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

See also: List of political parties in Central Exoña

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
						Vote %	Seats
		PAEC	Action Party for Central Exoña Partido de Acción por Exoña Central	Liberalism	Center-left	New party
		UNC	Catholic Nationalist Union Unión Nacionalista Católica	Social conservatism	Right-wing	42.39	101 / 250
		PEC	Central Exoña Party Partido de Exoña Central	Central Exonian nationalism	Far-right	8.72	24 / 250
		PCCE	Central Exonian Communist Party Partido Comunista Centroexoñero	Communism	Far-left	0.04	0 / 250
		PDCE	Central Exonian Democratic Party Partido Democrática Centroexoñero	Social democracy	Center-left	New party
		PDC	Christian Democratic Party Partido Democrática Cristiano	Christian democracy	Center-right	4.48	16 / 250
		PDL	Liberal Democratic Party Partido Democrática Liberal	Social democracy	Center-left	41.33	105 / 250
		PDN	National Democratic Party Partido Democrática Nacional	Conservatism	Right-wing	0.84	3 / 250
		PSN	National Salvation Party Partido de Salvación Nacional	Democratic socialism	Left-wing	0.73	1 / 250
		PASONA	National Socialist Party Partido Socialista Nacional	Socialism	Left-wing	New party
		PUN	National Unity Party Partido de Unidad Nacional	Liberalism	Centrist	0.02	0 / 250
		PJS	Party for Justice and Socialism Partido por Justicia y Socialismo	Socialism	Left-wing	0.13	0 / 250

Opinion polling

Opinion polls
Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size													Unsure	Lead
La Nación	3 May 2023	1,443	41.5	18.9	7.4	2.7	1.5	1.1	–	–	–	2.1	–	–	24.8	22.6
La Prensa Nacional	30 Apr 2023	1,560	41.3	20.5	7.1	2.6	1.4	1.2	–	–	–	1.7	–	–	24.2	20.8
Universidad de Santa Ana	26–29 Apr 2023	1,482	40.4	19.7	7.2	2.5	1.7	1.6	0.5	0.2	0.1	1.1	0.1	0.2	24.7	20.7
Encuestas EC	20–22 Apr 2023	1,605	40.5	20.3	9.4	2.3	1.2	1.7	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.8	0.2	0.1	22.6	20.2
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
Beginning of official campaigning period
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