Parliamentary America: Alabama

The 2018 I|Alabama general election took place November 6, 2018, to elect Members to the p|Alabama Legislature. The election was the 6th regularly scheduled election in the State, ever since the transition to a parliamentary system in 1998.

Incumbent Christian Alliance Minister-President Ivey won her first term as Minister-President, her second minority coalition government with the Republican Party. Although the coalition hoped to obtain a majority, the results for the coalition were largely unchanged from that of the 2014 general election. The Christian Alliance emerged as the largest party with 53 seats, while their partner the Republican Party secured second place with 43 seats, a drop of 3 seats in what was attributed to a successful performance by the Reform Party. Together the coalition won 96 seats, 5 short of a necessary majority, and thus formed a minority government with support from the Reform Party.

The Reform Party, led by Walt Maddox won 35 seats, up 18 seats from their performance in 2014, in what was generally seen as a breakout for the party. At the expense of this performance came the Liberal Democrats, led by Nancy Worley, who lost 14 seats for a total of 26 seats in what was seen as an electoral blowout, largely stemming from the 2018 AEA Bribery Scandal, in which the Alabama Education Association was alleged to have paid $250,000 to the Liberal Democrats in an effort to place Association members higher up the party list. Meanwhile the far-right Constitution Party, led by Tim James, would win 31 seats, a slight decrease from their 2014 performance in which they won 34; the party would become the Official Opposition. Two other parties, the separatist Southern People's League, and the progressive New Left, won 7 and 5 seats respectively.