 / 250
	PDN	National Democratic Party Partido Democrática Nacional	Conservatism	Right-wing	3 / 250
	PSN	National Salvation Party Partido de Salvación Nacional	Democratic socialism	Left-wing	1 / 250
	PASONA	National Socialist Party Partido Socialista Nacional	Socialism	Left-wing	Did not exist
	PUN	National Unity Party Partido de Unidad Nacional	Liberalism	Centrist	0 / 250
	PSN	Party for Justice and Socialism Partido por Justicia y Socialismo	Socialism	Left-wing	0 / 250

Opinion polling

Opinion polls
Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	UNC	PDL	PEC	PDC	PDN	PSN	PJS	PCCE	PUN	PASONA	PDCE	PAEC	Unsure	Lead
Tribuno de La Libertad	19 Apr 2023	1,212	43.2	22.1	8.3	4.3	1.0	0.7	–	–	0.2	0.3	–	–	19.9	21.1
Tiempos de Santa Ana	15–16 Apr 2023	1,250	44.7	21.3	6.2	2.3	1.1	0.9	–	–	–	–	–	–	24.4	23.4
La Nación	2–5 Apr 2023	1,299	41.9	20.8	6.8	2.5	1.2	1.0	0.3	0.1	–	–	–	–	25.4	21.1
Encuestas EC	2 Mar 2023	1,230	40.0	23.2	6.9	2.3	1.1	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.1	24.5	16.8
Tiempos de Santa Ana	1–7 Jan 2023	1,850	35.3	25.2	12.1	2.8	1.5	1.0	0.2	–	–	–	–	–	21.9	10.1
La Prensa Nacional	12 Oct 2022	1,333	37.5	27.8	14.2	2.4	2.1	1.4	0.2	–	0.1	–	–	–	14.3	9.7
El Centroexoñero	1 Aug 2022	1,501	40.2	40.8	8.5	3.6	0.6	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.1	–	–	–	5.3	0.6
2021 election	24 Jul 2021	N/A	42.39	41.33	8.72	4.48	0.84	0.73	0.13	0.04	0.02	–	–	–	–	31.77

See also

• Elections in Central Exoña