Yesterday, Minister of the Interior Josh Ford announced that Independent Akash Viridian has won the byelection to replace Am Martin’s now vacant seat in Parliament.
Am Martin decided to resign from the House of Representatives in addition to several other positions for reasons he did not wish to disclose to the public.
A total of 4 candidates ran in the byelection, with Akash Viridian, a brand-new, but fairly active member of the community. Akash recieved the most first preference votes in the election, with 10 out of 22 selecting him as their first choice. This is Mr. Viridian’s first government position to date.
Census Results
Many voters after the 6th General Election decided to fill out the Versmarkian census attached to the end of the general election ballot, which featured questions ranging from political alignments to opinions on government institutions.
Most citizens decided to fill out the census, with 22 out of 26 voters opting in, most of which come from the province of Federhiem.
The largest age group in Versmark is in the range of 18 to 24 years of age, with the second largest group being sub-18 years of age. Only a singular citizen reported being between 25 and 31 years.
Most citizens identify as Male, with also most being overwhelmingly assigned Male at birth.
Most citizens identify as being Caucasian, with 81% being so.
Under “religion,” the largest demographic identifies as Atheist with 22.7%, with the largest religious group being Catholic.
Citizens seem to be mostly concentrated in North America and Europe, with 54.5% being in the former and 36.4% being in Europe.
Most citizens stated they aligned themselves with the Monarchist Council Party, with 68.2% supporting the MCP and 27.3% supporting the Alliance for Civic Transformation.
In the “political ideology” section, there was a large diversity of political affiliations, the census author noted that 7 citizens aligned with aggregated Socialist Ideology and 7 with aggregated Conservative ideology. Socialism as an individual option had the most selections, with 18.2%.
Most citizens seemed to agree that the Empire of Lehmark is not a friendly state, with 45.5% saying they “Strongly Disagree” that Lehmark is a friendly state. While on the other hand, citizens seemed to lean towards the United Republic of Baliga being a friendly state, with citizens (36.4%) viewing Baliga in a neutrally and 27.6% agreeing that Baliga is a friendly state.
54.5% of citizens strongly agreed with the statement: “I support the job performance of His Sovereign Majesty Wald I.” With Wald serving as Sovereign since April 21st, 2023.
Support for the Monarchy as an institution was slightly shakier, with 63.6% either agreeing or strongly agreeing with having an elected monarch.
The opinions on federalization within Versmark was fairly neutral, with a very slight lean towards support for federalization.
36.4% strongly disagreed that the House of Lord’s should be Democratized, with 27.3% strongly agreeing, being a reflection of the ACT’s standpoint on the House of Lords and it’s existence.
Finally, 63.6% either strongly agreed or agreed with the statement: “Do you support further integration of the Thassocrat[ic] Republic of Klanift in the Sovereign State of Versmark?”
This is the first census conducted by the Government of Versmark since 2023.
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