Cygnian federal elections, 2012 (Joan of What?)

A federal election was held on Saturday, 6 November 2010 for members of the 51st. The left-wing, under the leadership of , narrowly won against the incumbent conservative led by. In this election, all 480 seats in the and 41 of the 82 seats in the  were contested. None of the participating political parties were able to secure a majority of seats in the Assembly. However, the Democrats succeeded in forming a minority government with the support of 3 MNAs and 1  MNA.

Democrats won 237 seats in the National Assembly, while Unitarians won 232. The Democrats were four seats short of the required 241 to form a government, resulting in the first in more than a century. 11 crossbenchers held the balance of power. Green MNAs Adam Bandt, Andrew Wilkie and Rob Oakeshott, as well as Liberal MNA Tony Windsor, declared their support for the DLP on. Independent MNA Bob Katter and National Party MNA Tony Crook declared their support for the Unitarians on confidence and supply. The resulting 241–235 margin entitled the Democrats to form a minority government. The 51st Congress was on 23 January 2011 by , during which Members of Congress were sworn in. Julia Gillard was on 6 February 2011, replacing.

In the Senate, the Green Party won one seat in each of the ten contiguous states, gaining the sole balance of power with a total of twelve seats, after previously holding shared balance of power with the Family First Party and Rick Preston. The DLP won 7 Senate seats, while the Unitarians lost 12.

More than 190 million Cygnians were enrolled to vote at the time of the election. Cygnia has compulsory voting (since 1855) and uses preferential ballot in single-member seats for the National Assembly and single transferable vote with optional group voting tickets in the proportionally represented Senate. The election was conducted by the (CEC).