The Leftist Assembly election, March 2017
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The Leftist Assembly election, March 2017 was the fourth election in The Leftist Assembly and voting was held from 29 to 31 March 2017. The General Assembly, the unicameral legislature of The Leftist Assembly, consists of 9 members, 7 elected and 2 appointed by the Secretary of the Assembly. The election used the alternative voting system.
The ministers elected to the General Assembly were Losinia as Secretary of the Assembly, Atealia as Prime Minister, Halfblakistan as Minister of Archives, Obiristan as Minister of Immigration and Customs, New Lonopolian Empire as Chief Justice, Celera as First Justice, and Rathfarnham as Second Justice. The ministers appointed by the Secretary to the General Assembly were New Tuva SSR as Minister of Defence, and Libertasnia as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
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Methodology
Voting
To be eligible to vote, a nation must be part of the World Assembly and reside in The Leftist Assembly. The voter numbers each of the candidates in order of their preference on a Google Forms document.
Counting
The election moderators were British Accia, Libertasnia, and United States of Unfreedom. Votes were counted and distributed using the alternative voting system. In this system, the candidate with the lowest number of primary votes is eliminated, their votes are redistributed according to the voters' preferences, and the process is repeated until there is a winner. In the Minister of Law election, the candidate that is eliminated second-last is awarded Second Justice, the runner-up is awarded First Justice, and the winner is awarded Chief Justice.
Endorsements
Candidate endorsements are only recorded for nations who are a former Secretary, Prime Minister or nation of historical significance to the region. The following are the endorsements issued throughout the election:
Candidate | Endorser | Position |
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Llorens | Atealia | Secretary |
Losinia | Cedoria | Secretary |
Atealia | Llorens | Prime Minister |
Obiristan | Losinia | Minister of I. & C. |
Results
Secretary
Losinia was elected as Secretary. The candidates for this position were Auven, Llorens and Losinia. The results of the vote were as follows:
Candidates | Votes | |||
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Round 1 | Round 2 | |||
Losinia | 10 | 15 | ||
Llorens | 12 | 14 | ||
Auven | 7 |
Prime Minister
Atealia was elected as Prime Minister. The interview for this position was held on 28 March, and featured topics including the regional history project and a forum. The results of the confidence vote were as follows:
Minister of Archives
Halfblakistan was elected as Minister of Archives. The results of the confidence vote were as follows:
Minister of Immigration and Customs
Obiristan was elected as Minister of Immigration and Customs. The results of the confidence vote were as follows:
Minister of Law
New Lonopolian Empire was elected as Chief Justice, Celera as First Justice, and Rathfarnham as Second Justice. This position is tier-based, with the candidate finishing first being elected as Chief Justice, second place as First Justice, and third place as Second Justice. The candidates for this position were Celera, New Lonopolian Empire, and Rathfarnham. The results of the vote were as follows:
Candidates | Votes | |||
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Round 1 | Round 2 | |||
New Lonopolian Empire | 10 | 17 | ||
Celera | 10 | 12 | ||
Rathfarnham | 9 |
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