On the 6th of April Prime Minister Bee officially announced in Parliament that the General Election would take place on 5th May 2011. Given that the Woodbridge constitution provides for fixed term parliaments of five years the Election would always have taken place that day but the PM had to make the announcement in Parliament as a matter of procedure. The election campaign will last for one month and during that time each party that has representation in parliament is entitled to have four Party Political Broadcasts on WBC1. There are separate rules for any other parties.