The 2009 New Cambria general election took place on Saturday, 14 March, following the dissolution of the Assembly of Deputies of New Cambria by the President on Friday, 7 February. The electorate was given the task of choosing the 100 Deputies of the 17th Assembly, who then met on the first day of the month following 30 days after the election. The incoming assembly convened on 1 May to nominate a Prime Minister and ratify the Ministers of the Executive Council. The Social Democrat party won the election and gained nine seats, while the Independence party suffered a net loss of eight seats and were thus sent back into opposition. The National party, Independence's junior coalition partner in the previous Assembly, were nearly wiped out altogether, losing four of their five seats.