Stoyan Vasilis increased his seat count under Blue Dawn, reaching a recent high of 9 seats out of 20. Boj Volansky and the CRF continued their fall, losing 2 out of their 4 seats to fall to a historic low. Northern Power meanwhile gained 5% vote share and won a seat in Viskogorje, newly elected Senator Chwa Spas.
A notable feature of this election was the strong performance Vjetrusa under the national leadership of Misko Maretic. Despite internal conflict, the bankrolling of Bran Maj gave the party huge success in the Assembly.
Resulting Assembly Makeup
2012 map coloured by party control of districts
Newly elected Senators’ names are highlighted in bold. If a seat was won by a different party, or a Senator changed their party affiliation from the previous election, the party will be highlighted in bold.
The following percentages represent each party’s share of the national vote, calculated as the average vote share across all ten districts (each district representing 10% of the population).
After a fifty-year career in the Assembly, Tihomir Bran (SoK) did not run for re-election. Malik Kondratiev, who previously ran in Decelska in 2002, moved to run in Bran’s traditional home district and became the new leader of the Sons of Kresimir.
Topi Topolski (CRF) lost his seat to Chwa Spas (NP). This election was heavily influenced by the 2009 Winter Freeze, where Topolski and Vasilis were implicated in the privatisation of Viskosever.
Mia Marija Pavlovic (CRF), first elected in 1972, retired from the Assembly. In her absence, the CRF vote collapsed, allowing Blue Dawn to win both seats in the district for the first time.
Despite a significant drop in his personal vote and the ongoing national decline of his party, CRF leader Boj Volansky managed to hold onto his seat in Decelska. Blue Dawn leader Ari Stov was comfortably re-elected with a massively improved margin, capitalizing on the CRF’s weakness to top the poll.
Veteran BLF Senator Jannik Lehr retired. His seat was won by fellow party member Ikka Wallman, who had run unsuccessfully in 2002. The result ensured the BLF maintained its unbroken hold on the district.
