Which party to control the General Congress?

[Macureus]

1. Faith and Family Party (Pro-Matriarchy)
2. Intellectual Meritocracy Party (Egalitarian, Intellectual)
3. Communist Party (Favoring Democratic Communism/Socialism)
4. Justice Party (Pro-Magi, Pro-Imperium)
5. Liberation Party (Liberal Democracy)
6. Progressive Party (Social Democracy)
7. Fascist Party (self-explanatory)
8. New Feminist Party (Egalitarian Feminism)
9. Nietzschean Party (Nihilism)
10. People's Party (Trotskyite)

Please note, this is the first national election in more than four years in Macureus, and the Supreme Commander is eager to see the results. If they are satisfactory, he is presently considering the idea of introducing the practice of "responsible government" to Macureus, resulting in an executive responsible directly to and controlled by the General Congress.

[Lillorainen]

"This is Radio Eleven-Eleven with some exciting news from abroad: Apparently, the Socialist Union of Macureus is holding a national election again, for the first time more than four years! The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is looking at the results with not exactly little excitement!"
"That's good to know. And how does this concern us?"
"Macureus seems to have a fairly diverse political landscape - something not only one-party states like Lillorainen or our non-partisan allies can only dream of, but also quite a number of multi-party democracies out there! Nine very different factions are running for control of the General Congress of the Socialist Union."
"Yeah, that's pretty cool - and again, it does concern us, because ...?"
"Because the Federation of Lillorainen has a long history of entirely staying out of the internal matters of other countries unless directly concerned. This time, however, the Federal Government is considering dropping an official endorsement for a certain party - namely, the Intellectual Meritocracy Party!"
"Still doesn't surprise me. A meritocracy endorsing a meritocratic party ..."
"How many multi-party systems with a meritocratic party, especially with a realistic chance to win national elections, do you know?"
"The Meritocrats in Chaamerland and Tangrusia have fairly high chances ..."
"That would be two countries out of ...?"
"Ehh ... yeah, I think you're right. So, yeah, let's see where this is going!"
"Indeed, let's see! So this was Radio Eleven-Eleven, the radio station without repetition! I say it once again: Radio Eleven-Eleven, the radio station without repetition!"

[Macureus]

OOC: Please note that I felt that a hard-left revolutionary party was necessary, so it was added as an afterthought. It's a splinter group from the main Communist Party, advocating Trotskyite ideals.

Voting was accidentally reset, not intentionally.

[Nova Samnium]

The Senate of Nova Samnium has voted to endorse the Intellectual Meritocracy Party as the sanest choice to govern Macureus.

[Provisional America]

President Romero privately favors the Liberation Party of Macureus, though the government is by no means unanimous on this matter.

A recent survey of Provisional Americans, however, shows that the Liberation and Progressive parties are the most popular ones in the opinions of the citizens themselves, with the Liberation Party being favored by 35%, followed closely by the Progressives at 33%.

[Lillorainen]

OOC: Please note that I felt that a hard-left revolutionary party was necessary, so it was added as an afterthought. It's a splinter group from the main Communist Party, advocating Trotskyite ideals.

Voting was accidentally reset, not intentionally.

(OOC: Noted. Voted again - for the IMP, of course, as stated above.)

[Macureus]

The exit polls in the national parliamentary elections in Macureus, which will result in a new General Congress of Citizen Deputies of 600 members, chosen by preferential party lists, appear to show a decent plurality for the center-left Intellectual Meritocracy Party, followed closely by the Progressive Party, which raises the distinct possibility of a center-left coalition government forming should General Ios Melin, the country's Supreme Commander and First Citizen go forward with prospective plans for installing a "responsible government," a cabinet requiring a parliamentary majority in order to govern. Should such an executive be created, the country would essentially become at least partially a parliamentary republic or democracy.

The same exit polls are very bad news for the pro-matriarchy Faith and Family Party, which appears not to retain significant strength in the reunified nation, not even enough to garner one percent required for a respectable six seats in said legislature. Current polls have the FFP standing at .4%, which in a country with an electorate of one hundred million voters translates to roughly four hundred thousand or so electors. If the current trend stands, the FFP will only win two seats out of six hundred, thus barely having any voice or say or even ability to effectively dissent in the governance of the State.

The overall trend seems to favor the rise of the Intellectual Meritocrats and Progressives, both essentially social democrats and/or technocratic socialists, though the latter still retain some Marxist undertones. At 45% between them, they would only need to recruit one more party to form some kind of "Broad Front," as many discussed, likely the Communists to make it a complete leftist bloc. The Macurean Communists are increasingly less authoritarian than the Trotskyite People's Party that split off from them shortly before the most recent election. It is likely that such a "Red Bloc" government could govern effectively and preserve the remaining state-run industries that the Liberation and Nietzschean Parties, among others, have threatened to privatize, as well as the gains of the trade-unionist alliance and most of the social safety net. The Communists are more populist than technocratic in tone than their more moderate partners, but this presumably worked toward their benefit this time around.

The MCP also maintains a popular standing and reputation as one of the most fiercely egalitarian parties from its days during the matriarchal state known as Old Macureus, which co-existed under the past Treaty of Arod with New Macureus (a secular technocracy that was both very socialist and very authoritarian at once). The MCP organized protests, strikes, even general strikes, to help push Old Macureus away from matriarchy and toward true gender equality. The "Reds," as they are affectionately called in Macureus, did far better among former Old Macureans, especially men, than did any other single party.

Rounding out the total were such parties as the People's Party, a Trotskyite bloc as mentioned before, the Nietzschean/Nihilist Party, the Justice Party (a pro-Imperium Magi-led group), the more egalitarian feminist New Feminist Party, the alarmingly strong Fascist Party, and the very libertarian Liberation Party.

Update: General Melin has declared the national elections a "resounding success, which has convinced me to move forward on the timetable for a responsible government, an executive selected with the approval and consent of the legislature. I have invited leaders of the three principal leftist parties to begin negotiations to formally establish the first democratically elected coalition government in the history of Macureus. If these discussions succeed, the executive power shall devolve upon a First Commissar appointed by myself with the confidence and support of a working majority in the General Congress. Macureus will complete the next phase of the Reorganizing Initiative, the installation of a multi-party, pluralistic liberal democracy."