Elections

Elections are arguably the most important aspect of Particracy. Elections occur at different times in every nation - they occur either at the end of a legislative term (which can last between 24 and 72 months) or when an early election bill is passed.

At each election, each party gains a certain amount of votes in each region. This is based on many factors - these include ideology and the regional ideology, bill voting percentage, proportion of bills passed and the amount of competition in the election for Head of State (if there is one). The seats are then allocated on a proportional representation in the legislative election, and in the Head of State election (if there is one) slightly different factors give a first-round vote tally, with the top two candidates going forward to a second-round of voting (if the amount of votes by any one candidate did not exceed 50% in the first round).

Although all parties must run in elections for the legislature of the country in question, they may choose not to run a candidate (and/or endorse another candidate if there is no candidate from their own party) or they may be unable to due to a non-elected Head of State.

For elections outside of gameplay mechanics, see Non-standard elections.