January 2021 Doggerland legislative elections

The January 2021 Doggerland legislative elections were held on January 28th, 2021 electing the 150 members of the Parliament of Doggerland. All 10 original parties ran, except the Green Party which failed to choose a leader in time. The legislative elections were held simultaneously with the 2021 referendum on joining the European Union.

January 25th

 * The first post about the mock elections is made on the r/imaginaryelections subreddit

January 26th

 * The r/imaginaryelections mock elections discord server is created
 * Most political parties are populated and leaders are selected
 * Some political parties release their manifestos
 * The Green Party fails to make it onto the ballot and merges with the ULPP

January 27th

 * All parties release their manifestos by this date
 * The Independent Democracy Party has a leadership crisis, with Beady eventually becoming leader
 * The National People's Party leader Huski announces that the National People's Party will form a coalition with the Independent Democracy Party in parliament.
 * Interim Leader James Summers of the ULPP resigns, Kevin Trevor is acclaimed as party leader
 * The leaders Q&A takes place on the discord
 * An opinion poll is conducted, which finds the United Left People's Party to have the plurality of support

January 28th

 * Polls open in the election
 * The ULPP Deputy Leadership election concludes as former Deputy Leader Kevin Trevor is acclaimed as Party Leader, It's Holmgang, Then is elected Deputy Leader after 4 rounds of ballots.
 * Preliminary results show the ULPP with the most votes, the Labor Worker's Party in second, and the Liberal Party in third place

January 29th

 * Further preliminary results were expected at 07:00 STE (01:00 EST), at 07:25 STE it was announced that they would not be shown
 * The final results were announced at 19:02 STE (13:02 EST). As no party received at least 50% of the votes, a negotiation phase started
 * At 19:46 STE, a coalition was made between the United Left People's Party, the Labor Worker's Party and the Justice Party, forming a minority government and making Kevin Trevor the first Prime Minister of Doggerland

Labor Worker's Party
During the January general election, the Labor Worker's Party Platform was focused on expanding the power of unions, a "Universal Basic Services" plan to expand welfare, going forward with progressive social policy, and a "Green Industrial Revolution" to reorient the economy around green energy. In the first poll, The LWP ranked 3rd, with 13.6% of the vote, and is currently projected to become the 2nd largest party in Parliament. The party leadership has publicly expressed favoring a coalition with the United Left People's Party and Justice Party.

United Left People's Party
For the first election campaign, the ULPP put forward a platform of workplace democracy, a strong social safety net and public utilities, progressive social policy, and a Green New Deal. They consistently held a substantial 10%+ lead in polling and preliminary results.

Civic Union
The party was originally called Reform Alliance.

Independent Democracy Party
The IDP was the only party as of 29 January 2021 that refused to accept the election results. They finished 8th overall.

Polling and preliminary results
The voting was opened at 19:27 STE on January 28, 2021.

A server strawpoll was organized on January 27, 2021.

Aftermath
The results were announced at 19:29 STE, and the negotiations ended 17 minutes later. The United Left People's Party formed a coalition with the Labor Worker's Party and the Justice Party, backed up by the Communist Party in a confidence and supply agreement. The coalition totals at 73 seats, three short of the 76 seats needed for a majority. The agreement with the Communist Party however puts the coalition’s support in the Assembly to 92 seats, well over the 76 needed for a majority.

Kevin Trevor, of the United Left, was appointed first Prime Minister of Doggerland, and TheOWOTriangle, of the Liberal Party, became the leader of the opposition.

Reactions
The majority of the parties peacefully accepted the outcome of the election, while the Communist Party and National People's Party did not make any statements. The Liberal Party, Civic Union, and Libertarian Party opted to form an official minority coalition. The Independent Democracy Party refused to accept the results, with leader Beady falsely claiming they won and stating he will "go through all legal avenues for contesting this fraudulent election."